Woodturning A Lignum Vitae Lawn Bowl Into A Funky Project, This Was The Hardest Piece I've Turned
2022 ж. 6 Шіл.
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In todays video I am turning an old Lignum Vitae lawn bowl into a really funky project. This is one of the hardest woods out there and it shows, this has to be one of the toughest makes I have done to date.
I absolutely love the way this piece came out and I hope you enjoy watching the process of turning an old lawn bowl into a usable item.
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great video They sure are tough to turn but the wood is lovely when finished I always start with small forstner bits and work my way up saves a lot of time that way
That came out beautiful you could tell it was very hard thanks for sharing
Hiya, Thank you so much for the comment. It was a very difficult wood to turn but was worth every second of it. Glad you liked the video. All the best.
Lignum was used as a bearing for the Titanic prop shaft, it’s the forth hardest wood in the world
I didn't know that it was used for a bearing on the Titanic. Thank you for that piece of info, love learning new facts. Have a wonderful day. :)
Lovely job!
Thank you very much. :)
You really need to look at the basics of what you are doing. You are working in a dangerous way. I’m not surprised you had the piece spin off and you were lucky it didn’t cause you any physical damage. Turn a mortise or tenon. Use your tail stock. Use a smaller bit (pilot) to core out and then increase the size. But always turn the outside first (with the tailstock in) to get the piece more balanced before you start on the inside.