Friday, June 24, 2011

wood turning round 1

I finally fired up the wood lathe today.
I sharpened my chisels, started turning and I realized that the previous owner of the lathe had the pulley on the motor mounted wrong, so fixed that.
I put laminated MDF on the lathe to see how it would spin. The stuff turns well.
The finish was smooth, but working it is like standing in a dust collector.




I have been gluing up all kinds of scrap from the shop as a way to start. I have some plywood, MDF, and OSB waiting to go on the lathe. I am interested to see how the OSB turns out.



I have two blanks about the same size. I'm thinking a lacquer finish on them.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

storage

I got a wood lathe a few weeks ago (haven't used it yet). Made this little storage and pedestal for the grinder and all the tools and parts for the lathe.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Doing Stuff

My day was not the greatest on record but I did hall a cement mixer.