A couple slims

[sorcerertd]

I hadn't turned any of slims in a long time. Definitely not my best work, but I'm happy with them. Believe it or not, these are both eucalyptus.

That tighter grained blank was just labeled eucalyptus. The blue band was a leftover piece from a piece of dyed box elder burl. I was originally going to use gunmetal, but liked the brighter chrome better on it.

The longer one was supposed to be a euro, but I turned the ends to the diameter of a slim. I used my Rick Herrell offset sanding jig to shorten the bottom barrel down to where the diameter fit the euro tip, but calipers told me the top end was just not going to work with the euro top so it's now a hybrid. I could have sworn the tips were the same size for the slim and the euro and only the top was different. Guess I'm going to have a euro with a slim tip some time in the future. Anyway, that one is figured eucalyptus with a band of brown mallee.

 

[TDahl]

Very nice

 

[MedWoodWorx]

I hadn't turned any of slims in a long time. Definitely not my best work, but I'm happy with them. Believe it or not, these are both eucalyptus.

That tighter grained blank was just labeled eucalyptus. The blue band was a leftover piece from a piece of dyed box elder burl. I was originally going to use gunmetal, but liked the brighter chrome better on it.

The longer one was supposed to be a euro, but I turned the ends to the diameter of a slim. I used my Rick Herrell offset sanding jig to shorten the bottom barrel down to where the diameter fit the euro tip, but calipers told me the top end was just not going to work with the euro top so it's now a hybrid. I could have sworn the tips were the same size for the slim and the euro and only the top was different. Guess I'm going to have a euro with a slim tip some time in the future. Anyway, that one is figured eucalyptus with a band of brown mallee.


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Could you show the offset sanding jig? Very nice job!

 

[Woodchipper]

Nice. What are the bands? Odd how grain can differ from one area of a piece of wood to another area.

 

[sorcerertd]

Could you show the offset sanding jig? Very nice job!

Also, here is a link to where you can get one: "Custom Made" penturning tools/accessories

Nice. What are the bands? Odd how grain can differ from one area of a piece of wood to another area.

Dyed box elder burl and brown mallee burl.

 

[MedWoodWorx]

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Also, here is a link to where you can get one: "Custom Made" penturning tools/accessories


Dyed box elder burl and brown mallee burl.

So in your experience that jig works better that a trimmer? The round disc attached to your lathe is a diy sander with a velcro attached to it? Thank you for your time and response, cheers.

 

[sorcerertd]

So in your experience that jig works better that a trimmer? The round disc attached to your lathe is a diy sander with a velcro attached to it? Thank you for your time and response, cheers.

It works much better, doesn't stress the blank. I've had too many chips, cracks, and blowouts with a drill type trimmer. The discs are psa (basically peel and stick) on a piece from a sink cutout.