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Two up two down

Postby Dalboy » 10 Feb 2016, 17:31

After seeing Mark Baker demonstrate making one of these at our club spurred me into having a go. It has been on the tuit list for ages.

Made from mahogany, I was not to happy when the finish went on as it really showed the end grain darker on the inside. The wings are about 1/8" thick to give a lightness to them.

I also changed a couple of my scrapers to negative rake which I found easier to get a good final finish prier to sanding.

Even though you know about the grain showing darker C & C welcome

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Re: Two up two down

Postby Rod » 10 Feb 2016, 17:45

Lovely shape - I like that

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Re: Two up two down

Postby Andyp » 10 Feb 2016, 18:46

So how do you do that then, i mean the opposite corners going in different directions?

Very nicely done by the way.
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Re: Two up two down

Postby chataigner » 11 Feb 2016, 22:49

:text-bravo: Yes, a lovely shape, and like Andy, I'm intrigued as to how you do that.
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Re: Two up two down

Postby Dalboy » 11 Feb 2016, 23:29

Andy and chataigner I hope this explains how to do it.

Take a square blank (it must be square) mark the centre and mount it on the lathe so it turns true. now turn the outside as you would leaving a chucking point on the bottom. Turn it around and turn the inside and top.
It needs to end up looking like the left hand profile.
Now using a sander or sanding block sand off the corners two from the bottom and two from the top see the shaded areas in the right hand drawing.
To make things easier you could saw off some of the excess but keep the saw cut a little away from the line.
Hopefully it should follow the shape of the rest of the turning.

Hope you can understand the above description

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