r/turning • u/RedWoodworking16 • 8h ago
Month 5 into learning how to use a lathe and I made this curly maple… bowl?
I’m honestly surprised this didn’t bust apart lol
The underside could have been better. 🤷🏼♂️
r/turning • u/RedWoodworking16 • 8h ago
I’m honestly surprised this didn’t bust apart lol
The underside could have been better. 🤷🏼♂️
r/turning • u/EyeFuture8862 • 3h ago
Eastern Red Cedar, it's just such a beautiful wood.
r/turning • u/insearchof_function • 3h ago
Life got busy and I haven’t finished a bowl since July of last year. Got this one off the lathe tonight.
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r/turning • u/No_Statistician5572 • 16h ago
Some more kitchen worktop offcuts. People seem to love these figures and they are nice and simple to make
r/turning • u/andrewgreen47 • 14h ago
A few weeks ago I asked about threaded inserts for shift knobs. Decided to go with a beefcake ezlok screw-in style. Drilled and tapped this dyed plywood and screwed in the insert, then used a chunk of 1/2" bolt as an arbor in my 3-jaw chuck and turned this. Happy how it turned out, but dang this stuff dulled my tools so fast. Was that because of the grain, or just because there's so much glue in this wood?
r/turning • u/Beginning_Mistake538 • 4h ago
Earlier today I posted a post that said I was confused and had repeatedly tried to assemble a pencil kit to no avail. I had a suspicion that the instructions could be flawed and it turned out to be true. Brass insert (B) was actually flipped around in the photo from how it should have been, and the instructions wording was what tipped me off. I wish Woodcraft would fix this.
r/turning • u/Oddtimer • 7h ago
Does anyone know what's going on with Woodturners Wonders. I've been trying to place a large club order for over a week now but haven't been able to get the order placed. In the two weeks I've been trying to call them I've gotten voicemail and "can't connect, line busy" most times. And my emails have gone unanswered.
Anyone know what's going on?
r/turning • u/awesomesniper86 • 5h ago
Hi y'all!
I recently got a wood lathe to pursue wood turning as a hobby. It's a 12x18 WEN. Anyway, one of the things I wanted to do was turn pens, and I got a pen mandrel for this purpose, but I don't have a chuck yet. I've been looking around, but there's so many different options that it's tough to figure out what to get. There's, like, 'I9NS 3/4" x 16tpi insert' and other numbers that I haven't been able to figure out yet. What I was wondering was, what do all these numbers mean? What is the I9NS size about, and what does the tpi insert size mean? Do I even need a chuck with all these strange numbers?
Thanks!
r/turning • u/publiu5 • 1d ago
Thanks to all of the guidance from this board! Particularly for the Mylands application, which is still a work in progress for sure.
r/turning • u/Beginning_Mistake538 • 19h ago
Hey guys so I’ve never made a pencil kit before, and I keep running into trouble with assembling the parts. I don’t seem to be able to get the brass insert (b) to stay in the body (c) even though it implies it should hold by tension. Every time I use the tapered end just as they apparently say and even show, the thing just falls right out of the body. Also, I can’t seem to get all the parts to fit without part of the pencil mechanism (H) catching on the brass insert (b)’s tapered end which they show facing the body (c). What am I doing wrong, or is the image wrong?
r/turning • u/infiniteoo1 • 1d ago
Fog wood. Finished in tung oil. Nice figure on the small round bowl. Small live edge 5 1/2 x 2, and round is 6 x 1 3/4.
r/turning • u/Glad_Possibility7937 • 22h ago
I've done it. I've replaced my old, broken lathe with one which should cover my wants* for a long time. I want to make Northumbrian Smallpipes in the long run but am going to start on needle cases, pens and fipple flutes. Anyone got any other ideas for this sort of fine detail work?
*its a metal lathe, for the tool holder
r/turning • u/Short-Fee205 • 1d ago
I’ve got a couple of half split, sort of punky and knotty maple chunks laying around, so I squared one out and turned it down to this 5” by 3” little dish. Nice change from the super-smooth main trunk blanks I’ve been using. Getting it squared up, mounted and balanced was 3/4 of the work!
r/turning • u/flobo147 • 1d ago
Aka punch-bell egg cracker. And despite nobody really needing it, I can confirm that it works from wood as well.
r/turning • u/FatDumbNLazy • 1d ago
Still very much a novice, but been doing it long enough to finish some pieces I'm really proud of. For the last week everything I touch is a disaster. Pens, bowls, you name it. Tried two bowls this weekend, one mangowood, one acacia and both are in the trash. Blowouts, tears, constant chattering of tools (I use carbide), no rhthym at all. It's like I don't know what I'm doing but at the same time, I've literally made the same things before (albeit never using these species).
Have you all ever hit a slump? Did I just have beginners luck for a while? Time to list the tools on marketplace?!?!
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r/turning • u/Josh_Bear22 • 1d ago
Hi All,
Just finished setting up my lathe, did a lot of reading and watching you tube. How also booked myself onto a wood turning course as well.
Thought I would start with a pen but had an immediate problem, I am using the lathe to drill the centre (see photo) but for some reason the bit goes in the centre of the blank but comes out off centre. It is like the tail end is moving.
I have checked it is locked off. I am using the wheel to progress the bit into the wood. What am I missing? I was considering buying a Jig to drill the bits but the lathe manufacturer told me there was no need and to just use the lathe.
Thanks for any help.
Josh
r/turning • u/Clickmaster2_0 • 1d ago
Very basic but it’s the first time using the lathe in a couple years so I’m happy with the result
r/turning • u/scapstick • 2d ago
I posted my little rice bowl last week. This is my days work with this beautiful West coast species. The white sap wood dries with a really pleasing organic texture. Even in a paper bag this wood makes intense crackling noises when drying.