Woodbox 23

This weekend I was able to get some turning done while the wife was at work. I laminated up some maple and cherry boards with standard wood glue. After drying over night, I turned it on the lathe, first between centers, but that kept breaking free of the drive center. So I drilled a hole, and screwed it onto the big screw drive that came with the Chuck I got from PSI. That worked much better.

Using my big roughing gouge, I turned away the corners and shaped the bottom of the bowl. Once I had a foot for the chuck to grab I reversed the bowl, and put it into the chuck. Using the big bowl gouge to hollow out the inside. I’d had problems doing this before, but this time I seem to have figured out the right motions because it went much smoother. There was some small tear out that I need to learn how to get around, but on the whole it came out quite nicely.

Finished with a walnut oil to make it food safe, and the bottom tenon sanded down a bit but otherwise left alone.

I’m pretty happy with it.

For a buddy of mines birthday I recently turned a Bocote wood pen for him.  He really liked it, and I think it was one of my better ones, with excellent grain and color.

– badger

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