Turned travel mug

[Tazmaniandevil]

Attempt no.3 kept together then. The first 2 attempts got a little too thin when some idiot went back to them after they were pretty much finished.
Fitting the handle was a pain in the hoop, and I think I will change the method next time. The wood is a bit of sycamore, well dried, and was a pleasure to turn.

And again with the lid on

 

[KimG]

Looks good Taz, but you need to get the camera to focus on the subject rather than the background!

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

Yeah, it's a little point & shoot thing, and I think I had it in the wrong mode.

 

[woodyturner]

From what I can see Taz it looks good and a perfect fit well done you

 

[bassethound]

Yep, what woody said, good job!

 

[gregmcateer]

Indeedy - Very nice

 

[=Adam=]

Well done taz!

How did you hollow out the centre? My first attempt was/is rubbish haha! It's still on the lathe because I haven't finished hollowing the depth! I went a bit too thin on the walls though :-/

 

[Spiffy]

Looks cool, will have to try one of these

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

How did you hollow out the centre? My first attempt was/is rubbish haha! It's still on the lathe because I haven't finished hollowing the depth! I went a bit too thin on the walls though :-/

My first 2 attempts went too thin mate, it's all trial & error. I didn't touch the outside until I was happy with the inside, which helped. I hollowed so far, then marked the depth with a 2" forstner bit. Once I had my ideal depth I could hollow the width to allow the insert to slip inside These cups do need a gap to allow insulation, but I have no idea how much of a gap.
I don't have a bowl rest, so I stick my long tool rest inside the cavity and use the tailstock to lean my torso on while I hollow.

 

[=Adam=]

Did you use an extension on the forstener bit or was that the point of hollowing before drilling?

I think I need to prepare some more blanks to try this again haha! What did you use to hollow? I used a 1/2 bowl gouge, a round nose scraper and a sorby multi tip hollowing tool, none of which made it easy. I suppose it didn't help that I was using oak, perhaps I will use pine or a softer wood for the next one so that I know what I am doing!

 

[Tazmaniandevil]

I hollowed so far so the whole chuck would fit inside. :lol:
I used a 3/8" bowl gouge and a round nosed scraper to do the hollowing. Setting the tool rest quite far inside the beaker helps because the pivot point is nearer the tool tip, so easier to control.