Doing some lathe work....

[JMLangford]

My wife's birthday was Wed. May first, so I made her a few turned seam rippers as presents....

I use the mini lathe I picked up here:

2024 Garage Sale Thread (13th Annual)

Long story slightly shorter, I bought a Sheldon lathe, 13 by 36, I believe. It has a quick change tool post with several tool holders, tailstock live center and chuck and a steady rest. Also included was the 3 phase converter. $250 total... You suckety ****!

www.garagejournal.com

I made three - 1 out of Cherry - 1 out of Padauk - and 1 out of Acrylic.
It was the first time I'd turned Acrylic and it was fun...It polished up pretty good (for a rookie )

Large seam ripper out of Cherry



Small seam ripper out of Padauk



Double ended out of Acrylic - small seam ripper on one end and a stiletto on the other end



All three seam rippers...


Turning the Cherry & Padauk ones were easy....



Turning the Acrylic made a huge mess but was fun!!!
(and a learning experience)







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[The Cobbler]

nice work!

 

[JMLangford]

At the same time I ordered the seam ripper kit from PSI (Penn State Industries) I ordered myself a brass hammer kit!!

Started with a 2" x 2" x 8" piece of red oak....turned it to rough shape....


Bored a 29/64" hole down the center then tapped it for 1/2" x 13 tpi all thread....




Finished the handle with tung oil and a mixture of bee's wax and mineral oil....


Time for a little assembly....


All done!!






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[Ultradog MN]

I clicked on this thread thinking "metal"
so was disappointed.
But looking at your work, which is very fine, I'm now glad I did.
Kudos to you!

 

[OccupantRJ]

Nice work! You wife will be proud of her self sufficient husband, and will have a nice thoughts of you when she is using the tools you made for her.

 

[bugnut]

Very nice work I have a sibling that would like those seam rippers!

 

[WoodsTruck]

Is there a long cap that can go on either end of the double seam ripper?

 

[JMLangford]

I clicked on this thread thinking "metal"
so was disappointed.
But looking at your work, which is very fine, I'm now glad I did.
Kudos to you!

Sorry bout that, Chief
Yes, I would like to get a metal lathe and try my hand at that medium. (recon I can find one at a thrift store??)

Is there a long cap that can go on either end of the double seam ripper?

The rippers attachments are double ended with just a post on the other end....there is a brass tube glued in the center of the wood/acrylic blank, so you can flip the attachments around when not in use....




Although you can flip them around for storage, my wife said that she would always leave them out ready for use.


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[alfadan]

I clicked on this thread thinking "metal"
so was disappointed.
But looking at your work, which is very fine, I'm now glad I did.
Kudos to you!

Me too! Tree flesh!?

Just kidding! Fine work!

 

[MBfreak]

Kudus,
great work, your SO must be happy and proud.
Hope your wonderful tools will be passed down for generations.
Like a +200 year old quilt from a Blue Ridge cabin


Ola

 

[Bears Fan]

Cool stuff

 

[36truck]

Very nice work. The acrylic is an interesting medium to work with. Love the way it turned out with the veining in it.

 

[JMLangford]

Very nice work. The acrylic is an interesting medium to work with. Love the way it turned out with the veining in it.

Thanks,

Yeah, My wife and I stopped by the new Rockler store in town and I told her to pick out a fancy blank she'd like for one of her seam rippers....She liked this one!

Getting ready to bore an 8mm hole down the center....


Done!


Checking the fit of the brass tube before I epoxy it in....


This was my first time turning Acrylic so I didn't know how this would turn out but, it did o.k.
I sanded it all the way thru 12,000 micro mesh sandpaper but I didn't have any plastic polish, so I used Flitz metal polish....


But, it worked like a charm!!




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[36truck]

Very nice.

 

[alfadan]

I don't think I've turned acrylic before. Is there any issue with chipping? Only plastics I work with are nylon, delrin and occasional pvc.

 

[JMLangford]

I don't think I've turned acrylic before. Is there any issue with chipping? Only plastics I work with are nylon, delrin and occasional pvc.

This acrylic blank probably because it was square and I was feeding the cutter in to fast started out with pretty big, clunky chips (due to my inexperience) but once I backed out on the cutter and got the blank close to round it settled down and turned smoothly.
Also a sharp tool is needed for best results....I use the round carbide cutter and a HSS gouge (Actually, truth be told I tried out every tool I had )



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[Fixr]

This acrylic blank probably because it was square and I was feeding the cutter in to fast started out with pretty big, clunky chips (due to my inexperience) but once I backed out on the cutter and got the blank close to round it settled down and turned smoothly.
Also a sharp tool is needed for best results....I use the round carbide cutter and a HSS gouge (Actually, truth be told I tried out every tool I had )



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Someone will be along shortly to tell you that a Makita 9 inch grinder would have been better.