I've got a drum shell all glued up, and its ready to go on a lathe. I just wanna make sure that my plan is good.
The drum shell its self is made up of 24 individual staves (much like a barrel). Each is alternating Red Oak and Walnut. They are about 1.5" wide, and a tad over 1" thick.
The drum itself is about 6" deep (if it was a bowl this would be from the rim to the bottom) It is 10" in diameter.
Because the walnut staves are about .5" longer than the oak ones, to the extended ends of these I glued in a piece of 3/8" plywood onto them, and secured it to 10 of the 12 staves with 1/4" dowels. The other too were too long and I cut them off just shy of being long enough to contact the plywood. I also carefully found the center of the drum and marked it with a 1/16" hole through the plywood. This will allow me to mount it to the faceplace to turn. Is this enough to support the drum during turning?
I plan on rounding the outside, then the inside, and then parting both ends true. Does this make sense?
Any other suggestions?
The lathe I'll be using is a Delta 46-715 I believe (I know it is a 14" delta) Will it be able to handle this turning? Or should I seek use of something more Heavy duty.
The drum shell its self is made up of 24 individual staves (much like a barrel). Each is alternating Red Oak and Walnut. They are about 1.5" wide, and a tad over 1" thick.
The drum itself is about 6" deep (if it was a bowl this would be from the rim to the bottom) It is 10" in diameter.
Because the walnut staves are about .5" longer than the oak ones, to the extended ends of these I glued in a piece of 3/8" plywood onto them, and secured it to 10 of the 12 staves with 1/4" dowels. The other too were too long and I cut them off just shy of being long enough to contact the plywood. I also carefully found the center of the drum and marked it with a 1/16" hole through the plywood. This will allow me to mount it to the faceplace to turn. Is this enough to support the drum during turning?
I plan on rounding the outside, then the inside, and then parting both ends true. Does this make sense?
Any other suggestions?
The lathe I'll be using is a Delta 46-715 I believe (I know it is a 14" delta) Will it be able to handle this turning? Or should I seek use of something more Heavy duty.
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