12-26-2017, 07:11 PM
I have an inside-out turning of a flower that some time ago I did the first part of the turning but not the second part. I turned one side, split the blank apart then glued each of the sections together. What I have looks a bit like this vase with the open end but the outside still needs to be turned. I had already drilled a hole in the base. I tried threading it onto a cut off bolt but it started spinning on the threads. I tred gluing some dowel into a hole I had previously drilled and holding that in a drill chuck, it broke the dowel. I could turn a tapered jamb chuck and put the open end over that but I'm afraid I'll split the sections if I press it on hard enough to hold it. I have to cut the broken dowel off anyway, maybe I'll drill another hole and try again with another cut off bolt.
I want to finish this for my MIL birthday this week. I also want to come up with a way to do these for possible sale. My problem has always been holding them for the second turning. Right now during the first turning I turn the tips of the petals completely and I turn most of the base of the flower. I'm thinking at the moment that possibly drilling a hole in the base of the flower and threading it onto a mandrel for the second turning is going to be my best option. I can turn a tapered center that I use with my cup or cone live centers in the tail stock.
I want to finish this for my MIL birthday this week. I also want to come up with a way to do these for possible sale. My problem has always been holding them for the second turning. Right now during the first turning I turn the tips of the petals completely and I turn most of the base of the flower. I'm thinking at the moment that possibly drilling a hole in the base of the flower and threading it onto a mandrel for the second turning is going to be my best option. I can turn a tapered center that I use with my cup or cone live centers in the tail stock.