Thread: Makin' Shavings / Turner's Projects.

Beautiful pieces.
Like the rooks in particular.
Well turned.

They look great.

I found the cheat to make the pawns and all the others for that matter. This is just one of the companies in India that make the chess men for the world championships. And safety is of little concern.

It’s funny because if you look at the stats for India at first it seems like it’s all good. For example they ship asbestos from Canada to India in bulk carriers. They are loaded in Canada by a team essentially wearing giant hazmat suites like in the ET movie. They are unloaded in India by guys wearing sandals, shorts and bandanas. They guys unloading the ships do not have a shorter life span than any other similar group ln India. So it initially appears that we make much to do about nothing. The life span on the other hand for working groups in India is much shorter. They don’t live long enough to develop many of the industrial diseases that we see in developed nations.

That metal scraper is just like the jig I use except mine is just to hold up to it to judge what needs done.

It’s a pretty cool example of easy tools for small soft item turning.
Can hear the dress up stone in the back he uses to clean up the jig.

I got some new gouges in the mail yesterday. 1/2" and 5/8" bowl gouges plus a 7/8" spindle roughing gouge with aluminum handles. M42 steel. Cater and Son out of Seattle.

Cant wait to break them in. Just need some warm days off.

Have you tried these Mike?

I’ve used those sizes, but not the brand. Nice looking gouges.
Never used allow turning handles before. Look forward to your feedback on them. If they feel cold in hand, or are too vibraty like.
I like that the set screws line up at the center of the tool. Make working on bowls and such easier to track your tool face.

They come with handle wraps. I plan on wrapping them to deal with the cold in the winter. But for the picture...

I had one gouge with aluminum handle like those. For me it was OK, but I really didn't like the feel of it. The great thing is we can always make new handles.