A small box, or bowl

[Tazmaniandevil]

Following on from a conversation at the Scottish Woodworking Show yesterday, I attacked a bit of dry yew today. I've always been a bit conservative with lathe speed, but was advised confidence is the key and so up went the speed. Cranked the lathe up to full chat once the piece was roughed.
The hollowing was much easier I felt at the higher speed, then crank it right back down for sanding.
I'm not happy with the lid, which is beech. I was looking for a contrast, but the beech was a bit punky. I'll make a lid from another piece of the yew tomorrow.

Also my first ever attempt at colouring. Practice, practice, practice.

 

[woodyturner]

Hi Taz good to hear you are listening trying I like your shapes and can see it is paying of well done mate you seem to have a very good eye for shapes continue to enjoy your journey of discovery in turning yes you have a way to go yet but at this rate you will soon be up there with the rest of them keep that one and in a few years time look back on it and you will be surprised how far you have traveled I have been turning for 20 odd years and am still discovering new things keep em coming mate

 

[andersonec]

Taz,

Could you tell me the sequence of events for turning this ox? I can guess how the box was done but how did you then do the lid to fit?

I am just learning.

Andy

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

No worries fella.
The box began as a bit of yew cut on a slant. I tapped the drive centre in on the slanted cut then offered the tailstock up to it. Where the tailstock met, there was quite a slant, so I marked it then drilled in with a forstner bit in the pillar drill so the tailstock was sitting on a flat surface.
I mounted it up and rough turned the shape, and a tenon on one end.
The tenon went in the chuck, and the inside was hollowed out, followed by the shape of the outside. The walls are fairly uniform at a thickness of around 3mm. I sanded the inside & outside, treated with teak oil, then polished. The bowl was then reversed on the chuck and the tenon turned off leaving a small foot, to give a floating effect.
The beech for the lid was already round(ish) so was mounted in the chuck and the bottom flattened. I then cut a recess in the lid and kept offering up the bowl part until the lid was a snug fit. I then reversed the lid on the chuck and shaped the handle, cut a ring for the coloured part, sanded and oiled. I didn't polish the lid because I will be changing it.

 

[boysie39]

Nice bit of turning Taz, Good account of how it was done too . Will be very helpful to lots of people .
Love the shape of your box .

 

[andersonec]

No worries fella.
I then cut a recess in the lid and kept offering up the bowl part until the lid was a snug fit. I then reversed the lid on the chuck and shaped the handle,

Thanks Taz, the one bit I was concerned about is after you have done the flat bit of the lid and then reversed it to do the handle, how did you hold it in the chuck, jam fit or what?.

Andy

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

There's a recess inside the lid for the chuck to hold in expansion.
I made another lid for the box today, because the beech one just wasn't what I wanted.

This one is yew, and hopefully you can see the recess in the middle.
And this is it on the box