Last Saturdays Project

[Robert Taylor]

Last Saturday we had a demo at our club by Fred Dutton. He was very good and afterwards he coached ten of our members including myself through the process. I have never turned anything this thin (well not on purpose anyway) before.

 

[bobjackson]

Good job. My hat's off to you.

 

[Frank Nemke sr]

How big is this hat? Nice job

 

[Robert Taylor]

the brim is eight inches and it is four inches deep. the club has ten jet 1014vs lathes.

 

[thewishman]

Fred is a very nice guy.

Great hat!

 

[lazyguy]

NOOB question. How do you get the curve in the brim???

 

[Robert Taylor]

the curve was done by placing the hat upside down in a wooden handscrew/clamp, snugged up lightly. rubberbands are run from one side of the clamp over the top to the other side of the screw. i misted water from a spay bottle a couple of times a day for the first two days. after the third day it was placed under a shop light with a sixty watt bulb for four hours then final sanded a four coats of Deft spray lacquer were applied.

 

[louisbry]

Nice looking hat. I always wanted to turn one of those.

 

[Pen_Turner_297]

That's awesome you did a great job

 

[PaulDoug]

Something I have wanted to try,, someday, when I'm a better turner. Very nice job on that one. I bet it gets a little scary going so thin. Congrats on a nice job.