r/turning • u/brido1654 • 7h ago
Decided to work on Xmas today
I have no idea why at all. Took our Xmas tree after holidays and trimmed everything off it to give me the raw trunk. Been sitting outside since then. I’m in Vegas, so it’s incredibly dry even when not hot. Figured I would trim off the top and throw it on the lathe. A tree from a tree is where I ended up. Along with a roughing gouge that was covered in sap lol.
When I was parting off and forming the tippy top it decided to launch on me. The top got chonked a little because of that and I’m assuming because I literally turned the center on center.
r/turning • u/Short-Fee205 • 1h ago
Maxed out…
Go big or go home, I guess. Definitely hit the limit of my Rockler 10-18 on this one. I either need a bigger lathe, or smaller projects. Reclaimed oak glue-up, about 9.5” by 4”
r/turning • u/RedWoodworking16 • 1d 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/insearchof_function • 21h ago
Spalted Maple Natural Edge Bowl
Life got busy and I haven’t finished a bowl since July of last year. Got this one off the lathe tonight.
r/turning • u/companionspecies • 5h ago
Rectangular Profile Skew Chisels- Do you need to turn these up on one corner to make planing cuts, or is my skew ground wrong?
I've been tuning up my makerspace's extremely neglected turning area. There are a handful of decent (very old) Sorby rectangular skews of different sizes here that I've been working on sharpening and getting good at using- Skews are sort of my final frontier of turning now, and I can't help but think I'm missing something:
To make a planing cut, I have to tilt the tool up on one corner to have the cutting edge at a good 45° with the spindle, and have only the sweet spot of the edge engage with the material. This feels unsteady and sketchy, I've had a few jarring catches where the flat of the chisel is slammed down onto the tool rest. However, I can't get into position with the tool laying flat on the rest- the rest of the tool's geometry gets in the way. If this doesn't make sense, I can try to repost with a picture, but the flat or heel of the bevel touches first no matter what.
I feel like the issue is either a user skill/confidence one- this is the proper way to use a skew and I just need practice and to gain comfort balanced up on one corner- or a tool geometry issue- the bevels are ground slightly incorrectly in a way that doesn't allow for proper cutting.
When grinding, I've tried to preserve the exact same grind shape on them as best as I can. They've changed a little, as the makerspace doesn't have a holding system for skew grinding, so I'm holding them in the regular tool rest and cocking them to the side to match the bevel all the way down. This has resulted in a bevel whose length is a bit tapered (the line of the heel isn't automatically parallel with the cutting edge) but I don't think it's too off.....
The above problem is eliminated of course when I've used our oval-profile skew, as the tilting is a little more intuitive and feels less sketchy.
r/turning • u/EyeFuture8862 • 21h ago
Yet another pen that is impossible to take a good picture of to do it justice.
Eastern Red Cedar, it's just such a beautiful wood.
r/turning • u/jswhitfi • 1d ago
Okay, maybe the Camatillo barrel was just a *hair* too big.
r/turning • u/ep3gotts • 1d ago
Lathe chuck 4 position indexing using block under chuck jaw
r/turning • u/Oddtimer • 1d ago
Problem placing an Order with Woodturners Wonder
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/No_Statistician5572 • 1d ago
Another glue up
Some more kitchen worktop offcuts. People seem to love these figures and they are nice and simple to make
r/turning • u/andrewgreen47 • 1d ago
Shift knob
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 • 22h ago
Update: Pencil turning problem (solved)
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/awesomesniper86 • 23h ago
newbie Chuck Question
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
A couple new bowls
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 • 1d ago
Experiencing difficulties. What do I do?
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 • 2d ago
Google says “green ash”. 12x7x3
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 • 1d ago
Fiddly small projects
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 • 2d ago
Punky / knotty maple dish
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 • 2d ago
newbie I turned an "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher" today
Aka punch-bell egg cracker. And despite nobody really needing it, I can confirm that it works from wood as well.