Watcha Makin'?

[doc henderson]

Larry, did you not do a thread on your ornaments in the past?  I have lots of questions.  if you have not, would you want to start one?

[Larry]

I've posted a few pictures and snippets in the past.  A search will turn em up.

Need to take more pictures to really have a decent thread.  If you have any specific questions I'll try to answer.

[doc henderson]

well, is your lathe able to help you evenly space the rotation to hit with the router so all the colored wood is the same space and size.  how do you get the thin line around the inlayed stuff.  i am amazed and confused.   I think there should be an area for you turners.  at least a thread.  you are just teasing us non-turners folks.  it looks amazing.  "what are you turning 2022"!  come on Larry!

[Larry]

I think all lathes have some method for indexing.  My lathe is simple and accurate.  The index wheel has 48 holes.  For ornaments I usually use 8, 12, or 16 increments.  That's why the marks are on the wheel.



To get the colored lines on the inlay I glue on dye colored veneer.



I used to use veneer glue but found Titebond works just as good.  This round I'm gluing red and green veneer on yellow heart substrate.





 
To clamp I put them in my vacuum bag for 20 minutes.

After glue is dry I rip into squares and glue veneer on the second side using the same process.







When dry I cut them apart with a box knife and they are ready to glue into the ornaments.




Clear as mud?

[Crusarius]

why do you only veneer one side at a time? I would think with the vacuum bag it would be easy to do both?

[doc henderson]

thanks! how bout the jig with the router and what a 3/4-inch strait cut bit that a 45° angle?  is it at the outside edge of the radius where the router bit enters the wood?

[Ljohnsaw]

why do you only veneer one side at a time?

Geometry.  He needs the color on two adjoining faces at 90°.

[Crusarius]

ahh, that makes sense.

[Larry]

doc, a few pictures for ya.  The router is a Bosch Colt with the optional angle base.  I added a piece of HDPE plastic on the base for stability and to make it slide easy.  Fabricated the rest assembly.  Bit is a standard straight bit with the cutting point on the exact center line of the lathe.  45 degree bits do not work well as the center point is cutting so slow it leaves a little bur.

[doc henderson]

thanks SIR LAWRENCE OF LATHE.  i just bought my second colt 1.25 hp router with a plunge base to do inlay work.  neat and it makes more sense now.  

[21incher]

Thanks for sharing your secrets  again Larry. I love those ornaments. 

[trimguy]

I got to spend a little more time setting up my shop and I built these cabinets. I'm sure they will fill up before I have a place for every thing.

 

 

[Tom King]

Combining a router and lathe scares me after what happened to Mark Hennebury.  The bit broke and went through his jaw, narrowly missing taking an eye, but did take some teeth.  I don't know the details, but I could never do it after seeing that.  Can't post a link to other forums here.

[Old Greenhorn]

Before folks get really scared here. What Mark was doing was way outside of what woodworkers would do. He was using his router, with electronic speed control to do ID grinding work. The speed controller took off, ran the wheel above it's rated speed and it blew. This is not the kind of work routers are designed for.
 It's a shame he got hurt as bad as he did, but let's keep it in perspective. Using any tools outside what they are designed for has inherent risks.

[aigheadish]

Undoubtedly light work for you guys but I started and finished building a gate yesterday for the fenced in area for the newish dog, it's not ready for install yet, as the fence posts aren't in, but it's very rare that I complete a project the same day I start it. Ha, this is actually not the finished picture. Yehaa!

[trimguy]

I built this to match a bookcase I did for my grandson a little while back. 

 

 
I had to tell my daughter " Okay, now Papa needs to do some more wiring and needs to build some work benches ". 

[Larry]

The pipeline is filled up now and a few dribble out every day.

[doc henderson]

neat.  thanks Larry.  it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 

@Jim Thomas 

[21incher]

Not a wood project but I need a way to bend some laser cut acrylic shapes in a upcoming project so built a very simple hot wire bender from mostly stuff I had laying around. Used an old HP all in one pc 19v power brick and nichrome wire. It actually works good in the end. Should be good for adding perfect grill marks on burgers also :D. Well it does use some particle board. Having fun making refrigerator magnets for the holidays also.


 

 

 
Here is a video if interested
Xtool D1 Pro 20 Watt Cutting Acrylic Machine Parts To Build A Simple Hot Wire Acrylic Bender - YouTube

[Don P]

It's a year or two too late, someone was asking for chicken coop pics. I happened across the stick last night. It was when we were "between engagements" in '08. I had been admiring gypsy wagons at the time.  Built on a trailer frame Dad dropped off and said "never on the road again". When it was done and hooked to the truck at the shop, the trailer broke :D. So it was kind of a woodworking/welding project. It lives on a friend's farm now.



 

 

 



Good dogs I have known.

[boonesyard]

Installed a flame boxelder fireplace surround for a customer this weekend. They were pretty excited about the results. 

[tule peak timber]

Glued up some walnut today, two entry doors and a countertop 

 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

I've been working with Cherry this last week.


 



 

[firefighter ontheside]

I started making this little table months ago, but got hung up with my planer needing new knives.  Well I got some new knives in it and finished planing this.  Now the new knives are knicked again.  I'm guessing I should have bought higher quality knives.  I will take them for sharpening and maybe get a microbevel and that may make them stay sharper longer.  I just put some linseen oil on it and its amazing what the oil brings out of the walnut.  I knew this was gonna be striking figure from the crotch, but still it surprised me.

 

[Old Greenhorn]

Do we get to see it? :D

OH, I see you are one of those 'add my pictures later' guys. Very pretty stuff!