Nearly there...& then..... (picture heavy thread)

[jonbee56]

Still a learner & obtained a few lengths of a hardwood.
Not sure of the wood, teak maybe, certainly not Mahogany or one of its derivatives & it smells like one of those Moroccan hubbly bubbly pipes when its turned.
So I thought why not make a record of the progress.
Half was through I discovered a hidden nail which was an awkward little pipper to remove. luckily it was before the chisels did.
Sanded and Danish oil applied & then flipped to turn the base in the cole jaws.......

 

[Woodmonkey]

Whoops cranked the Cole jaws up a bit tight then

 

[jonbee56]

Whoops cranked the Cole jaws up a bit tight then

Yep, sure did...
Lessons learnt

 

[Spindle]

Hi

Over tighten the cole jaws?

Never mind it was coming along fine until then and you seem to have gotten to grips with several skills.

My view on chucking is to use the minimum force to retain the work and never more than thumb and forefinger on the chuck key to tighten. If I'm concerned about balance I support with the tailstock until the work is in balance.

Regards Mick

 

[swb58]

I'm still learning the language of woodturning, is there a term commonly used when something like this happens? :wink:

 

[nev]

I'm still learning the language of woodturning, is there a term commonly used when something like this happens? :wink:

Design opportunity

 

[jonbee56]

I'm still learning the language of woodturning, is there a term commonly used when something like this happens? :wink:

Yep, its called "F***ed up"

 

[Spindle]

Natural edged bowl :wink:

 

[KimG]

The wood is Iroko, the dust has an effect like smoking a cigarette (i.e. it's inclined to make you cough!), it isn't very nice in that regard.

 

[jonbee56]

The wood is Iroko, the dust has an effect like smoking a cigarette (i.e. it's inclined to make you cough!), it isn't very nice in that regard.

Many thanks, I wasnt sure

 

[CHJ]

Yes Iroko can be very unfriendly, be very careful when handling, I have to avoid even touching it in the wood yard.
Anti histamines, cortisone treatments in the fridge for several years and an invite to A&E if careless enough to work it.

Sorry to see the frustration the accident must have caused, obvious after the event that the cross grain area was very small in the side wall, as said in future just enough pressure to avoid it slipping and very light cuts with tailstock support as far as possible.

On sensitive items I often chicken out and pick up my very small diameter (5-6mm) bowl gouges to finish the last little bits of clean up, naturally reduces the cutting loads and seems to induce a more circumspect attitude to removing material.

 

[petercharlesfagg]

All is not lost! Turn away the upper section and have an open type dish,it would be a waste of such lovely timber and time!

The grain alone is worth preserving as something, at least!

Peter.

 

[Grahamshed]

Yep, a design opportunity for a lipped platter

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Impress your friends....check out how unusual your firewood is

 

[woodfarmer]

The wood is Iroko, the dust has an effect like smoking a cigarette (i.e. it's inclined to make you cough!), it isn't very nice in that regard.

I think the wood is keruin. Used it on boats, especially fishing boats. ie utilitarian. Smells nice, can have splinters but blunts cutting tools quickly. Usually straighter grained than iroko.

 

[jonbee56]

Unfortunately all is lost.
I set it back offset in the chuck to make an uneven lipped bowl. Managed to get that done, but had to penetrate a bit deeper than I wished with the tailstock for it to bite at the angle. Eventually managed to lose the interior centre, but there was just not enough of a lip to hold it in the jaws to remove the tenon & flatten the base. Couldn't hold it in the cole jaws to do that because the lip is now too low.
All in all, not too peeved as i've another 20m to try with, but look on it as a learning curve & the weather has been awful outside.

Although...it burns really well & the oil smells good.

Now what was that saying..."If you can't turn it, you burn it !" :wink:

 

[Grahamshed]

Thats a shame.