Stuart Ablett
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Well, I've not had a lot to show for myself as of late, been busy with various small, but time consuming things.
I did get to clearing up some old chunks of wood I had laying around, they were all quarters, or even eighths of round pieces, that were cut offs from bowl blanks. Being the free wood scrounge that I am, I could not toss them out, and I'm glad I did not.
I cut them up as blanks for boxes
Now I know some will say that my lathe is for making stuff round, and it does that well, but, by using the Phoenix, I got two nice pieces out of some of the chunks, bonus!
Only if you have not had a bandsaw that will cut circles, will you appreciate one like I do, when you finally have it, and can cut circles
Now I got to wait a while, they seems to still be a bit wet, they measured out at 9% on my moisture meter, so I'll give them a little while to dry some more, but should make some nice looking boxes, the wood is the Cherry I've made some bowls from.
Cheers!
I did get to clearing up some old chunks of wood I had laying around, they were all quarters, or even eighths of round pieces, that were cut offs from bowl blanks. Being the free wood scrounge that I am, I could not toss them out, and I'm glad I did not.
I cut them up as blanks for boxes
Now I know some will say that my lathe is for making stuff round, and it does that well, but, by using the Phoenix, I got two nice pieces out of some of the chunks, bonus!
Only if you have not had a bandsaw that will cut circles, will you appreciate one like I do, when you finally have it, and can cut circles
Now I got to wait a while, they seems to still be a bit wet, they measured out at 9% on my moisture meter, so I'll give them a little while to dry some more, but should make some nice looking boxes, the wood is the Cherry I've made some bowls from.
Cheers!