▲ 127 ▼ Been turning today, which I almost never do but this thing turned out pretty nice (lemmy.world) submitted 1 week ago by CelloMike@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments (it's a training dagger for a friend who does medieval swordfighting stuff, though it's also got a good magic wand energy to it)
[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children) Awesome! How long did it take, and will there be any finish applied? I also appreciate the printout used as a guide. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children) About 90mins to go from the blank to the thing in my hands, I'm a very inexperienced turner so don't quite have the techniques down for doing it quickly yet Gonna probably just wax it for a comfortable hand experience and to bring the grain out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago That doesn't sound too bad really. It sure turned out good, and thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) How scary is the CHUNKACHUNKA at the beginning when you're knocking the corners off? I've watched some videos and it sounds concerning! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child) On this diameter (the blank started about 50mm) and with the corners already taken off on the table saw, it's absolutely fine - with a sharp chisel you're through the chunkachunka in a few seconds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Very cool. Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children) About 90mins to go from the blank to the thing in my hands, I'm a very inexperienced turner so don't quite have the techniques down for doing it quickly yet Gonna probably just wax it for a comfortable hand experience and to bring the grain out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago That doesn't sound too bad really. It sure turned out good, and thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) How scary is the CHUNKACHUNKA at the beginning when you're knocking the corners off? I've watched some videos and it sounds concerning! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child) On this diameter (the blank started about 50mm) and with the corners already taken off on the table saw, it's absolutely fine - with a sharp chisel you're through the chunkachunka in a few seconds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Very cool. Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago That doesn't sound too bad really. It sure turned out good, and thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) How scary is the CHUNKACHUNKA at the beginning when you're knocking the corners off? I've watched some videos and it sounds concerning! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child) On this diameter (the blank started about 50mm) and with the corners already taken off on the table saw, it's absolutely fine - with a sharp chisel you're through the chunkachunka in a few seconds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Very cool. Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child) On this diameter (the blank started about 50mm) and with the corners already taken off on the table saw, it's absolutely fine - with a sharp chisel you're through the chunkachunka in a few seconds permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Very cool. Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Very cool. Thank you! permalink fedilink source parent