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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: woodtinkergary on February 17, 2013, 10:36:21 pm

Title: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: woodtinkergary on February 17, 2013, 10:36:21 pm

Whatch how this guy makes a wooden lamp shade!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/rikkitikkiberger/videos
thanks for watching, wtg

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: dirtrider73068 on February 17, 2013, 11:11:48 pm

Holy crap! That was cool, Bet It took a long time to cut, looked hard getting it set up.

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: EIEIO on February 18, 2013, 09:10:06 am

Slick. I wonder how you keep it from drying and cracking. It looked pretty green coming in.

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: Rapid Roger on February 18, 2013, 09:58:38 am

O.K. ......Now WHO is going to clean up that MESS? Took two days to cut and two weeks to sweep up the shavings.

I've seen other videos of similar things and can't help but think "What a waste of wood."  I mean, I really like the lamp shade and the mans talent but, to start with a log that large and end up with something so delicate and light with 98% of the wood on the floor just blows my mind.  :'( :-\ :P ::) :o >:(

Rog 

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: GrayBeard on February 18, 2013, 11:34:51 am

Roger! We sure think alike!
Very beautiful and interesting project and finished project but couldn't it be done without the waste?

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: chelcass on February 18, 2013, 12:19:31 pm

more money then he knows what to do with??????  Or just an over abundance of wood????

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: Graywolf on February 18, 2013, 04:23:48 pm

Roger, that's the first thing I thought about also. I bet his pockets and pants are full!!!   ;D  ;D  ;D

Title: Re: how to make a wooden lamp shade, real interesting!!!
Post by: Gabby on February 21, 2013, 02:20:45 am

Chances are he lives near the woods and may have even cut it on his own property.
Often you can pick up wood rounds like that from a blow down for free! It is normally just split up for fire wood and burned. Tons of good wood are burned every year that way, so he isn't wasting it so much. There is a technique where with a special tool you can cut several stacked bowls from one piece of wood, I suppose he could make 2 or 3 but I kind of doubt it just too dangerous when you part it off. It's bad enough doing one. I'll bet he gets 2 or $300 for one maybe more.
If you try this at home take note he kept his speed way down, if it's out of balance even a little, high speed will have it dancing right across the floor or possibly tearing those screws out and away it goes and you hope it doesn't come out your direction, been there done that and have the scar to prove it.
I'd still be turning if I had power and heat to my shop but can't afford the $5000 or so to get it hooked up, maybe I'll do some this summer I still have my little 1000 watt Generator and it will pull my little lathe, I really hate to see it sitting there going to waste. Depends on what the gas prices do this summer it's getting close to $4 here already.  >:(
Gabby