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moggymatt

Thought I'd share these photos of a box I made this past week with my 500 and Dewealt 788. It's a rescue log from my fater-in-laws wood pile. Spalted birch and based on the Potpourri Box in the lattest Wood mag. This log prompted me to grab a whole pickup load last summer so I cant wait to work with the rest of it.

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beeg

GREAT looking box ya made there. Just remember to protect yourself with that fungus wood.:eek:

mrhart

Way cool sir and unique. Thats what I want to do next as I'm a newbie. Small jewelry / storage boxes with different joints ect on each one.

Found a new wood source here. Crazy small place, no one has ever heard of, no sign. The guy likes woodworking as a hobby so be bought a mill and takes down specialty types of trees and cuts them up! He has a SS in the corner with little or no use and big (to me) commmercial stuff. Wood everywhere and all kinds. Maple-Walnut-Cherry-Oak-Hickory-all kinds. Bets part is the price. They charge me by the foot or so, its flat rate cash only. For 6-10 $ I can come out with all kinds of goodies. I'm ready with those and a few scraps from a nice cabinet guy (hmm) to finally get started.

terrydowning

I volunteered to make pens as gifts to the graduating seniors in our Music Program.

School colors are blue and gold. Turned in PSI Oceana Colorgrain, Designer 24K with year bands and treble clef clips. Finish is 3-4 coats of medium CA sanded to 600 polished with maguires scratchX and maguires gold formula carnuba wax.

Not just 10 Graduates

But 27 so I decided to make 30 in case there were any bad ones.

mrhart

Those are absolutely awesome sir!

I'm inspired:)

Pen turning Q

What do I need to start? wood and a kit aside. I need to look through my SS box and see what i have.

I tnink I just have the standard SS acc, nothing specific for pen turning

terrydowning

mrhart wroteThose are absolutely awesome sir!

I'm inspired:)

Pen turning Q

What do I need to start? wood and a kit aside. I need to look through my SS box and see what i have.

I tnink I just have the standard SS acc, nothing specific for pen turning

mbcabinetmaker (Mark) started a great thread called Pen Turning 101 It's a great primer for us SS users that decide to turn pens.

I use a Mandrel from Penn State Industries that is shopsmith specific and the Penn State Industries "Mandrel Saver" for the tail stock.

Penn State has has some decent lower end kits their "Funline" series which I recommend as a good place to start due to their low cost. DON'T spend a fortune on a high end kit to learn on. Instructions on assembly are decent and I recommend reading them through. Each style of pen uses a set of bushings that have the dimensions to turn the ends to so the tips, finials, and center bands are the correct size. The mandrel comes with 7 slimline bushings so starting with the slim line style is a natural.

Bushings are NOT required in fact for the most precise fit, you should measure each end fitting with calipers and turn the blank down to the correct size using calipers. I used bushings for the graduation pens because time was short and I had so many to do. Bushings are definitely a big help when learning.

I recommend having very sharp tools for sizing the blanks. I start with a roughing gouge to get the blank round and close to the final size. Then i switch to a skew for final sizing and contouring.

Finishing is one of the most difficult parts and I suggest a site like penturners.org for detailed information on different finishes.

material can be as simple as cutting your own blanks from available stock. typically 5/8 X 5/8 X a couple of inches per section.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Fair warning. Turning pens can become very addictive.

I hope you enjoy.

pessen

I just this morning saw your post showing off these pens on penturners.org

Do you do your pen turning on your ShopSmith? If so are there any good features or limitations concerning doing pens on the SS?

I just bought my first used SS back in early Feburary, but due to being busy with finishing up my thesis (just over a week until I defend!), working, and still trying to have time for my wife and kids (including a 1 month old), I have not touched it since buying it. To top it all off we are buying a home and hoping to close in a couple of weeks. So, once everything calms down a little I plan on finally starting to make some SS sawdust!

I have been lurking on penturners.org for the past couple of months, and can't wait to get my SS up and running and start trying out my hand at penturning.

Anyway, its fun to see SS owners work on multiple woodworking sites. Great looking pens by the way!

pessen

terrydowning wroteI volunteered to make pens as gifts to the graduating seniors in our Music Program.

School colors are blue and gold. Turned in PSI Oceana Colorgrain, Designer 24K with year bands and treble clef clips. Finish is 3-4 coats of medium CA sanded to 600 polished with maguires scratchX and maguires gold formula carnuba wax.

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terrydowning

Yes, I do all of my turning on my SS using SS chisels.

I find the advancing of the quill to be very helpful at times.

One potential downside is that SS is not that common on the turning forums and some of the tools and techniques are for more standard lathes. Example: turning between centers with a 60 degree dead center in the head stock and a 60 degree live center in the tail stock. Since I don't have the ability to mount a MT2 dead center on the SS headstock and I've never seen one, I'll have to figure out how arrange a 60 degree dead center there.

Pretty much every thing can be worked around, it's just that the tutorials and articles assume a more standard lathe and you sometimes have to be creative. Example our tail stock does not advance, the quill does. This is exactly opposite to most wood lathes and you need to compensate for this fact in tutorials.

rkh2

Those graduating seniors should feel real special. Quite an undertaking there and they all look great!! I would say that you spent a few hours or so on this project. I also do all my turning on my Shopsmith and have the mandrel from PSI as well and also use the shopsmith chisels. The only other lathes I have ever used was at Woodcraft when I took my how to turn classes. Their lathes were bench top models and one had to change the belts from one pulley to another for different speeds. I feel so much better doing my turnings on my machine.

tdubnik

Finished up two tables recently for my son and myself. My wife and son gave my large Egg for Christmas and after my son tasted some of the food coming off the egg he decided he had to have one too. So now we are a two Egg family and if I build something for mine I also have to make one for him too.

So here are the tables. They are made from cypress finished with 4 coats of Helmsman Spar Urethane. The working surface is solid granite with wood edging. Hanging hooks on the left and a handle/towel holder on the right. The drawer holds most of my eggsessories so far.

The wooden part of the top and the shelf are built solid with no gaps. I did this to keep water and dirt out of the drawer. I attached the top and shelf so they could move a little without splitting as the humidity and temperature changes.

terrydowning

A very handsome grill setup indeed. Nice work.

JPG

Good Job! What is the 'Egg' setting on?

tdubnik

JPG40504 wroteGood Job! What is the 'Egg' setting on?

It is sitting on a regular cement patio block. This insulates the table from the heat of the egg. I might try to find something nicer, but this will do for now.

The hole in the tabletop is also cut to provide about 1/2" clearance around the egg for the same reason. This helps to prevent any scorching or fires.

mrhart

I've seen the ones they sell with the Eggs, yours is much nicer.:)

charlese

Excelent cart, T.D.!:D Beautiful workmanship!

pessen

Wow, that looks amazing. Nice job on the table. I had never heard of the BGE's. How do you like yours so far? Could you give us a quick review? Is it worth the price in your opinion?

After doing a little looking at what they say a BGE can do, you may have just given me the grill to put at the top of my grill/smoker wishlist!

tdubnik wroteFinished up two tables recently for my son and myself. My wife and son gave my large Egg for Christmas and after my son tasted some of the food coming off the egg he decided he had to have one too. So now we are a two Egg family and if I build something for mine I also have to make one for him too.

So here are the tables. They are made from cypress finished with 4 coats of Helmsman Spar Urethane. The working surface is solid granite with wood edging. Hanging hooks on the left and a handle/towel holder on the right. The drawer holds most of my eggsessories so far.

The wooden part of the top and the shelf are built solid with no gaps. I did this to keep water and dirt out of the drawer. I attached the top and shelf so they could move a little without splitting as the humidity and temperature changes.

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Shop_Smith_Poppi

Originally Posted by terrydowning

I volunteered to make pens as gifts to the graduating seniors in our Music Program.

School colors are blue and gold. Turned in PSI Oceana Colorgrain, Designer 24K with year bands and treble clef clips. Finish is 3-4 coats of medium CA sanded to 600 polished with maguires scratchX and maguires gold formula carnuba wax.

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But 27 so I decided to make 30 in case there were any bad ones.

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Just 27 huh? My youngest daughter just graduated last Friday her class had 440 graduates. took 3 hours for the ceremony to finish good thing they hold it in Barn Hill Arena (University of Arkansas Basketball Arena).

JPG

Shop_Smith_Poppi wroteJust 27 huh? My youngest daughter just graduated last Friday her class had 440 graduates. took 3 hours for the ceremony to finish good thing they hold it in Barn Hill Arena (University of Arkansas Basketball Arena).

How many of those 440 were 'Music' students?;)

Shop_Smith_Poppi

Well the choir had about 30 seniors this year and I believe there were around 100 seniors in the band. And about 20 - 40 in the orchestra. My daughter was in Choir.

So some where around 150 - 170 of them were in music programs of some kind.

tdubnik

pessen wroteWow, that looks amazing. Nice job on the table. I had never heard of the BGE's. How do you like yours so far? Could you give us a quick review? Is it worth the price in your opinion?

After doing a little looking at what they say a BGE can do, you may have just given me the grill to put at the top of my grill/smoker wishlist!

The Egg is an amazing grill. You can slow cook pork butts or ribs at 225 degrees all day on one fill of charcoal and it holds temperature very well. I have also cooked homemade pizzas at 750 degrees and they only take 6 to 8 minutes.

There is a learning curve to using this grill but it goes pretty fast if you are good with other charcoal grills. The main thing is to slowly get up to your desired temperature because if you overshoot, it takes a while for it to come back down.

It is definitely worth the money if you do a lot of grilling. I use mine 4 to 5 times a week. Prior to the Egg I used a Weber charcoal grill but since I got this one, I have given both of my Webers away.

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