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What are you working on currently?

Dave! · 2016-09-04 21:49:11

Hey folks, Not sure if there's a thread for this already, but direct me to it if there is! Thought it'd be good to share what we're working on currently and our progress, etc. After all sorts of problems I've completed the build of a BBQ side table for my friend. Gonna finish it during the week and then get rid of it! The…

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#902 16-01-2021 1:19pm
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Another vote for the adult education woodturning courses, it's what I did (mine got interrupted five lessons in by the first lockdown but it still got enough across that I continue to enjoy a full set of fingers after a year messing on the lathe).

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#903 16-01-2021 2:03pm
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yep, how i got started also, in hartstown. did one with joe laird many years ago, but didn't have anywhere to put a lather for about six years, so repeated it with my wife when we moved into the new place. was a chap called Ruaidhri who led the second one.

for the money you pay too, it's fantastic value; €125 for ten two hour lessons.

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#904 16-01-2021 4:40pm
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Well, that's next year's yule tree baubles bought

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#905 17-01-2021 11:23am
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Sparks wrote: »

Another vote for the adult education woodturning courses, it's what I did (mine got interrupted five lessons in by the first lockdown but it still got enough across that I continue to enjoy a full set of fingers after a year messing on the lathe).

I would hope to do the same once the lockdown lifts as well, but I'm not even sure that the local VEC will be running a Woodturning course.
In the meantime, can anyone recommend a good starter book ?

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#906 17-01-2021 12:14pm
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where are you based? the chap i mentioned above (joe laird) can do one-on-one courses, but that's obviously a more expensive way of doing it. the benefit is not just the one on one aspect, the lathes are excellent compared to some of the ones you might be saddled with on evening courses.

he's based in dublin 15; not sure what he can do during lockdown obviously.

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#907 17-01-2021 2:23pm
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I'm down the country, Tipp, so Joe Laird is not a runner.

Had considered (again before lockdown) of booking a weekend away and incorporating a 3 hr tuition on one of the days.
That will have to wait too.

I'm tipping away here myself and making loads of mistakes, but learning along the way.

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#908 17-01-2021 2:59pm
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there's also glenn lucas who runs courses, about an hour's drive from thurles (he's based in carlow) but again, this won't be nearly as cheap as an evening course.

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#909 17-01-2021 3:40pm
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Vizzy wrote: »

I'm down the country, Tipp, so Joe Laird is not a runner.

Had considered (again before lockdown) of booking a weekend away and incorporating a 3 hr tuition on one of the days.
That will have to wait too.

I'm tipping away here myself and making loads of mistakes, but learning along the way.

Into Ronaynes in thurles and ask for Johnny. He will sort ya for advice/tools or even classes if you wanted.

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#910 17-01-2021 4:05pm
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bamayang wrote: »

Into Ronaynes in thurles and ask for Johnny. He will sort ya for advice/tools or even classes if you wanted.

Thanks bamayang.
When things open up a bit I'll give Johnny a shout.

In the meantime, any recommended reading ?

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#911 17-01-2021 4:18pm
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i'd say videos on youtube are as good a resource as any? there's one started in the last year or two called 'turn a wood bowl' and he does some good stuff on the basics.

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#912 18-01-2021 1:46am
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magicbastarder wrote: »

yep, how i got started also, in hartstown. did one with joe laird many years ago, but didn't have anywhere to put a lather for about six years, so repeated it with my wife when we moved into the new place. was a chap called Ruaidhri who led the second one.

for the money you pay too, it's fantastic value; €125 for ten two hour lessons.

Jasus, that's massive value!

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#913 18-01-2021 1:54am
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Vizzy wrote: »

I'm down the country, Tipp, so Joe Laird is not a runner.

Had considered (again before lockdown) of booking a weekend away and incorporating a 3 hr tuition on one of the days.
That will have to wait too.

I'm tipping away here myself and making loads of mistakes, but learning along the way.

Try Donal Ryan, he does classes and is based in Tipp, Borrisolee I think?

https://www.facebook.com/Donal-Ryan-Woodturning-1494161187525525

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#914 18-01-2021 9:00am
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mayo.mick wrote: »

Try Donal Ryan, he does classes and is based in Tipp, Borrisolee I think?

https://www.facebook.com/Donal-Ryan-Woodturning-1494161187525525

Thanks for that.

Still too far to travel to at the moment, but will check him out.

I have a friend who is a bit more experienced than myself so I might get him to give me a few pointers.

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Vizzy wrote: »

Thanks for that.

Still too far to travel to at the moment, but will check him out.

I have a friend who is a bit more experienced than myself so I might get him to give me a few pointers.

I would bone up on the
safety aspects of the tool and the chisels first, then, with the right PPE just turn away on low value wood that is easy to work with.

I know you know this but loose clothing/sleeves, uneven, cluttered footing etc don't generally turn out well on a lathe

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#916 18-01-2021 5:07pm
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Calahonda52 wrote: »

I would bone up on the
safety aspects of the tool and the chisels first, then, with the right PPE just turn away on low value wood that is easy to work with.

I know you know this but loose clothing/sleeves, uneven, cluttered footing etc don't generally turn out well on a lathe

That's exactly what I am trying to do at the moment.

Have turned a few trinkets ( keyrings and a couple of bodhran "tippers").
Learning how to sharpen the chisels etc.
I have a larger piece of green ash in lathe at the moment and want to practice turning it into something that resembles a bowl ( or maybe an eggcup).

Haven't had any scary moments yet, but I know that it is taking me ages to do everything.

Its very addictive. To paraphrase a famous saying- "Give a man a fish and he will feed himself, give him a lathe and he will have an excuse to get away from the house for the night"

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#917 18-01-2021 5:10pm
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Guru Maith Agut wrote: »

That is fu#*ing class Bamayang!!!! Perfect look for a candle holder. Fair play

Thanks very much.

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#918 18-01-2021 7:10pm
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there are a few videos on understanding catches on youtube, but the main thing to remember is make sure your cutting edge is supported.
skew chisels are famous for catches, but that often comes down to cutting on the unsupported side.
if you imagine the skew is sitting on the rest like a forward slash, i.e. in this orientation
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and you're cutting at the top end of the blade (i.e. top right of the slash there) rather than the supported bottom end; there's much more scope, if the blade starts to catch, for the torque to flip the chisel over which causes it to dig in more, and next thing you know you've taken a chunk out of your piece.

in short, the line between the contact point of the tool on the tool rest, and the point cutting into the piece, should ideally be vertical or near vertical.

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Vizzy wrote: »

That's exactly what I am trying to do at the moment.

Have turned a few trinkets ( keyrings and a couple of bodhran "tippers").
Learning how to sharpen the chisels etc.
I have a larger piece of green ash in lathe at the moment and want to practice turning it into something that resembles a bowl ( or maybe an eggcup).

Haven't had any scary moments yet, but I know that it is taking me ages to do everything.

Its very addictive. To paraphrase a famous saying- "Give a man a fish and he will feed himself, give him a lathe and he will have an excuse to get away from the house for the night"

Dunno if you want to spend much money but, these downloads that Glenn Lucas does are brilliant. You can save them onto your PC and go back to them when you need to. He is a master turner and teacher:
https://www.glennlucaswoodturning.com/product-category/guides/downloads/

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bamayang wrote: »

Dunno if you want to spend much money but, these downloads that Glenn Lucas does are brilliant. You can save them onto your PC and go back to them when you need to. He is a master turner and teacher:
https://www.glennlucaswoodturning.com/product-category/guides/downloads/

bamayang, you are being very helpful.

By coincidence I spoke to a friend of mine this afternoon and he mentioned a guy in town here - Brendan Hogg, but I'm not sure if he does any tuition. BTW my friend said that Brendan wrote the definitive book on "Plane Solid Geometry for Leaving cert".

Just for the Mods, are my witterings more appropriate in the "Advice for Novice Wooworkers" thread ?

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#921 18-01-2021 10:24pm
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Vizzy wrote: »

bamayang, you are being very helpful.

By coincidence I spoke to a friend of mine this afternoon and he mentioned a guy in town here - Brendan Hogg, but I'm not sure if he does any tuition. BTW my friend said that Brendan wrote the definitive book on "Plane Solid Geometry for Leaving cert".

Just for the Mods, are my witterings more appropriate in the "Advice for Novice Wooworkers" thread ?

Might be more helpful there alright, but its your choice:)

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Few recent bits from the workshop

Sharpening station:

Bog oak and ash mortar and pestle

Charging and storage station for drills. Handy have somewhere to fire em out of the way.

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#923 18-01-2021 11:46pm
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kadman wrote: »

Might be more helpful there alright, but its your choice:)

kadman, I think that it might be more useful in the other thread. Hopefully it will help somebody else like myself.
Also it will clear the way for all the brilliant projects being posted.

Thanks
Viz

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Hi all, been looking for an irish woodworking forum since I deleted Facebook. Just finished my first chess set. I've completed a few chopping boards, a table and my workbench

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obreathnach wrote: »

Hi all, been looking for an irish woodworking forum since I deleted Facebook. Just finished my first chess set. I've completed a few chopping boards, a table and my workbench

Welcome,
The more the merrier as they say, What design of workbench did you build?
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#926 04-02-2021 1:25pm
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obreathnach wrote: »

Hi all, been looking for an irish woodworking forum since I deleted Facebook. Just finished my first chess set. I've completed a few chopping boards, a table and my workbench

Very wise choice;):)

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obreathnach wrote: »

Hi all, been looking for an irish woodworking forum since I deleted Facebook. Just finished my first chess set. I've completed a few chopping boards, a table and my workbench

who needs facebook with this on boards
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=116165349#post116165349
stumbled across it today

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I got tired of working off a set of trestles, so I had a go at a work bench. I used 10x 4.8M lengths of 4x2 C16 pine, not the toughest of wood but good enough for my first attempt… used a bit of oak for the jaws of the vice.

Planed everything down to begin, then glued up the top in two sections (so I could fit them through the planer)

No fancy joinery, just lap joints used, cut on the table saw and tidied up with hand plane & chisels:

Then on to assembly of the frame:

Fitted the top with metal L brackets if I need to disassemble, made up a flattening jig for the router to level off the top using some coated MDF left from the kitchen units & tidied it up with a plane:

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Made the vice up with some 19mm oak boards I laminated:

The finished job:

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I've seen a few people turning 3 sided bowls and tealight holders, so, I thought I'd have a go meself. First though I had to make up a jig for the lathe. I'd ordered some m33 nuts long before Christmas, ideal for a project like this.

I glued one into some Ash with epoxy for the drive, turned down and bored a 20mm hole approx 30mm deep. Used some Ash again for the live centre, 20mm hole 30mm deep. I had no arbour for the tailstock so I thought I could mount it in the jacobs chuck. I epoxy a 22mm bearing, rebated into the block of wood, with a 6mm gutter bolt fastened with a nut, to fit into the chuck in the tailstock.

This one was slightly off, not running quite true. However, once I got the blank mounted, lined up and tightened, it was running pretty true!

Just turned a 125mm cube, to try it out. Cut a tennon on the bottom to remount. So far so good, we'll see how it finish's!

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small coffee table made from trunk of flowering cherry tree

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