And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Turning a Cherry Burl Bowl - The “Just a Bowl” Bowl
Yawn, no imagination. That bowl shape is a dime a hundred.
She is tool heavy though, she has all the wonderful accessory items which make the job easier. Some turners think they're necessary. She even has digital readout on the lathe. I rather like calculating speed by pulley combinations.
If you're changing speed by changing pulleys you're not using the lathe much. I got about 2 mins into that vid and bailed. I won't tolerate someone abusing a burl like that, cutting it down the middle with the chain. At this moment I have about 11 turnings in some state of progress, about 80 blanks sitting on shelves, and a 30 lb spalted maple burl painted white waiting for me to decide how to deal with it. My wife gave me a lathe for christmas 12 years ago and I instantly became addicted and spend quite a bit of time with it. Yes, it has a digital speed control and I have lots of accessories and tools for it. I'm thinking about getting a Powermatic 4224 in the spring.
Yawn, no imagination. That bowl shape is a dime a hundred.
ReplyDeleteShe is tool heavy though, she has all the wonderful accessory items which make the job easier. Some turners think they're necessary. She even has digital readout on the lathe. I rather like calculating speed by pulley combinations.
If you're changing speed by changing pulleys you're not using the lathe much. I got about 2 mins into that vid and bailed. I won't tolerate someone abusing a burl like that, cutting it down the middle with the chain. At this moment I have about 11 turnings in some state of progress, about 80 blanks sitting on shelves, and a 30 lb spalted maple burl painted white waiting for me to decide how to deal with it. My wife gave me a lathe for christmas 12 years ago and I instantly became addicted and spend quite a bit of time with it. Yes, it has a digital speed control and I have lots of accessories and tools for it. I'm thinking about getting a Powermatic 4224 in the spring.
ReplyDeleteI liked the tool for taking out the center.
ReplyDeleteShould have made some gun furniture out of that wood. Another bowl collecting dust on the shelf? C'mon man.
ReplyDelete-Snakepit