Thread: Trying out different shapes

looks very good for a practice piece. Here's a few ways ive been doing them to give you some ideas.

Here's a scrap piece of 2x4 I've screwed to a basic screw on face plate. Then I glued on my handle material with CA. You can turn the hole size exactly as you need it, depth and width custom fitting the knot. have it there so you can fit it perfectly. Once your done sanding and finishing, use your parting tool to cut it off. On a flat surface, like your counter top or your wifes glass top stove, go through your grits of sand paper until the bottom is perfectly flat.



Here I have the handle stock in my Talon chuck completely sanded and finished. I could do the same procedure as above, parting tool, flat surface to sand on.



Or, I could use the tail stock to bore a hole on the inside of the handle, thread it, and mount it on a mandrel. Then flip it around and mount it in a drill head chuck so you can turn the bottom, sand it, and finish it right on the lathe like this one below.



Before you glue in any knots, maybe do some reading on different lofts. Not sure what knots your using, or what you prefer for a loft height, but make sure you know what you want before you glue it in.

Hope this helps you a bit, and give you some ideas.

What tool do you use to bore the hole? I used a parting tool to get it started then back and forth between 3/4" skew and 1/4" gouge.

Originally Posted by scott85

What tool do you use to bore the hole? I used a parting tool to get it started then back and forth between 3/4" skew and 1/4" gouge.

Many ways to do the bores,Forstner bits IMO are the best way

Like Pixel said, there's no right or wrong way. Some drill the handle material before they even put it on the lathe. Some use the tail stock to bore it right on the lathe. I use a mini parting tool for the whole process. Once I establish the outside diameter of the hole, I use the parting tool and remove the wood about a 1/4 inch deep at a time. Stepping over, and repeating that until I reach the middle of the hole.

Ok I'm going to Houston to get some pretty wood to turn very soon.

That looks super!!!! But your loft still looks awful high. Just covering the glue plug won't cut it. It will turn out to be a floppy mess if you glued it in the way your pic shows it.

That's about 54mm loft. It's a 22mm knot. You called it on just covering the glue plug though haha. Next one will be deeper guessing about a 50mm loft?

Look at you!!
Looks as though you have gained quite a bit of experience!!

Ray

Originally Posted by scott85

That's about 54mm loft. It's a 22mm knot. You called it on just covering the glue plug though haha. Next one will be deeper guessing about a 50mm loft?

I'd say that's max. Even a bit deeper won't hurt. Anywhere from 42 up to 50 for that knot.

Where'd you get the knot from anyways?

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