Knobs

"Bird" (Bird) 12/21/2015 at 21:12 • Filed to: None

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Just saw davesaddiction’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and decided I should share these. I made them over Thanksgiving. I had never used a lathe before, but it’s definitely something I need to get into.

Both of those are made of Bubinga, and African hardwood. I think I’m going to try acrylic or one of these laminated blanks people use for duck calls.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Bird 12/21/2015 at 21:23

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If you feel like making something in a simple shape, like the one above, with that purple, and blue/grey laminate wood, with a 12x1.25 insert; you just let me know.

Bird > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 12/21/2015 at 21:31

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I’ll let you know....It will probably be a while. I don’t have a lathe, I did those on my fathers. I’m not sure when the next time I’m going to get back out there is.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Bird 12/21/2015 at 21:48

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I just realized this is a duck call not a silly looking shift knob.\

wait nevermind

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Bird 12/21/2015 at 21:53

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I wish I had a lathe. They seem pretty neat.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Bird 12/21/2015 at 21:54

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You should.....polish your knob.

Ba dum tisss

I’ll show myself out.

Patrick Nichols > Bird 12/21/2015 at 22:21

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I’m sure you already know this but the lathe is the most dangerous tool in any shop, with chainsaws coming in on number two. Those look great though.

Let me know if you do any more and want something burned into them. I’ve been doing some custom pyrography when I can and I would be more than happy to work out some sort of trade if you want.

Bird > Patrick Nichols 12/21/2015 at 23:53

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I always learned the table saw was the most dangerous tool in the shop...lol. I was wearing a dust mask and face shield the whole time. Don’t worry.:)

Funny you should mention the chain saw though. The other thing I did over Thanksgiving was cut some trees down for my dad. My brother and I had quite a scare when we were doing it. We rented a 70’ boom lift to be able to top the trees, and one cut almost killed us. At full boom extension we cut a rather large limb, and even properly wedging it, it broke 4 ft away from our cut, twisted and fell on the basket. The basket dropped about 5 feet instantly and my brother who was making the cut fell down. I pushed the saw away from his leg as the basket was rebounding and it slammed us both pretty hard. Definitely a code brown moment.

Bird > BaconSandwich is tasty. 12/21/2015 at 23:54

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Definitely a very cool tool. My dad’s is a Shopsmith with digital RPM control. Pretty neat piece. What I really want though is a metal lathe. Oh the things I could make with that...

Bird > Patrick Nichols 12/21/2015 at 23:55

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Oh, and do you have any examples of your work? I might be interested in that.

Patrick Nichols > Bird 12/22/2015 at 00:04

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https://www.instagram.com/hogcreekdesign…

I’ve been slow to get stuff up, but I should be picking up the pace soon and plenty of stuff will be posted next week (couldn’t give up what Christmas presents were).

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Bird 12/22/2015 at 08:25

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Nice!

Princess Auto (a store like Harbor Freight up here in Canada) has a small metal lathe on sale occasionally. I've heard of guys using the lathe to make parts for itself to make itself more accurate.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Bird 12/22/2015 at 09:58

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Damn... glad you’re all okay.