Aligning lathe centers

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:31 pm

Sir these are super nice.
How did you darken the grooves? might be a dumb question..

tdubnik · Post by **tdubnik** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:45 pm

mrhart wrote:Sir these are super nice.
How did you darken the grooves? might be a dumb question..

I made a small groove with a skew chisel and then I used a piece of wire with the piece spinning to burn the groove in. I did this before I applied the finish.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Wed May 18, 2011 12:31 pm

My guess is burned with some steel wire. That's how I make black rings.