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Does anyone here do any wood turning? Thinking of giving it a go!

Have done some in the past. Great fun. Don't rush it is my advice. If you try to take too much off at once it will end in disaster!

Our fellow member zBret is a dab hand at making things from other people's junk, I am sure he has done some recent wood related work. IIRC.

That's one thing that I always wanted, but do not have, is a wood turning lathe... may have to make me one for my next project
... just as soon as finish putting the finishing touches on my home-made drill-powered scroll saw. Which was built from some scrap maple wood-that used to be a bed- found on big trash day, along with a few odd bicycle pieces which were also salvaged.
you can see it running here https://1drv.ms/v/s!ArZtAOpop4jZiUPuHvEvy2RtTCAd

zBret

Very industrious Gene!

Very nice work zB, but you're just teasing us. When are we going to see it cut some wood?

I now know who I want on my team in the next series of 'The Great Egg Race'.

Ghosthunter.

I'd be no good on a show like that Ghosty, I'd crack under the pressure

Thanks for the kind comments, I had a lot of fun building the saw and it does indeed function and cut wood
Here's is short clip of it doing just that on a piece of 10mm pine. I attach my disclaimer and say "do not try this at home" running a piece through with one hand while trying to film with the other, is not recommended... The things I do for you JB https://1drv.ms/v/s!ArZtAOpop4jZiUSswcqajSlqjUkU

Here is short clip of the machine running at a very low speed so one can see the mechanism of operation a bit more clearly
https://1drv.ms/v/s!ArZtAOpop4jZiVA2LmpS9Q-mGiVp
I'm rather fascinated by mechanisms. The one the saw uses is known as the "parallel arm mechanism". Rotary motion from the drill is changed to vertical motion by the crank and crank arm assembly and then transferred to the lower arm which lies in parallel to the upper arm, linked to it via the saw blade at the front and the tension rod at the rear, creating a parallelogram thus the upper arm just follows the lower arm . Did I mention the table can tilt up to 45°


BT I can't help but think that you'd most likely really enjoy doing some wood turning, so many creative things one can make with a lathe

zBret

One of my early efforts. I was around 15 or 16 when I made this, a very long time ago! The bus gives an idea of the size of it. T'was a hefty chunk of timber at the start of the process.

Brought back memories!
I did this at school in 1964 so it's an antique.
Perhaps I could sell it on Antiques Roadshow.

Rod