More spirals

[YoYoSpin]

Tried spiraling some cigars today...the first is Redheart. Discovered that spiral cuts with the grain (cross-cut turning orientation) works really well.

This is Chokte Viga, one of my favorite woods.

 

[johncrane]

ED!very unique pens they are impressive too' does it take a lot more time to turn and finish .[?]

 

[olsenla]

Wow Ed, those are great!! I really like the proportion of these spirals on the pens. When I saw your previous post I went to the Sorby website and downloaded the videos for the tool. I don't know if I could master its use, but you certainly have. I think the cross-cut redheart is my favorite. Thanks for sharing.

Larry

 

[YoYoSpin]

Thanks JC...the spiraling process takes me about 2-3 minutes per blank. It's really pretty easy, but I have had about one in ten blanks not turn out well, where the spirals overlapped and got all gnarly. It may have something to do with vibration and whip around the center of the mandrel where the turnings are least supported. Might be best to have just one blank on the mandrel at a time to minimize this issue.

 

[jjenk02]

Your making me dizzy[] Nice job[]

 

[stevers]

Starting to like this look. Sort of screwy stuff.

 

[johnnycnc]

Cool look with the spirals,Ed!
I really like them.[]

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Ok, Ed, you got a new toy that makes the spirals and I missed the description. What is it and can we see a photo of it?

 

[BigRob777]

Ed,
Now you're just trying to make me look bad.[] I have a little bit of the redheart x-cut left. How does it turn?
Rob

 

[BigRob777]

They look great, but it almost seems like a waste to use nice looking wood on the threaded part. I'll bet blackwood would be fun to turn this way.
Rob

 

[NavyDiver]

Those look really good! I think I like the redheart the best with the spirals only on the bottom half of the pen.

 

[Ravenbsp]

Do you use a metal lathe? If so, what change gear set up do you use when cutting the threads? When I try to cut at less than 12 TPI, I have trouble getting enough torque for even shallow cuts.

 

[YoYoSpin]

Thanks...here's a re-print on how the spirals are cut, from an earlier thread: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20820&whichpage=1#214790

 

[jeffj13]

The spirals look cool. However, I think I agree with Rob, at least as far as the Redheart goes. The wood is so pretty, I'm not sure that I would have spiraled that one.

jeff