Making Swirly Laminated Turning Blanks

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Making swirly laminated turning blanks.

I describe the method i use to trim the overlap of a layer of wood on a laminated woodturning blank. Wood blanks typically 1 2 or 4 pieces thin veneer typically 1 2 or 4 strips for each blank to be laminated. I love working with color laminated wood blocks so. Making laminated turning blanks by bill kloepping mar 2012 the key to laminating blanks is patience.

Cut some curves in the blank with a narrow bandsaw blade and layer up some veneer with white glue then clamp up with a vise to squeeze out all the gaps and excess glue. Frogwood is a high quality lower density material that is ideal for general turning and woodworking. The curves of the veneer working with the curves you turn will make some interesting patterns especially if the outside of a veneer curve matches a turned curve. A short channel update followed by a method of creating laminated blanks for wood turning.

Choose from bowl blanks and spindle turning squares in several sizes to suit your needs. The steps for adding some wow factor to your turning blanks include the following. Further projects turnings and information can be found at http. Rushing through one or more of the steps can ruin the blank s.

For weight sensitive applications choose frogwood for extra surface hardness strength and rigidity choose frogwood rhd5. May 26 2017 making swirly turning blanks nm woodturners. 3 valley road north anson maine 04958 207 635 4445. Color laminated blanks for woodturning woodworking duck call making and gunstocks.

16 different size laminate wood blocks available. But by applying the technique shown in this video it can take your turning blank to a whole new level of beauty. New mexico woodturners meets first saturday of every month in albuquerque for the purpose of sharing tips and techniques helping each other gain turning proficiency and just having fun with woodturning.