Scrap Wood Pendant Light - Scrapwood Challenge Ep33

Scrapwood Challenge Scrapwood Challenge it's scrap it's crap it's firewood but some of the wood is good today I'm going to make a pendant light to go over our kitchen island the old light packed up a couple years ago and since then we've just managed without I'm going to make the light with segments and then turn it on the lathe but before I do that I need to mill the scrap camphor laurel into flat square stock pretty much the same process as the start of each scrap wood challenge segmented turning is one of the best ways to make use of scraps I've never tried it before but it's been on the list of projects for the scrapwood challenge right from the very beginning I used quite a few short scraps that aren't always that easy to find uses for and to work out how much stock I needed I used an online calculator so hopefully I prepared enough and I'll put a link to the calculator in the description to help me cut the segments I've made this sled it's known as a wedgie sled and once the templates are precisely made then cutting accurate segments is a very simple task the original wedgie sled was made by Jerry Bennett and I like copied ideas from Frank Howarths version as well and I'll put a link to both of those in the description before I get carried away and cut all the pieces I'll check the lengths and make sure it's close to what I need even a small difference could make quite a change to the overall circumference my fingers are quite close to the blade I'm comfortable with that but you definitely shouldn't do the same unless you're very aware of what you're doing and you're also comfortable with it as well you should never do anything with a power tool that makes you feel uneasy and there's usually a safer way of doing it I'm just dry fitting them here to see how they go together they look pretty good that's the Rings cut that make up the sides of the light now I need to cut wider pieces for the next ring to start closing in the top these pieces are too wide to fit between the two fences in hindsight's I could have built the sled a little bit bigger but holding the pieces against the back of the nearest fence and holding it tight works just fine I'm using rubber bands to clamp the pieces together and to hold them in place while I put the band on I've made this loop out of bungee cord I put a very tight loop on the end tied it with cotton and put a couple of drops of CA glue on to hold it securely that went really well I reused it for each ring but as it only took a couple of minutes to make and it holds tight I could have made a few of them and use them to clamp the ring instead of the rubber bands but either way works out fine I've just turned this waste block on the lathe and I screwed on this ring that mounts and attaches to the chuck on my lathe I made the light 40cm across which is the biggest size that I can fit on my lathe but I do need to round off that big ring just to give it a bit of clearance over the bed of the lathe it needed some filler here and there but not too much at all and overall I'm very happy with how it turned out for the finish I'm using a varnish linseed oil and turps mix I only tried it recently for the first time and I'm really enjoying using that this was a job that really needed doing and there are many more of them around the place that have been neglected since I started making these videos and dedicating all my time to that I'm planning on turning some of those jobs into video sometime soon hopefully you enjoyed the video if you did please like and subscribe thanks for watching and I'll see you on the next one and before I go I've got some exciting news to share with you in the near future I'll be joining the Makers Mob where I'll be sharing tutorials of my projects I'm joining another great makers like Jimmy Diresta, The Samurai Carpenter, Frank Howarth and others too I'll put a link in the description where you can download 6 free plans and check out the makers mob and I look forward to seeing you there soon

Channel: Pask Makes

Views: 148,610

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Id: 6rL3i9R_1DE

Length: 14min 19sec (859 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 12 2019