Before this project, I had never made anything other than pens on the lathe. I had some scrap pieces from an oak pallet and I decided to laminate them together and experiment.
I didn’t know what it would be when I started. I had thought maybe do a little Christmas tree, but then it started looking like a candle holder, so I just went with that. I don’t have a chuck, so I just turned it between a spur center and the tail-stock. I can really see the value of having a chuck now, which is next on my list of things to buy for the lathe.
Anyway, I made a video of the build for my YouTube channel. You can watch it at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwp7Sns0ahM
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helluvawreck
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#1 posted 12-12-2015 02:39 PM
Nice work, Chris. Congratulations.
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#2 posted 12-12-2015 05:43 PM
Great job, Chris! I like the variegation in the grain. I’ve toyed with turning a few times, but getting a lathe is still at least a year away for me.
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#3 posted 12-27-2015 01:18 AM
Nice one.
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