Pecan three-sided cup

This was one of my practice pieces on three sided turning. this was a piece of pecan a friend gave me down in Albany GA when a wind lew a limb down in his back yard. it was actually one of my first green pieces of wood. When I first got it, I immediately turned all the bark off and made several long straight cylinders and sealed the ends in wax. This piece was actaully stored for 4 years before I turned it. 2 3/4"D x 3 1/2"H

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Philip Peak

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Date: Thu June 2, 2005
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Gil

Thanks, how do you cut three 120 deg. lobes on the lathe?

#1 Thu June 2, 2005 12:49am

Philip Peak

Actually Gil, I got the idea from the Sorby disks. I think it is the second one of the two when he shows the use of the steb centers. Also I made a video on how I adapted the procedure and mailed it off to Chris today for hopeful inclusion onto the video web page.

#2 Thu June 2, 2005 1:27am

Gil

Thanks Philip. I have had those two CDs as long as we all have, but I admit to selective viewing. The Steb Center segment was very good.

#3 Thu June 2, 2005 2:45am

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Still think these are pretty cool. I look forward to seeing the video you did. 8)

#4 Thu June 2, 2005 4:09am

Chris Wright

I know I can't wait to try it out. Smile

#5 Thu June 2, 2005 4:55am

keith bundy

Woodturning magazine out of England had an article on these a couple of months ago. This was turned on three axis wasn't it? I tried one. You have to be exact in your set up. You did better than me, mine was off a little bit.

#6 Thu June 2, 2005 10:31am

Philip Peak

Yep, three axis'and I wasn't real accurate but I found that the higher you can speed up the lathe without walking it across the floor the better off you are. And yes there were a few times the PM started walking on me and that is with the added weight of about 300 lbs of rock salt added to the bottom of the lathe on a 2x12 I placed across the bottom of the lathe. I neede somepalce out to the way to store the salt for my water softener. There is does double duty.

#7 Thu June 2, 2005 10:46am