Been a bit busy

[zigs]

Building a pole lathe, did a trial run today, it works fine, just needs a bit of finishing up/ tweaking

 

[alexiskilgannon]

I am loving the use of bark! I love the rustic look it gives everything. It looks like your project is coming along nicely. I wish I had the tools and knowledge to do something like this, but sadly I'm not good with anything you could find in the garage. Best of luck to you and finishing your project!

 

[Daren]

Cool Pole Lathe Zigs. I want one now I Bet you enjoy bending that pole & making lovely things with it often. I'm thinking ......A fallen tree will be doing well if you get hold of it.

 

[CanadianLori]

Wow, how many hours did this project take and did you have any help?

 

[Bootsy]

Looking good

 

[IcyBC]

Looked like you put in hours of work there and like @alexiskilgannon I don't even know the type of tools unless you said "give me the flat head or the pointed head screwdriver".

 

[Beth_B]

Very cool! What's your first project going to be?

 

[Rosyrain]

Oh wow, you did such a good job on that, and I too like how you left the bark on some of the wood pieces, gives the thing character. Looks like you worked really hard to build it.

 

[Becky]

That's awesome! What are you planning on making with it?

 

[Pat]

Awesome work, how do you plan to use it?

 

[zigs]

Ta all

taken 2 weeks just under on and off, easy enough to do, just looked at a few youtube videos

Trying to turn my first small plate but i'm either doing it wrong or I've got the wrong chisels

 

[Becky]

Ah what a pain! Out of curiosity, where do you fix the wood when you're turning a plate?

 

[zigs]

Ah what a pain! Out of curiosity, where do you fix the wood when you're turning a plate?

Been doing a bit of adjusting today, starting to work better

It fixes onto a pole called a Mandrill that has 4 nails banged into it with just about a quarter of an inch sticking out, then I filled the heads into small chisel shapes

Was gonna take a pic but have put me camera down somewhere stupid

 

[Becky]

Ah ok I getcha now Glad it's working better!

 

[zigs]

Ta

It better do, spent a small fortune on Chisels today