My Latest Turning

[William Young]

I turned this Celtic Knot Pen yesterday afternoon. It was my first one incorporating the celtic knot. I used a slimline kit and made it a modified slimline . Was afraid to use an expensive kit in case it turned out badly.
It turned out good enough that I will now make a bunch more with higher class kits. These are the type of pens that sell for at least double the price of just plain wood throughout.
W.Y.

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[Gunny]

Beautiful Willy... I was reading the tutorial for the Celtic Knot pen on your website this morning... Could I ask how long it took? And do you use a table saw or a mitre saw?

I figure if you were able to complete one this morning, I should be able to turn out a passable one myself by Thanksgiving... Thanksgiving 2010...

[William Young]

I used a sled on my table saw. First one was purple heart and maple and was a little tricky to catch on how to do it. Learned on that one and once I got the hang of it the second one went without a hitch. Took about 2 hours for the one shown from start to finish after the sled was all set up and ready to go and after I got the veneer strips cut to the right thickness. That is crucial to having them turn out right so use a dial calipers to get the right thickness of venner. DAMHIKT
This one is jarrah for the main body, hard maple for the celtic ring and holly for the center band.

The first one in bloodwood is now in my designer firewood box because I forgot that bloodwood would bleed (pardon the pun) into a light colored wood adjacent to it when cutting and sanding and it sure did. But the practice was worth the waste .
So I went to plan B and used a stick of jarrah because I knew it would't bleed into the maple.
W.Y.

[PaulD]

Nicely done Bill! As you know, my wife is doing alot with segmenting now, but this is not an area that I have worked in yet. I'm currently at the Utah Woodworking Symposium where there must be 500 turners frrom around the world. I'll just add this to my list of things that I can learn from others!

[moe]

[QUOTE=Gunny]Beautiful Willy... I was reading the tutorial for the Celtic Knot pen on your website this morning...

I tried finding the tutorial on the web site but was unable to. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob

[William Young]

Here ya go Bob.

http://wmyoung.proboards107.com/index.cgi?board=turning

There are two of them down near the bottom of the page.

I noticed this is your first message here. I seldom participate in this site anymore due to lack of responses and interest by most members..
This topic is from way back last June with two responses before yours. .
W.Y.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Moe

Thanks for joining the site here and glad to have you aboard. We have a variety of turning boards and hopefully you will join in. Love to hear about the lathe you are using and seeing some of your work. Maybe you will give us a little insight to your background. Take some time and check out the galleries and also some of the past topics. Anything you want to talk about is welcomed here.

[fwilson]

Bob

Welcome aboard.

[moe]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks. I went to the links and was able to find one for the Celtic knots that worked. One of the pen links as well as the captive ring tutorial no longer worked, but I got what I needed, thaks again.

I'm just getting started in pen turning, in fact I haven't done any yet. I have a 12x36 Delta lathe I bought new about 12-14 years ago which is in my shop about 75-100 feet away from the house. I've also bought the Jet V/S mini lathe so I can set up shop in the basement also so that I can just go downstairs for 15 minutes or so to piddle around when I don't feel like going out to the shop and firing the heater up and waiting for it to warm up, etc. I also bought a benchtop drill press and bandsaw for the basement.

I'm 55, still working, but have had 2 heart attacks and by-pass surgery and would like to retire as soon as I get some bills paid off, maybe a year or 2.

Bob

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Bob
We have alot in common, age for one (but not the heart attacks) and the use of the Jet mini lathe. I have that lathe and am waiting to get the Jet 1220VS when it comes out in May or so. That will be a sweet lathe also with a larger work area and a larger motor. I really do need a larger workshop. :)

Anyway glad to have you aboard and hope you are feeling fine after what you went through. Hopefully you got all those problems behind you now and you can concentrate on making sawdust. Love to see photos of your projects because around here we love pictures.

[William Young]

Hey Moe.
Thanks for reporting a couple dead links in the tutorials board in my WWF site. That sometimes happens when they are only on the originators server for a specified time.

I went to the links and was able to find one for the Celtic knots that worked. One of the pen links as well as the captive ring tutorial no longer worked, but I got what I needed, thaks again.

Glad I was able to help .

I have the Jet 1220 lathe now. I would not give thanks for the one coming out in April with VS if it robs as much power as my previous one did which was a 1014 VSI. You would not believe how few seconds it takes me to switch speeds on my new Jet 1220 and I have full power from the 3/4 HP motor.
VS is a nice convenience for some if they don't care about how much power the VS ciruitry robs . Of course one would never know the difference unless they have experienced it the way I have. VS is also nice if a person is buying it just to turn smaller things and is not interested in utilizing the full power of the motor for turning 12 inch bowls and such like I have been doing recently. .
If I was going to a big 2 HP lathe then the VS feature would be nice because there would be lots of power left over after the amount that was robbed by the VS circuitry.
We live and learn.
VS circuitry is also expensive to replace and in many cases they do fail no matter if they are on a scroll saw or a lathe or any other piece of equipment. . For me, the least to go wrong . . . the better.
Both my scrollsaw and my lathe are direct belt drive with more speed variations than I will ever need and I know from experience they are the most reliable and trouble free way to go.

W.Y.