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Plant stand on five centres

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A plant stand, or jardinière if you are posh, made for a future article in Woodturning magazine. It will be one of a pair.

Made from reclaimed mahogany given to me by some men in sheds and finished with Osmo poly-x oil

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This is not normally something I’d like Walter but I quite like it. Perhaps it’s because I used to be a Mechanic years ago and the column looks a bit like a crankshaft!
 

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Shouldn't have been that scary as not much of a swing out of balance. Great job all the same Walter
 

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Lovely crankshaft,because of the time difference my immediate thought was this then reading down William thought this as well. Neat off centre turning Walter.

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It may not be that scary to the experienced turners on here, but having been turning less than a year, it scares me:noway1::noway1:!! I am very impressed.

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Craig

I sometimes forget that I have been turning longer than some on here. I am also impressed especially as everything need to be measured correctly to make this work
 

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It looks very clever to me. I have never dared try anything like that. Not sure how I would use such a thing but if someone likes it then that’s just fine.
 

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Shouldn't have been that scary as not much of a swing out of balance. Great job all the same Walter

It may not be that scary to the experienced turners on here, but having been turning less than a year, it scares me:noway1::noway1:!! I am very impressed.

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Craig

I sometimes forget that I have been turning longer than some on here. I am also impressed especially as everything need to be measured correctly to make this work

Maybe scary is the wrong word. What it needs is careful setting out of the centres and very, very careful alignment of the cutting tool as each section is turned. It is all to easy to knock the edges of the neighbouring section.

Off centre and multi axis turning is not as difficult as it looks, it is just a matter of careful planning and marking of centres and getting everything in balance.
 

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Too late now Walter but I would have liked to see the marked centres on one end of the piece. Was it triangular?
 

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Too late now Walter but I would have liked to see the marked centres on one end of the piece. Was it triangular?

It was turned on five centres. Starting with a square section spindle blank, diagonals drawn on both ends then marked 5mm from the centre on each diagonal. Centre punched on each of the five marked centres. I have marked up another blank in the same way.

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It was turned on five centres. Starting with a square section spindle blank, diagonals drawn on both ends then marked 5mm from the centre on each diagonal. Centre punched on each of the five marked centres. I have marked up another blank in the same way.

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And don't forget to number them to keep track OK I know I did it and mucked up now I number them all:whistling::whistling::whistling:
 

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Look forward to reading the megazine when it's out [MENTION=95]Walter[/MENTION].

Never done one myself but my dad did a few, I never really paid much attention to how he did it ::goesred:
 

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Pierre I spent some time yrs ago with Jean-Francois the stimulation he brought out in advanced professional woodturning here in Australia was outstanding.

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