Things that "turn" up

[HOJ]

So the request is to make 4 new capitals for some wooden columns, this is the sample I was given:



Some of it hasn't been eaten, enough to make a plan:



The scale:



The plan, at this stage, is to laminate pieces together (vertical) to make up the volume (I'll use bigger sections) which won't give me end grain as such:



I have 155mm over my lathe bed, so will just fit, without the square section though.

By the way, I don't do much wood turning so this will be a massive learning curve.

 

[Bingy man]

Quite a job there , I don’t have a lathe but always amazed what can be achieved with a block of wood - good luck and be nice to see your results..

 

[Stigmorgan]

Looks like a nice simple job that could easily be a PITA

 

[HOJ]

be nice to see your results..

Maybe maybe not!

simple job that could easily be a PITA

It already is, but I've messed up better jobs than this before

 

[Tris]

Richard Findley does quite a bit of this sort is stuff. If you can find some of his videos there's a lot of good information about glueing up multiple pieces for a project.

Looks interesting and hope to see some finished pics

 

[Paul Hannaby]

I made some similar to that a little while back and I think slightly larger diameter. I used Iroko because the modern fast growing pine won't last anywhere near as long as the original stuff.

 

[Fergie 307]

Maybe maybe not!


It already is, but I've messed up better jobs than this before

That's the spirit