Purpleheart Lamp

[RayintheUK]

Here's a fairly simple design table lamp in purpleheart. Base attached with a 1" tenon. Finish was sanding sealer followed by Rustins plastic (two part). Overall height of column is 14", base diameter is 9" - a Christmas present for my daughter.


Ray.

[bmyers]

Nice job Ray! I like it. Hey uh, how do you get the hole down the middle? Extra long drill bit?

I have some butt ugly lamps around my place in need of replacement. (the 80's are sadly over it seems when it comes to indoor lighting)

Bill

[Ken Weaver]

Nice work Ray, she'll love it!!

[JeffW]

Ray, That is one nice lamp. Great job on the turnings.

[Ken Massingale]

Extra nice, Ray. I see another LOML project coming up.
ken

[kwgeorge]

Man that is some kind of pretty! Going to have to try one of those too. Nice job.

[RayintheUK]

quote:Originally posted by bmyers

Nice job Ray! I like it. Hey uh, how do you get the hole down the middle? Extra long drill bit?

Bill,

My lathe has a hollow tailstock and came with a hollow live center like the one here: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=21274&recno=4 This has two sizes of removable point and a ring center. You mount the piece normally, then drive the tailstock in until the point is buried far enough for the ring center to bite a ring into the end. Back off, remove point, engage the ring center, then proceed to remove the wood from the center with a 36" shell auger (1" at a time in order to clear the debris. If you try to do more there's a risk of the auger jamming and becoming uncontrollable). Burrow halfway, then mount a counterbore drive (like this one: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=21257&recno=3) into the headstock, replacing the point in the hollow center. Repeat the process, remove point, burrow away until you meet in the middle. The 5/16" hole made during the first half exactly fits on the 5/16" nose of the counterbore drive. Once you've completed the column turning and cut a 1" tenon on the base end, slacken off the tailstock so that it lightly supports, hold the piece still by hand, start the lathe at a slow speed then drive the piece forward until the counterbore drive cuts a shallow (1/8") recess for the brass lamp-base holder.

Sounds like a load of work, but you can do it in about the time it took to read this reply!

Ray.

[Whaler]

Ray

The only word I can think of is BEAUTIFUL
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[GeekMom]

Wow! What a beautiful shape and finish! She'll love it.