Segmented Wheel
Yet again I need better lighting! The camera flash shows it all up.
But I am getting a feel for how accurate we need to be in the future.
Most of the centre will be carved out anyway so we won't see my deliberate mistakes.
How should I tackle it?
Sand both flat faces on each of the 2 disks.
Drill a 3mm centre hole through both disks.
Use drill to line up the disks and glue.
Turn a top mahogany piece in the lathe between centres, so that it will fit into the chuck.
Put it in the chuck and align with tail stock and tighten.
Now turn it true and part the end with a nice 90 degs flat.
Drill a centre hole for aligning with a drill to the disks.
Remove the chuck from the Lathe with piece still attached.
Glue this flat end, (centred by a drill), on top of the two disks, grain parallel to the Knob bottom.
Mount the assembly back on the Lathe.
Turn its cures and carve out the concave bottom and bottom rim.
Drill hole out to 5.8mm
Turn the top until it parts off.
Are we mad!!
Segmented Wheel
Yet again I need better lighting! The camera flash shows it all up.
But I am getting a feel for how accurate we need to be in the future.
Most of the centre will be carved out anyway so we won't see my deliberate mistakes.
How should I tackle it?
Sand both flat faces on each of the 2 disks.
Drill a 3mm centre hole through both disks.
Use drill to line up the disks and glue.
Turn a top mahogany piece in the lathe between centres, so that it will fit into the chuck.
Put it in the chuck and align with tail stock and tighten.
Now turn it true and part the end with a nice 90 degs flat.
Drill a centre hole for aligning with a drill to the disks.
Remove the chuck from the Lathe with piece still attached.
Glue this flat end, (centred by a drill), on top of the two disks, grain parallel to the Knob bottom.
Mount the assembly back on the Lathe.
Turn its cures and carve out the concave bottom and bottom rim.
Drill hole out to 5.8mm
Turn the top until it parts off.
Are we mad!!