Pumpkin Meets Parting Tool
- Thread starter MartinPens
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KBs Pensnmore
Member
Fantastic. Some people will turn anything. How did you mount it?????
Kryn
Kryn
sbell111
Member
Wow! Howdya do that???
(jk)
(jk)
LL Woodworks
Member
Martin-san - you make very nice Japanese pumpkin lantern 
MartinPens
Member
It was mounted between centers. Just the right amount of pressure to keep it on the lathe. I wore my face shield in case it flew off. I used a parting tool to cut grooves. Then I took it off the lathe and sliced the top off through the first groove and scooped it out. I numbered the layers and then cut each layer free. Then it was just some toothpick work to put it back together. It's drying out and twisting into funky shapes. It may be more interesting in a couple days then it is now. fun!
76winger
Member
Very nice, but I think I would have chose the Bandsaw. :biggrin:
underdog
Member
I bet your mother was always telling you:
"I must have told you a million times to quit playing with your food!"
"I must have told you a million times to quit playing with your food!"
BtBldr
Member
Nice kitless pumpkin. Now get back on that pen.
Curly
Member
Pumpkin boards next?
If you had parted them at the right angle you could have put them back together to make a flat board, "a reverse Ring Master". :tongue::wink:
If you had parted them at the right angle you could have put them back together to make a flat board, "a reverse Ring Master". :tongue::wink:
Is that a CA finish?
firewhatfire
Member
I think your kids will look back many years from now and say,
Kids the pumpkin in that picture started the decline of the pen turner and started the new craze in restaurant entertainment era for your Grandpa. I remember the year we lost him and half of the people in the great pumpkin come apart where he tried to turn the worlds largest pumkin on a bet by the restaurant owner.
Kids the pumpkin in that picture started the decline of the pen turner and started the new craze in restaurant entertainment era for your Grandpa. I remember the year we lost him and half of the people in the great pumpkin come apart where he tried to turn the worlds largest pumkin on a bet by the restaurant owner.
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
That's just cool Martin. I had the same concern about the pulp on the lathe. But, don't have the answer. Hope it cleans up ok.
Hope it cleans up ok.
greggas
Member
how many coats of CA