tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post1734552611621746047..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: I'm Part Of The World's Oldest ProfessionSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-73981112890090745972013-04-03T21:28:13.911-04:002013-04-03T21:28:13.911-04:00Knob on the lid, I meant to write. Knob on the lid, I meant to write. The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-20532902701610663602013-04-03T21:26:57.714-04:002013-04-03T21:26:57.714-04:00Wow, just wow - how little things have changed in ...Wow, just wow - how little things have changed in 87 years. That guy is good, and his work is marvelous. A lidded bowl, with a knob on the bowl - who knew such a thing was possible?<br /><br />My lathe has an electric motor mounted on it, so the belt drive is localized, not coming from a jackshaft driven by a large power source located elsewhere. My lathe is also made out of wood, as a wag said "I think you misunderstood the term 'wood turning'". Smart *ss...<br /><br />I use a gouge much like the first one we see being honed. That guy uses several different sized gouges, a skew and the hook tool. He is using the hook to clean out the little nubbin that remains when your gouge has gone about as far as it can go. I will usually relocate the tool rest and stick with my gouge, if possible, but if that doesn't work, I might resort to using a scraper for the very center of a bowl. I don't have a hooked tool like his, although they are available and sometimes used by traditional turners. <br /><br />He really hangs a lot more of the tool over the tool rest than I do, although I have bent gouges by reaching further than I should. You do what you have to do, some times. He is dealing with the issue that bowl turners face - when you get right down to the center of the bowl the tool does strange things - rides, jumps, fights with you - that tool provides an elegant way to deal with that particular problem.<br /><br />He sanded the interior of the bowl with the tool rest in place - that is a bit concerning. He also moved the tool rest when the lathe was running - I don't do either of those thing. Sure, my fingernails still look like his, but what are you going to do, right? Neither of us want OSHA hanging around, in any case.<br /><br />Nice band saw - I have one that will saw wood 11-1/2" thick, so I am not complaining, but sometimes one wonders what one might accomplish with a bit more depth of cut.<br /><br />Using a screw drive on both sides of the bowl is interesting - I could see him measuring the depth of the bowl carefully - maybe he can finish that job without making a one hold colander. I am thankful for 4 jaw chucks - I only use a screw drive on one side of the bowl - the interior of the bowl which gets turned away. <br /><br />I also don't turn lids - I am thankful that I can make something out of one piece of wood without having to do any joinery or match the diameters of two pieces. Yeah, I know, I really need to step my game up.<br /><br />Anyway, that video was an amazing document of how things were and pretty much how I still do things. Fascinating. I know I am working in a continuum of wood turners that goes way back, and it is great to see how similar things were in a very different time and place. <br /><br />Oh yeah, people still burnish their finished piece with the fresh shavings - because we can.<br /><br />Thanks for posting that, Sippican, you made my evening. May we spend our days getting covered in wood chips for many years to come. The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-10252790895285194072013-04-03T14:11:52.984-04:002013-04-03T14:11:52.984-04:00Sometimes when I feel sad I go to the Unorganized ...Sometimes when I feel sad I go to the Unorganized Hancock youtube channel and all my troubles seem to melt away http://www.youtube.com/user/unorganizedhancock?feature=watch<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-32772508514683541702013-04-03T12:37:36.835-04:002013-04-03T12:37:36.835-04:00I can't recall turning anything, sorry. I did...I can't recall turning anything, sorry. I did make a fire with the bow drill, though. You have to fire harden the board and the spindle just so. Chicken and egg sort of thing.<br /><br />Also, have a tinder bundle right there! Maybe the sofa was his TB - who knows?Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-36117787806155021022013-04-03T12:10:34.477-04:002013-04-03T12:10:34.477-04:00I read some years back that the best time for star...I read some years back that the best time for starting a fire with a fire bow was about 26 seconds. IIRC. Given that my memory is not what it never was...Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-64788574723002320092013-04-03T09:39:27.760-04:002013-04-03T09:39:27.760-04:00recognizing every part on that lathe wasn't so...recognizing every part on that lathe wasn't so hard since the last one i used was only 10 years younger than that one. and better built than anything you could buy new today. Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288771971363819090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-69305633464781405092013-04-03T09:32:43.763-04:002013-04-03T09:32:43.763-04:00Hi dadof- It's not a grinding wheel. It's ...Hi dadof- It's not a grinding wheel. It's a strop. It's a leather wheel used to polish the edge, and turns away from the user. <br /><br />I don't turn bowls, so the spoon-shaped thing isn't in my arsenal, but that sort of tool is just called a "hollower", I believe. <br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting. <br /><br />Hi Julie- I'm worse than your great grandpa. I built a boat in the basement almost a decade ago, and never brought it out. It's on its third basement now. If fits through the door, but I've never had a day off to launch it.<br /><br />One way or another, boats don't fit. <br /><br />Always love to see your face with the tiny face next to it in the comments. SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-69088389058198462532013-04-03T09:22:00.369-04:002013-04-03T09:22:00.369-04:00:D
My great grandpa did that thing with the boat, ...:D<br />My great grandpa did that thing with the boat, once. I kind of wish I could have been a fly on the wall the day he tried to bring it up...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-75305213823660219822013-04-03T08:45:30.184-04:002013-04-03T08:45:30.184-04:00was it just me or was his grinding wheel going bac...was it just me or was his grinding wheel going backwards? Or was that just the pictures strung together to make it look like it was going backwards?<br />He used a crooked tip fine point chisel. I noticed they edited out the part where it stuck on him. What was the purpose of that chisel. Never saw one of those before.dadofhomeschoolershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164690638335065954noreply@blogger.com