DaveL
Established Member
I had a couple of elm blanks, I have already posted one that I turned, here is the second one. I wanted a bowl with a lid, so having turned the bowl I left the mounting spigot on and looked for a suitable piece to turn a lid from. I have a supply of holly so that is what I used.
I did not take any pictures of the bowl in progress, only the new to me stuff.
I turned the lid between centres as a disc, that worked well and I had a pair of centre stubs on it, so thought I would mount the lid on the bowl to finish the top. I did not want the lid to be a tight fit so a means of securing it was needed.
Blue masking tape applied and then discarded, it it not look safe so out with the duck tape.
That lid was not going anywhere.
I turned the stub off, just need to sand ready for finishing.
I had then to do the same operation on the inside of the lid, I remembered someone posted about making a plastic ring to grip stuff with out marking it. So out with a chopping board, drilled a hole.
And band sawed the bit off, swapped the small dovetail jaws on to the chuck and turned it round.
Something I did do was to fit a piece of thin ply behind the blank before I turned it, I did not want to hit the jaws with the tools.
I made a cut though the ring and slipped it over the handle and it held in the jaws just right to allow the inside of the lid to be finished.
That is the Axminster sander, I like using it as it is not as aggressive as using the power drill.
That just left the spigot on the bowl to be removed, using Richards MDF disc and router mat trick.
I finished with 2 coats of lemon oil and the applied Woodwax22, brushed by hand to give a nice satin look.
I love the figure in elm, I have a big slab from another forum member that I need to decide how to turn. 8)
Side on shot to show the profile.
So why did I want this?
Well I it's to go on my desk with our supply of sweets in, hidden from visitors. :roll:
I did not take any pictures of the bowl in progress, only the new to me stuff.
I turned the lid between centres as a disc, that worked well and I had a pair of centre stubs on it, so thought I would mount the lid on the bowl to finish the top. I did not want the lid to be a tight fit so a means of securing it was needed.
Blue masking tape applied and then discarded, it it not look safe so out with the duck tape.
That lid was not going anywhere.
I turned the stub off, just need to sand ready for finishing.
I had then to do the same operation on the inside of the lid, I remembered someone posted about making a plastic ring to grip stuff with out marking it. So out with a chopping board, drilled a hole.
And band sawed the bit off, swapped the small dovetail jaws on to the chuck and turned it round.
Something I did do was to fit a piece of thin ply behind the blank before I turned it, I did not want to hit the jaws with the tools.
I made a cut though the ring and slipped it over the handle and it held in the jaws just right to allow the inside of the lid to be finished.
That is the Axminster sander, I like using it as it is not as aggressive as using the power drill.
That just left the spigot on the bowl to be removed, using Richards MDF disc and router mat trick.
I finished with 2 coats of lemon oil and the applied Woodwax22, brushed by hand to give a nice satin look.
I love the figure in elm, I have a big slab from another forum member that I need to decide how to turn. 8)
Side on shot to show the profile.
So why did I want this?
Well I it's to go on my desk with our supply of sweets in, hidden from visitors. :roll:
