Making a chess set. Part 1- The King
As a geek and a wood turner. One of the most obvious things to attempt to make on the lathe is a chess set.In fact it was probably one of the first things I thought of to work towards. I did a lot of research at the time, and found that chess designs are not…
Captured ring rattle
At the time I made the bottle stopper I made the captured ring using just a basic skew chisel and spindle gouge. And then I made a tool of my own to try to make it easier in the future. I took a long masonry nail and used the bench grinder to shape the head…
Candle snuffer, take 2
For this month’s HWA meeting my challenge had been set as a candle snuffer. I had already made one, exactly as it had been shown in the instructions I was given. But the second candle snuffer I made, I decide to make articulated.
My kind of holiday
Last week Kat and I went on holiday to visit her father’s house in France. I took with me some tools and overalls so that I could spend some time whilst there doing some wood turning.
This is ‘turning’ into a bad habit
Recently my resolve to save money and be good has somewhat fallen apart. I’ve been blowing payrise money on new tools, and generally talking myself into things that I should probably not be spending money on.
Bottle stoppers
Last month’s project given to the newbies by Harry at the Hampshire woodturners group was to make bottle stoppers.
It starts with a drawing…
Actually that’s not strictly true, it starts with the spark of an idea.
Wood turning practice
I’m getting to spend more of my own time on my wood working projects. Well I say ‘projects’ but it’s really just practice, and I really need it! I am sometimes enormously frustrated by the mistakes I continue to make
Hants woodturners
The other week I was looking for places I could go to see wood turning being demonstrated, and a bit of Googling turned up http://www.hants-woodturners-hwa.co.uk/. I was very happy to discover this group meets not more than 10 minutes walk from my house.
Re-inventing the wheel
I have for some time been playing with woodturning on a lathe I got from my father. He gave it to me with a box of bits, some scraps of wood, some chisels, sharpening stones, oils… and a book. Keen to get going I leaped into action setting everything up and having a go.
