Wood Torus

Well done….

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

That’s really cool! Did you carve that figure standing next to the torus?

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer

That s really cool! Did you carve that figure standing next to the torus?

- Dark_Lightning

Na. I figured that is a good shot of Groot before and after….

-- Thanks, Steve

My question is how did you hold the torus on your lathe? A jam chuck? A 4-jaw chuck with long jaws? It would be hard to get that 350+ piece glue-up centered.

-- Phil Allin - There are mountain climbers and people who talk about climbing mountains. The climbers have "selfies" at the summit!

That is pretty impressive.

-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com

My question is how did you hold the torus on your lathe? A jam chuck? A 4-jaw chuck with long jaws? It would be hard to get that 350+ piece glue-up centered.

- Phil32

It was my 3rd turning project and I didn’t have much of a clue how to hold it. I know better now, but it worked out.

The first cut it was just centered and screwed to a plate. After it was rounded I parted it off the plate, flipped it and used a jam. Lightly tightened and persuaded to center with a mallet, then hot melt glue to hold it. To get the final inside I screwed a piece of ply to the chuck about 1” bigger than the torus was at that point, then sandwiched the torus between that and 2 pieces of wood and again used the mallet with liberal force to get it centered.

-- Thanks, Steve

That is cool!

-- Petey

Well done….

- toyguy

That is cool!

- Peteybadboy

That is pretty impressive.

- swirt

Thank you all for the kind comments.

-- Thanks, Steve

Excellent in all ways. Very creative.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.