The Woodshop Shed

Goblet of Marblewood

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


11-1/2”
YG/HSThis is the Thing, during the making of which, I decided that I need to get better at keeping my tools sharp. I'm now the owner of a new grinder, and a Wolverine/Varigrind setup. It helped, and, I'm sure will help even more, once I've become accustomed to its use.I did try to go eccentric on this one. Here's what happened:I tilted the Thing in the chuck – just a little. Now, normally,when I tilt a Thing thusly, I stick a little magnet between the base and the rim of the jaws. In this case, there wasn't enough meat on the base to keep the magnet in place. The magnet is important because, as the the Thing wobbles about its central axis, the tool is skipping across while making the cut. Even with a very sharp tool, this imparts a lateral force against the wobbling Thing, which, for unassailable reasons, will tend to push the base back to its central-axis location. I tightened the chuck as brutally as I could, and this happened, nonetheless. So much for ducks-in-a-row on this piece. The “duck” I had coming along, when it moved, became the ziggurat you see supporting the captive ring. I mimicked the ziggurat in the base, and, just cuz I felt like it, added a little acorn between. Yes. I signed it, sorta. (I need to get better at finishing the bottoms of Things, too.Thank you. And, I apologize.

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