Gouged, scraped and skewed feather blank

[ed4copies]

Two minutes on the roughing gouge, two more on the scraper, then the finishing touches (four minutes) with a skew.

As always, I am learning---your honest comments both good AND BAD are encouraged!!!

Thanks, hope you enjoy.
(This is the video of your pen, Ryan)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xikciU16Fts&feature=channel

 

[JeremyJ]

Ed

I did mine pretty much the same way and it looked just like what you did. I think it works great, better safe than sorry.

 

[Jon-wx5nco]

Ed,
Thank you for sharing! That is an awesome video

 

[TellicoTurning]

Hey Ed,
Your tools look a little rusty... maybe you need to use them more???????

Great vid... enjoyed it and someday I'm going to try one of those feathery blanks..

 

[Tanner]

Looks great. I've never used round nose scraper. I may need one of those. The brush idea is good too. I've been just quickly grabbing the ribbons with the lathe on. I guess I'm lucky I still have all my fingers.

 

[ssajn]

Hey Ed,
Your tools look a little rusty... maybe you need to use them more???????

Great vid... enjoyed it and someday I'm going to try one of those feathery blanks..

Maybe sharpen them too. :biggrin:

Nice job Ed.

 

[ed4copies]

If I get my tools sharp, I may cut myself!!!


(Silly suggestions!!)

 

[RyanNJ]

AWESOME ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for making the Video.
Is that a regular mandrel? Can't wait to see the pen in person

 

[ed4copies]

Looks great. I've never used round nose scraper. I may need one of those. The brush idea is good too. I've been just quickly grabbing the ribbons with the lathe on. I guess I'm lucky I still have all my fingers.

If just ONE of your fingers gets pinched between the turning blank and the tool rest, you will find another way!!!! DAMHIKT!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wildman]

Really enjoyed the video, very nice pen blank!

 

[alphageek]

LOL... I didn't know you could turn resin with anything other than a skew, ED! I knew other people could, just didn't know YOU could. LOL

The only new comment I can think of is you may want to mention what speed your lathe is running at... Not all who watch the video may know that (unless you mentioned it and my brain missed it).

 

[Lenny]

LOL... I didn't know you could turn resin with anything other than a skew, ED! I knew other people could, just didn't know YOU could. LOL

The only new comment I can think of is you may want to mention what speed your lathe is running at... Not all who watch the video may know that (unless you mentioned it and my brain missed it).

Beat me to it ... I was going to suggest the same thing. :biggrin:

Just out of curiousity, what lathe is that your using?

 

[ed4copies]

It's an OLD Delta lathe, movin' along at it's top speed (2400ish)

It don't move quick, I don't move quick--we get along.

 

[seamus7227]

Thanks for posting Ed!! Was Dawn your camera gal? lol

 

[JohnU]

I Like it! I enjoy all of your videos Ed. Being a self taught turner, its nice to see how others do it and how I can improve. That blank wasn't half bad either. lol

 

[ed4copies]

Actually John, I think we are all "self-taught"!! I have been fortunate to have seen a couple demonstrations by Dick Sing and Richard Raffan, but my actual turning style is "self-developed".

 

[fyrcaptn]

nicely done
loml keeps telling me we are moving into pr and castings so I'm trying to scoop up all the information I can thanks for posting

 

[Pens By Scott]

Great Vid Ed! Just have a question for you though. Before you cut the 2 minutes our and you were using the skew, were you doing a push cut? (think that's what it's called). I was seeing some flex in the mandrel is why I'm asking. After the cut in the video, it looked like you were doing a different cut/angle with the skew.