This is a quick page I've put together to display the third and
fourth things I've ever done on a lathe. The third was the bowl and the
fourth was the lid. These were done during a week I spent at my parent's
house on my father's old lathe. Sigh... if only my dad didn't live 7 hours
away...
Anyway, the bowl and lid are made out of birch. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view), the wood the bowl was made from had a number of worm holes which are visible in some of the photos. The lid was made from a block of birch with a large crack in it.
One thing I didn't do, and should have, was put a finish on the pieces. My guess is that I should have done it when it was still on the lathe, but hey, I don't have a lot of experience in wood working. So, if anyone has any suggestions on a simple way to finish it (off the lathe) that will bring out the wood grain, please email me at carlo@robazza.org.
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This is my (almost) finished product. |
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Let's see it from a different angle...
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Here's a bit of a view of the interior of the bowl
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This is the block the lid came from. I've outlined
how the lid was taken from the block due to the large crack. I also wanted to give myself enough room on my blank to make a lip and be able to part the lid while at the same time allowing me to cut into the lid. |
| Here is a photo of the lid. You can make out a bit of
the lip at the bottom. Amazingly enough it is a very nice fit. |
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| These are basically most of the tools I used to turn the
bowl and lid. The two turning tools on the right were made from old files and I think the rest of the tools may be as old as me (36). It would have been nice to have some smaller tools but "ya dance with what ya brung". |
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This is my dad's lathe. Most of it is definitely older than
I am. Apparently it was part of a combo that had a lathe, drill press and something else I can't remember |
| Here's a closeup of the lathe. Note the home-made
face plate and jury-rigged rest. The rest has broken a number of times over the years and my dad keeps fixing it. I keep telling him he needs to get a new lathe but he figures it's not worth it at his age. All in all, it's old, it's rickety and it wobbles but it matched
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