Wood Magazine 98 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1997-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Jam chuck

Lathe faceplate

Draw pencil lines on the face and rim of the blank as guidelines for rounding over the clock's back edge.

and the faceplate—this will serve as a reminder not to cut into the screws. Turn a 2%"-diameter tenon 1" long. The tenon must fit snugly into the hole bored in the blank, so test it frequently.

Mount the turning on the jam chuck's tenon, with the front of the clock facing out. For extra mounting security, drive one or two screws through the tenon into the workpiece, shown in the Roughing Out the Front drawing.

Rough out the front

True the front surface, and turn the blank to 1 Vi" thick. Verify that the edge runs true—you can take

a light cut, if necessary, but keep the outside diameter as close to 8^" as possible.

Draw a 3 l Yi6" circle on the face for the clock recess. With a parting tool, cut straight in to a depth of W l just inside the line. Then, with a gouge remove the waste to form a flat-bottomed recess. To avoid burning, make the cut in small increments, clearing out the waste as you go. (If you drove a screw in through the chuck's tenon, beware of the screw head as you work inside the recess.) Make a clean cut to the line with a gouge or skew.

Draw another circle on the face, this one 5>6" diameter. Just outside the line, cut straight in 3 /i6 ,f deep with the parting tool. At the rim of the turning, cut Ms" deep with the parting tool, then make a similar cut about midway between the other two.

With a gouge, turn the surface between the 536" circle and the rim to the level of the parting cuts. This establishes the first of the step-downs shown in the Roughing Out the Front drawing.

Draw another circle 7 /\& n out from the step. Following the same procedure as previously, turn the

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