I have designed a new bench in an attempt to see how minimal and clean I could go with a design while still being functional, shapely, and with style. I have not mocked it up so we'll have to see how it turns out. Consider it an experiment.
The four legs of the bench will be turned cylinders. I opted for this shape over a tapered spindle in an attempt to go super clean and minimal. I have posted this joinery technique in the past where I mortise a housing and the tenon mortise into the piece that is to be turned while it is in the square. A simple process that needs no explaining.
Here I have plugged the joint so that my gouge does not catch in it while on the lathe and either kill me or destroy the leg completely. I try for a decent fit but it is not worth devoting much time to as they are extremely temporary. I insert them with double stick tape to ensure that they do not come out while spinning.
Here the legs are turned.
I take a screw and drive it into the plugs to pull them out. The resulting joint is clean, crisp and ready for the stretcher to be shaped to fit into it.
Those are next.
6 comments:
nice work man.
turning is nice in that all the shaping and 'milling' is done at the same time.
but it's dirty as all get out.
looking forward to the next instalment.
jb
ive always wanted to try this joint. i always figured making a template to route out the huge mortise and then whatever with the mortise and tenon. i'll try putzing around with something soon.
clean and crisp is right, love the plug idea. Excited to see where the design is going.
Tyler
Do you have a "template guide" for your lathe or is all of that by hand??
Nick B, I cut the small mortises on the Davis and Wells and keep it at the same height when cutting the large one with a 3/4 inch end mill bit. All it requires is changing the left and right stops on the XY table. Templates with a router would work too.
Nick N, no it is all by hand. I use a pair of calipers and still they are all unique, my hands generating the shapes completely.
Oh and Tyler, in the first photo you can see a little turned walnut object in the background. Not to worry, I am not the grinder manufacturing market! It was for a friend who is prototyping little silver vessels and these were the coasters they sit in. You can call the lawyer back and let him know.
Sorry man the dogs have been set loose. Run! but leave your slot mortiser behind.
Turning cylinders by hand is no east task.
Tyler
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