Anyone know of a website where I can get information on end grain
turning?

I've got a couple of 600mm (2ft) pieces of jarrah (a gorgeous aussie
hardwood) that I'd like to turn in to large platters.

Cheers
Paul




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Paulco wrote:
Anyone know of a website where I can get information on end grain
turning?
I've got a couple of 600mm (2ft) pieces of jarrah (a gorgeous aussie
hardwood) that I'd like to turn in to large platters.

UNless you've got a monster lathe, you're really talking about
making a couple of 300mm platters out them. End grain turning is
an odd way to put it, they should be turn on a faceplate as REALLY
shallow bowls. If you catch my drift. Darrel Feltmate's website
has a wealth of info that might be of use to you. Was this
supposed to be a drive-by? Wish I had the wood.

Dave in Fairfax
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Hei Dave,
I have a chinese lathe with a 300mm swing but the lathe has a swivel
head for larger work.
I'm hoping to make a couple of platters at least 400mm.
I'll check out Darrel's site.
Cheers
Paul


On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:39:47 GMT, Dave in Fairfax
wrote:

Paulco wrote:
Anyone know of a website where I can get information on end grain
turning?
I've got a couple of 600mm (2ft) pieces of jarrah (a gorgeous aussie
hardwood) that I'd like to turn in to large platters.

UNless you've got a monster lathe, you're really talking about
making a couple of 300mm platters out them. End grain turning is
an odd way to put it, they should be turn on a faceplate as REALLY
shallow bowls. If you catch my drift. Darrel Feltmate's website
has a wealth of info that might be of use to you. Was this
supposed to be a drive-by? Wish I had the wood.

Dave in Fairfax



Unless otherwise stated all references to location refer to Western Australia

"Paulco" wrote in message
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I have a chinese lathe with a 300mm swing but the lathe has a swivel
head for larger work.
I'm hoping to make a couple of platters at least 400mm.
I'll check out Darrel's site.
Cheers
Paul


I start with the outside, and that cuts rim to base, same as any spindle
turning. If you don't have a huge chuck, you'll probably want to try some
combination of short tenon into glue block. Glue won't hold well, but a
cross-bored pin through the tenon does firm things up pretty well.

Reversing to hollow, I'd keep my cuts gentle, more with the nose than the
wing of my gouge, due to the mount problems. You may use pretty much any
gouge you care to. I like flat forged types, but fingernail spindle gouges
also cut their way from center with good control. I do smaller stuff on
mine like that, but your leverage at 200mm from center is going to be pretty
strong, so keep that rest almost touching. If you find yourself picking up
grain as you work out, you can consider spritzing the working face with
water - or LDD, if that's your pleasure - to soften them and make them
easier candidates for cutting with a freshly honed gouge.