Fruit WIP

[stevebuk]

i hope Richard is going to do a demo of this at the Brum bash. :lol: :lol:

 

[Bob Chapman]

Hi Richard,

It's always interesting to see how others do things and it's almost always different to the way I do them myself ('cos, obviously, I must do it wrong most of the time :lol: ), BUT I am stunned and amazed to find that I make apples exactly the same way you do !

Super set of pictures - very nicely done.

Bob

 

[richburrow]

Hello all
I spoke to Rich on PM the other evening and cleared this with him first.

Printed out the WIP and gave it to my best turning student, year 10
(the one whos dad bought him a lathe on ebay after doing a mirror in school.)
He brought this into school to show me today.

Top lad, fairplay he surprised me with this one, it is mint!!!

Thanks Rich, your WIP is fantastic and that apple above would not have happened without it.

 

[CHJ]

Move over Rich :lol: :lol:

Pass on my congrats on the Apple.

 

[stevebuk]

brilliant Rich, i bet you were chuffed to bits, well done to the lad..

 

[Paul.J]

Steveb wrote

i hope Richard is going to do a demo of this at the Brum bash

We can only ask Steve,but it would be good to see been done

Great apple Rich.You must feel proud yourself

 

[Bodrighy]

I hate kids

Not really...that's several hundred percent nbetter than the feeble attempts I've had a go at. Looks like you have a student with the knack there Rich

Pete

 

[Richard Findley]

Thanks all for your comments and feed back. I has really made it worth it to see so many people want to go and have a go just because I posted a few pictures.

Bob, this must be the right way to do it then :lol: :wink: !!!!

I am open to requests for demos at the Brum Bash. Looks like apples are a deffinate first demo!!

Rich, your pupil looks to show some good promise, he's got a realy good finish on it and looks like he took on board my comment about the depth of the stalk hole (that's a technical term :wink: )

Cheers,

Richard

 

[OldWood]

I'm very much a newbie at this game, but Richard your guidance was wonderful and despite lots of nerves I succeeded in producing something that certainly pleases my eye. Thanks.

Interestingly the most challenging new technique was turning the stalk - turning a spindle as thin as this was something very new.

One question - the screw chuck. I drilled the suitable shaped block to 4mm and, lacking a 6mm coach bolt, I screwed through a long 6mm wood screw. But it didn't come out straight; tried again and the same result. In the end I just straightened it by eye with a steel tube which seemed good enough, but that really isn't too clever.

What's the technique - or is it because I used a screw rather than the bolt ?

Thanks
Rob

 

[wizer]

Missed this one. Well done both Rich's, I'm sure this isn't as easy as it looks.

Now, who can do fruit cake ? :-k

 

[big soft moose]

Have to have a go at the pear...

yep you cant beat a nice pear in my book







hey someone had to say it :lol:

 

[Richard Findley]

I'm very much a newbie at this game, but Richard your guidance was wonderful and despite lots of nerves I succeeded in producing something that certainly pleases my eye. Thanks.

Interestingly the most challenging new technique was turning the stalk - turning a spindle as thin as this was something very new.

One question - the screw chuck. I drilled the suitable shaped block to 4mm and, lacking a 6mm coach bolt, I screwed through a long 6mm wood screw. But it didn't come out straight; tried again and the same result. In the end I just straightened it by eye with a steel tube which seemed good enough, but that really isn't too clever.

What's the technique - or is it because I used a screw rather than the bolt ?

Thanks
Rob

Hi Rob,

This is something I struggled with for ages!!! The secret is, once the screw has been set into the wooden "chuck" is to hold it by the screw lightly in the Jacobs chuck, just like the stalk, and GENTLY skim the wooden body to true it to the screw.

HTH

Richard

 

[OldWood]

Richard
That of course is a good example of lateral thinking !! Thanks. Some careful cutting on the front face is going to be called for !! The back, apart from the dovetail area, doesn't matter.

What other options did you try before you got to that - thoughts are of drilling through the 4mm and then either the front or the back to 6mm to act as a guide ?

Rob

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi Rob,

I tried everything from pilot boring, drilling over sized and using another bit of wood like a nut (and bolt) (if that makes sense?), drilling on the lathe, from tail end, from headstock end, in a chuck, out of a chuck, on a pillar drill..... everything I could think of and every time you get a wobble.

Using the method I suggest, cut your wooden body and fix your screw, lightly true the body as I described but leave a gap between the Jacobs chuck and the wooden body of the screw chuck, that way you are only lining up the screw and the wooden body of the chuck. You can true the face of the screw chuck once the screw is running true.

HTH

Richard

 

[OldWood]

Thanks again Richard,

Having had a look through your website, I can see that there really isn't any point in me exploring the subject further, and that you must have found the best way of doing it !! Impressed.

Cheers
Rob

 

[Paul.J]

Well after seeing Richards how to i finally got round to having a go at an Apple.Something i have been meaning to do for ages.
So here it is my very first attempt.
This was quickly made just from memory but when it was finished it wasn't far off one from the fruit bowl
Next one will have the stem at an angle and with a deeper dimple on the top.But i'm pleased with it.

 

[stevebuk]

well paul looks like you will be giving a demo yourself at your own bash, it looks brilliant, cant wait to have a go.

 

[alexf]

I make quite a lot of fruit. I enjoy it because you don't need to get them all exactly the same. I have made a few different sized screw chucks for this but I hollow them out so that the fruit sits inside the hollow. It is much easier to get it straight this way.

 

[Paul.J]

Stevebuk wrote

well paul looks like you will be giving a demo yourself at your own bash, it looks brilliant, cant wait to have a go.

Glad you like it Steve.I was surprised how well it turned out meself,but was good to do.Just take your time with the shape.
I will leave the demo to Richard.It will be a lot quicker :lol: