Do we have any lathe wood turners on OAF?

[BilletHead]

            I have started doing this. Three bowls so far and a bunch and I mean a bunch of pen and mechanical pencil blanks turned now. I refuse to turn acrylics for those Wild colors, but I prefer the natural look of wood. Burls and crotch woods have vivid effects pleasing to the eye. On the pen and pencil work I have done both friction finish and CA glue finishes.  Speak up guys I find this a neat hobby.

[Flysmallie]

I would love to have a wood lathe but I haven’t jumped yet. 
 

 

[Dutch]

The guy across the street has one.  He gets wood from all over the world for projects.  What I want is a saw mill.

[BilletHead]

42 minutes ago, Ketchup said:

My addiction to wood crafts started with 2 years of wood shop in high school. Since that time i have worked with wood in one way or the other. 
 

I had a pretty efficient wood shop setup at one time. I made gifts for most in my family, lots of friends, and lots of cars for the boy scout derbies. 
 

I currently own “another new detail about myself” a construction company that i have had 27 years. During my stint in law enforcement, i kept 3 guys busy and worked it 30 hours a week myself on my 3 days off a week from that other gig. So i still, after 36 years of being in construction, i still work with wood daily. I do still have band saws, shop sanders, etc. but between family, work, the outdoors adventures, and life i have zero time to put towards making crafts again. I used to haul around a trailer and do the fall craft shows. Now my free time is spent here reading what oneshot has brought forth from his deep memory. 

                Not a craft show deal for me, not a job just a hobby like my fly tying, fishing, flintknapping, hunting, beekeeping, air rifle shooting, etc,etc,etc. Too many hobbies at times. 

[MrGiggles]

Does this count?  It worked a lot better than I thought it would, I cut the piece roughly with a holesaw but had to trim the lip down some and cut around the outside a little so it was concentric.

That's a replacement dryer pulley that is NLA.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I am not officially using a lathe.   But turning a micro bamboo rod.  It is a tenkara/tanago rod.   I found alot of info on YouTube.   Like @MrGiggles, I am using a drill.  I have a few ideas,  none are my own creations. 

[BilletHead]

                     This started many moons ago with a little benchtop Jet lathe. Duane Doty put this up for sale when he was still guiding in Alaska. Tired of putting it in storage between here and seasonal guiding. A good price I snatched it up and it took a long nap in the corner of my little shop for years,

     Then I have a good friend in Collins (Tim) I have known for longer than I have everyone on here. A talented guy that can do anything. He tells me he wanted to start turning bowls and had bought a lathe. Told him I had a little one and Pat says how come you are not using it?  We decided to go visit him and see his new to him used lathe. It piqued my interest. So, I dig out my little jet and started messing around. In the meantime, Tim is learning and turning bowls then decides to sell his and upgrade to a bigger one. Unbeknown to me Pat and Tim make a deal and I end up with his first lathe. What a deal . 

    Cutting tools for big stuff can get quite pricy. I started elcheapo and got garage sale and flea market items. Still using them and have no sharping system just eyeballing and running them across the belt sander for an edge. I really need to invest in a good set someday and a proper sharpener. I did buy a set of three small replaceable carbide tip set for pen turning from grizzly tools and a diamond sharpening stone online to hone the tips. This was a gamechanger. Then a set of better small pen gouges (Robert Sorby) on an online buy, trade and sell site well worth the money. Set of three and the guy threw in another one with them. 

    So now to my limited knowledge and results on bowl turning. An unpictured one that was a small walnut block Tim gave me. Turned out nice but small. Now it is my change dish when I empty my pockets. Then a cedar bowl not too bad either, 

    Next is a cherry bowl. Getting better as I go using the tools I have on hand. Story behind it. A tall straight cherry tree near our yard. It has been dead for years all the top limbs gone but the main trunk still standing. I told Tim about it. Nothing I could do with it, but Tim said I will bring over my big saw.  He shows up, drops the tree and sections. Then cuts sections in half and takes out the centers. Center wood no good to turn he explains. I take a few pieces and we then load his truck. My stash less one turned bowl,

    Very happy with this one.  

 

    Will talk pen turning in next post.

 

[BilletHead]

56 minutes ago, MrGiggles said:

Does this count?  It worked a lot better than I thought it would, I cut the piece roughly with a holesaw but had to trim the lip down some and cut around the outside a little so it was concentric.

That's a replacement dryer pulley that is NLA.

            You are darned tooting Austin it qualifies!  Necessity is the mother of inventions . Love it!

[BilletHead]

23 minutes ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

I am not officially using a lathe.   But turning a micro bamboo rod.  It is a tenkara/tanago rod.   I found alot of info on YouTube.   Like @MrGiggles, I am using a drill.  I have a few ideas,  none are my own creations. 

              Oh Boy Daryk! This is so cool. I have a friend who has passed that made me a three-piece micro rod like this but nothing near what you have done here buddy. Really impressed and thanks for sharing. 

[Flysmallie]

When I was a sophomore in high school I had a shop class that had four sections. Drafting, welding, lathe, and metal casting. We did drafting first, then spent the next quarter working on wood and metal lathes. When we got into welding I got in trouble and wasn’t allowed to complete that section. So while everyone else was perfecting their welds I was confined to the lathe area. Worked out great for me. I was making whatever I wanted and the guys in the welding section spent a month welding up round bail feeders. They were forced labor while I made Christmas gifts. Best trouble I ever got in to.