Hi Curtis. That looks good,when I made my candle stick, I used the button cutter that I found new and unused with the Gel still on it. One of many cutters that came with my Revo . How did you fasten your pot to the normal lathe?? Screws or in a chuck, ,If screws, did they hold in end grain? Richard
On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 4:45:41 AM UTC+1, Curt George wrote: > > Thank you Mac. > > C.A.G. > > On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 11:28:49 PM EDT, M.W.Foscue < > mwfo...@earthlink.net <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Curtis, > > Looks really nice - thanks for sharing. That is a Beautiful piece of wood. > > Sounds like what you took is sometimes called a "Stay-cation" - where you > take leave from work, but "Stay" in the local area/home. > With that Wuhan/ChiCom Virus going around a lot of folks are taking their > normal "Summer Vacation" as a Stay-cation; and getting to know their own > local area better; catching up on things needing done around the home; or > just having FUN with a sport or hobby - like you are doing. > > Have Fun & stay Healthy. > Mac > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills > Sent: Oct 7, 2020 9:03 PM > To: "legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>" > Subject: Button cup > > Hello Everyone > Its Wednesday and I am on a mini vacation. (just a few days off, for no > other reason then I have time, And that I need to use it.) ;-) > > This cup was a nice way to spend my day. I turned the cup on the Lathe, > and then added the details. > > I used Mike's "Gear indexing method" to space out the buttons. I also used > a spacer block off of the Legacy stops, to advance/space out the rows the > of buttons. > Over all it was a nice project to do today. > > For newer members these methods have been covered in past LOM > writings/topic. > > IN a nut shell. Mike's gear indexing method uses the Legacy's gears to > make the indexes, instead of using indexing plates. > (Mike's You tube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgzEKnON-o ) > > The method is pretty easy. > First figure the Circumference. > Diameter of the work piece X 3.14 then divide it by the router bit dia, > then divide that by 4 (the number of threads on the Acme screw) this number > will tell you the number of pitch you will need, Then you need to use the > gear charts to find a pitch you can get close to... > I use a 6" pitch for my gear indexing.(5 1/2" would have been better, but > 6" was the best I could make using my gears.) Then all that I needed to do > was put THE handle on the lead screw so it pointed straight up. Every time > I rotated the screw/gears one revolution, so the handle was pointing up, I > knew the part was at the proper indexing. > Once I made my first set/ring of buttons all the way around the dia. I > then used a 5/8" cut block to use as my spacing of the button rings. all > that really needs to be done is to use this spacer against the acme screw > locks to get the next placement of beads. (5/8" was the best > looking/spacing, 1/2" just looked wrong/to close ...) > > I have No idea What kind of wood this is. > Its Very heavy and dense wood. it was part of a African carved statue > that I found in the garbage. The statue was painted black, to make it look > like Ebony, > I cut off the bottom of the base and use it to make this cup. > > Any questions or comments are ,"As Always" welcome. > > talk to you all more latter. > > C.A.G. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1102366943.10419.1602127727683%40wamui-charming.atl.sa.earthlink.net > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/1102366943.10419.1602127727683%40wamui-charming.atl.sa.earthlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/f0b1dd61-43fe-4e65-acc2-bedb2bee93deo%40googlegroups.com.
