Making Shavings.....!!!

[paulm]

Paul Chapman came over to my place today to have his first hands on turning session, and to knock up a LN knock off :shock: :lol:

The rather fetching turning smock is one of my old ones to keep shirt sleeves and the like safely out of harms way, sorry it wasn't a bit more fashionable Paul !

Have to say that Paul took to it like a duck to water, picked it up very quickly, and after a couple of practice pieces and a break for lunch and a coffee launched into the real thing using a spare piece of cherry I had in the workshop.

Here's some action shots of the master at work

Final stages

Finished article

Here's a group shot of the genuine LN article at the top in curly maple, then an earlier effort of mine in pau rosa (nice and heavy, gives a good weight to it), Paul's cherry version from today and a she oak version I made before that Paul has now had for a while and that gave him the urge to try making one for himself.

I think it was a first class effort for Paul on his first turning session and an excellent result, not much to choose between any of them and the LN original !

And thanks for the replacement Y lever for my converted Stanley scrub plane Paul, now duly rehabilitated and due to be given a bit of a workout tomorrow

A fun day and productive too, back to gardening duties tomorrow though unfortunately

Cheers, Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Thanks Paul, it was a very enjoyable day. I think a lot of credit for the success of my first turning attempt must go to your teaching method, which I found excellent. Here's a few more pictures.

First, Paul got me to do the basic shapes

That was so good we even polished it :shock:

Then he got me to do a practice piece in roughly the shape of the finished article, using soft-ish wood

Then on to the real thing

I was actually quite amazed at how well it turned out.

Thanks again, Paul.

Cheers :wink:

Paul (bit confusing with all these Paul's :? :lol: )

 

[Paul.J]

Vey nice Paul
Will look forward to seeing some more of your turnings.
Have you been hooked,or turned on to turning :?:

 

[Anonymous]

What a load of Pauls... :lol:

looks like you both had a great day day... yet another convert from the flatwood society ? :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Thanks for your kind comments

Have you been hooked,or turned on to turning :?:

I'd love to do more but don't own a lathe, which is a bit of a limiting factor

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[CHJ]

Turned out to be quite a good day Paul, no excuses now for not having matching sets of handles.

 

[Bodrighy]

Thanks for your kind comments

Have you been hooked,or turned on to turning :?:

I'd love to do more but don't own a lathe, which is a bit of a limiting factor

Cheers :wink:

Paul

Excuses excuses :lol: Think of all the money you'd save making all those quality handles.
Pete

 

[mr]

Paul wow - you've done that before! surely. If not, shockingly good results for a first time - either way very nice result. Strikes me that you have a good source of pin money there.

Cheers Mike

 

[Woodmagnet]

Very nice job Paul, and well done Paul for the instruction.

 

[Blister]

Thanks for your kind comments

Have you been hooked,or turned on to turning :?:

I'd love to do more but don't own a lathe, which is a bit of a limiting factor

Cheers :wink:

Paul

YET !!! :lol: :wink: :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Paul wow - you've done that before! surely.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your kind comments. Honestly, it was the first time I'd ever had a go at turning - but Paul's tuition was really excellent. With his way of teaching, I reckon anyone could have done it. Mind you, he has a rather droolworthy lathe...........

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Paul - looks like you and Paul :? had a great day with a very good result at the end...you're right about Paul's lathe, droolworthy in the extreme - Rob

 

[Anonymous]

Sign me up for a set of those lessons please Paul. You're obviously a master instructor.

Fantastic work Paul. Maybe you should come along to the woodturning bash and show off making one.

Paul (previously known as Dave)

 

[Paul Chapman]

Paul (previously known as Dave)

:lol:

 

[Blister]

Its a Wivamac DB-1200

Nice :lol:

 

[paulm]

Its a Wivamac DB-1200

Nice :lol:

Yep, thats the one, does everything from pens to large tree trunks and everything in between !

Nice and heavy and solid, I filled the pedestals with bags of fine sand and rawbolted the bases to the concrete floor so it stays put even with bigger out of balance stuff.

The motor is 3 phase with an invertor so it stills runs off of the domestic supply, but the 3 phase means it keeps the torque levels even at lower speeds and heavier cuts.

Well made and good value compared to some of the competition that is made in Oz or Canada as shipping costs are quite modest from Belgium where they are made. Peter Helmsley at The Toolpost imports them here and delivers and sets them up for you, great guy to do business with.

If anybody fancies a day having a go let me know !

Cheers, Paul

 

[Wanlock Dod]

Hi Paul, (either one?)

Clearly it's time for a bit of a muppet question, but did you drill the hole (to take the screwdriver bit holder) before putting the wood on the lathe, or hold it in a chuck and drill it.

Guess who finally managed to get hold of a screwdriver bit holder today :shock:

Cheers,

Dod

 

[paulm]

Hi Dod,

Drill first then use the hole together with the revolving centre in the tailstock to centre the work, then turn.

That way the hole should always end up central to the finished piece.

HTH

Cheers, Paul