Boxelder maple can be a beautiful wood and a dream to turn. I like the form and applaud your efforts. Keep up the good work & thank you for sharing the video.

Love the idea. Like your results a lot. Well done!

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Doug 😊

Great patience led to a lovely result, Heather. Great design! You reminded me that I have a Roto-zip tool like yours that I forgot I had. You gave me a great idea on how to use it in woodturning. Thanks!

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Greg. This is the first time I've used mine in probably 20 years! I'm surprised it still worked. 😄 Thanks for watching ❤️

Great first try! Tip: For getting an equal sphere, use the top edge of a glass or jar that is perfectly round. Place iit against the wood to check for high and low areas as you turn. It just needs to be smaller than the diameter you are turning. You will be able to easily see where to cut or scrape to get a perfect sphere.

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

That's a fantastic tip! Thank you so much ❤️

Thats very cool very interesting

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

😊

Looks good.

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

I was a bit unsure of the colour, but once finished and displayed outside it looked good ... oh and the piece itself is fantastic 😁 Suggestions ... 1) put your chuck key in the top position and then hang a heavy weight from it on the end of some string ... that'll stop it rotating while you're routing 👍 ... 2) to protect your chuck, just remove the piece, slip a plastic bag over the chuck and remount your piece👍

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips Barry! I'll definitely do that next time...if I remember 😄

That's a cool unique globe Heather! Save some alcohol to sip on later and gaze upon the globe 😂

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Wrong kind of alcohol! But I'll take your advice!

It was a great attempt at protecting the lathe from the overspray but after watching, I think I would try masking the paper to the lathe. Sadly, you had to make the sacrifice so others could learn. Way to take one for the team 😅.

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Lol thanks! It was a pretty sad attempt to protect the lathe, honestly! I was more worried about the chuck! 😆 Thanks for watching ❤️

Now that was ambitious ... good on you ! The lacquer really helped too. How much ink did you eventually use ? Thanks for sharing. Take care. -Mike And the base of the RotoZipper was perfect for the sphere - kept the cut perpendicular !

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! I probably used about 10 drops of ink. Mixing it with alcohol makes it go farther

@mpart_woodlathe-stuff

5 ай бұрын

@@spiritwynd 👍😎

Yeah, way too much alcohol, Heather. That came out really pretty in spite of it. If you are using a liquid, it only takes a little. I use India ink straight out of the bottle. But if you want to dilute it, I'd go with a 75/25 ratio, ink to alcohol.

@spiritwynd

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Billy! We live and learn the hard way sometimes. Lol