I hadn't turned a coffee scoop since early last year, but I had a cylinder of holly on the lathe that I was using to evaluate how true, or not, my chucks spin. When I finished that experiment, I was looking at a scoop blank. So I turned one.
I didn't realize until editing the video that I had not measured the diameter of the blank. Diameter is critical within a couple of millimeters. But the diameter was perfect. Just dumb luck.
If you have come over here from Oregon Old Timer
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you probably know the story. I made a couple of projects on a wood lathe in junior high school wood shop in the 1950s. I didn't touch a lathe again until July last year. I'd watched a few woodturning videos and got the bug. The prices of new lathes stopped me, but I found a lathe like the one I'd used in junior high at a sale and bought it for $200. That, and a few tools, got me started.
After I had enough experience to have a good idea of what I wanted to turn and what equipment I'd need to do that, I bought a Laguna Revo 12/16 with the bed extension that can also mount low on the left side to allow turning larger bowls. I expect this lathe to serve for the rest of my turning life.
Woodturning is an adventure in learning and creating. It's great fun, even for a beginner.
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Woodturning projects are available on my Etsy shop:
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16 сен 2024
