Dan Mosley
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Picture 1 & 2- New steady rest used on this bowl which was cut less than 1/8 as i hollowed down slowly. Slowly because i didnt know what to expect when the walls got thinner and thinner. Without the rest i would get chatter easy and even blow some of bowls apart due to warping,lack of support when it got thin.... etc.
I slid the 3 arms up to where they were just touching and locked them in......i cut the walls down thin just to see if it would chatter actually - no chatter and im glad i got the rest because deeper hollowing is alot easier now i believe.............
Picture 3 & 4 - New recess cutter tool arrived today and i used it to cut a dovetail for the powergip jaws i am trying out. I made a recess in the bottom of the bowl in the first picture for expansion. Could have been a mistake because it was a awful big diameter hole i made. The recess cutter worked well and the powergrip held very very well. I probably should have made tennon and used the powergrip in compression mode it could have been turned down or off i suppose......... but i think it will turn out ok.......ill post pics later of the bottom.........
One thing that i do like about the powergrip jaws is that with the recess/expansion type of mounting i am avoiding turning off the tennon and flattening out and sanding the bottom level......meaning i turn the recess and finish it first......then shape the bowl and hollow.......when i take it off im done.....
I do need to try the compression on a tennon next.........maybe tomm if im off work.......all in all i like how hard these jaws hold the work pc.......and with the steady rest
I slid the 3 arms up to where they were just touching and locked them in......i cut the walls down thin just to see if it would chatter actually - no chatter and im glad i got the rest because deeper hollowing is alot easier now i believe.............
Picture 3 & 4 - New recess cutter tool arrived today and i used it to cut a dovetail for the powergip jaws i am trying out. I made a recess in the bottom of the bowl in the first picture for expansion. Could have been a mistake because it was a awful big diameter hole i made. The recess cutter worked well and the powergrip held very very well. I probably should have made tennon and used the powergrip in compression mode it could have been turned down or off i suppose......... but i think it will turn out ok.......ill post pics later of the bottom.........
One thing that i do like about the powergrip jaws is that with the recess/expansion type of mounting i am avoiding turning off the tennon and flattening out and sanding the bottom level......meaning i turn the recess and finish it first......then shape the bowl and hollow.......when i take it off im done.....
I do need to try the compression on a tennon next.........maybe tomm if im off work.......all in all i like how hard these jaws hold the work pc.......and with the steady rest
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