Thread: Feats in Woodworking great and small

The wood is a little less than a quarter inch. The magnets are 1 inch in diameter. The smaller the magnet, the closer it needs to be to the surface of the board.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Good looking piece of wood, and very nice knife. Love that old carbon steel.

How thick is the wood between the face and the magnet? I have been thinking of a similar project for my carbon steel collection.

Really great looking work so far y'all. My next undertaking (the one in the photo is not mine):


It's a saya for the knives I make. I plan on sinking a magnet in the end of it so that it pulls the knife into it.

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Funny you say that Bill. When the wife walked into the garage, she couldn't figure out where the nice smell was coming from!

Yep,far better than turning Horn,bone or Ivory,my shop usually smells like the the inside of a cow

A different kind of woodworking. Pink ivory handle on a large petty knife. The blade is AEB-L stainless razor steel, mirror polished on the edge blended into the satin finish.

If you ever work with pink ivory, go slow. It burns easily. I had to crank the KMG all the way down.

Some African black wood. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but man this is fun. Turned down to a real nice finish.

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Some African black wood. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but man this is fun. Turned down to a real nice finish.

Great stuff,is fun to make wood demensionally perfect using a screw cutting lathe,slow feed, sharp bit you get a near perfect finish.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Great stuff,is fun to make wood demensionally perfect using a screw cutting lathe,slow feed, sharp bit you get a near perfect finish.

Yeah you got it exactly right. Nice single point, slow feed and let it do its work.
Taking your advice and cleaning them up, let me sit and see if they are stable before I make something. Up next is a piece of ebony.

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Yeah you got it exactly right. Nice single point, slow feed and let it do its work.
Taking your advice and cleaning them up, let me sit and see if they are stable before I make something. Up next is a piece of ebony.

For me, are very few things in my life more satisfying than doing what you did above,just watching the process is very gratifying.
make chips/not war

Probably being Captain Obvious but These are machinist lathes right?

Originally Posted by Mcbladescar

Probably being Captain Obvious but These are machinist lathes right?

Yes a metal lathe. Not ideal for woodworking but does ok for me. And like Pixel said you get the advantage of the lead screw drive and tool set up.
Bill also uses a traditional wood lathe.