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People who don't turn miniatures don't know the degree of difficulty! Keep it up!

Unfortunatly, no, I don't have one for sale. I make all my fixtures for personal use from acrylic: it's stable. easy to cut, drill, and glue (CA glue). The angle for this "wedgie sled" is set with a 30-60-90 degree office supply triangle.

In order to make the most accurate cuts a sled like the in the vidoe is very useful. Check out the web site SEGEASY.COM for the basic plans for an adjustable version. This form of sleds are referred to as "Wedgie sleds" and you and search that also. Mine was made in acrylic using a 30-60-90 triangle from the office supply store to set the perfect 30 degree included angle.

When pressing the halves together for shaping it is not necessary that the segments be vertically aligned. It IS important the upper & lower haves be horizontally in the same rotational plane for good clamping and later gluing. I didn't really bother with the rotational alignments.

Thanks! I just find it easier to align right from the start!!

I don't have a video but will consider making one soon. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks, Mike. Extract from a section of a three-hour seminar on "cutting wood."

My Woodfast has been with me for years and now is a personal friend!

The anodised aluminum cones are not on themarket any more however there is a set of come that ARE available from advancedlathetools.com/cone-centers-2/ There ar lighter and earier to use also.

@@JimRodgersWoodturner Many thanks for your reply. I have taken a look at that site link, the sizes quoted are a little confusing. I live in the UK so I would imagine it would cost a fortune in transport. I will enquire. I am also looking for large blanks of HDPE to see if it’s more economical to turn them myself. I have no idea if the HDPE blocks are available in grades of quality and hardness. Have you any idea, have you worked with it before ? My initial impression is that it’s very expensive material to buy in blocks or round blanks. I have only looked at a couple of sites so far. Just out of interest, is it just the one size cone you use or do you have sever sizes ? Which size do you find most useful. The example in your video looks quite large. Thanks again, all the best, Ricky

@@RICKYDENNIS49 Ricky, HDPE in 100mm diameter and cut in a 100mm length can be purchased for about £40 including VAT at: www.theplasticshop.co.uk/polyethylene-rod-hdpe-100mm-110mm-120mm-125mm-130mm-140mm-150mm-160mm-180mm-diameter.html. I would cut it carefully with very sharp tools as it is flexible and will "catch" on the tool easily.

@@JimRodgersWoodturner Once again, many thanks, all the best

At about 23:45 I mention that I will "dunk" this small project into a bowl of Miniwax Wipeon Poly. A paper towel will wipe up any drips or spills. Larger vessels I use a pair of forceps and a small sponge to coat the interior surfaces and a pipe cleaner dunked in finish to coat the open edges.

No, I was talking about finishing with a gouge or a round tipped tool!

@@elliottsimkins74 I usually finish turning the interior with a negative rake scraper. The bigger one that fit the opening is better because there is less vibrations.

I just leave out the"very, very" to get to my project size

I built the sled with a 30-60-90 triangle from the office supply store to get the proper angle. The materials is acrylic from a local supplier (Tap Plastics). One fence is glued in place with CA glue and the second aligned to it and then CA'd. There is sand paper on each face of the sled to prevent slippage of the stock.

Good point. To assure side grain view between the rings, I would have to make a segmented ring of veneers - tough task! For my smaller vessel it seems too much effort. Between the segments I want all the veneers to face the same direction for consistency - might as wellmake them side grain facing.

Thanks for the fast reply. I really enjoyed the videos, and I bought your book​@JimRodgersWoodturner

Thanks

Hard to say, they are thinner, may not be High Speed Steel (e. g., carbon steel), and not stiff enough to meet the challenge. However, try it - you it works for you great!

Never waste.

Thanks 👍

Glad you like them!

Good point. Yes thin and shallow cuts with a really stiff blade works well.

Also, I would suggest the tool with the shortest height to fit into the BFB curvature..

I thought of that also; but still don't trust the kit manufacturers' tube lengths.

@@JimRodgersWoodturner Tube length doesn't matter because you are measu ring from the tip to the end of the transmission. A longer or shorter than normal refill would change things but I've only ran into that once and I just set it aside for my own use rather than reset the transmission for it because that would throw it off when the recipient of the pen had to change the refill.

@@rickgibson7876 Got it. Different measurement that what I was thinking.

We can do better than “Government Work”

Also, I have the opportunity to edit out all of my mistakes!

Go for it!

Thanks, I’ll try to keep more coming

I purchased the “Pen Ultimate Assembly Tool” from Craft Supplies USA. About $15.00. I feel that it gives me more control.

Any machine bolts of an appropriate size. I generally use 3/8" x 16, or 1/4" x 20. I have a tap that cuts the perfect threading holes in the plastic. For closed cell foam I visit the Michaels' craft store and purchase 12" sheets of colored foam used in kids construction project area for .99 cents a sheet. I also use their foam glue which is probably the same as white woodworker's glue!