Monday, March 16, 2020

Making a baby rattle with two captive rings out of mulberry wood









Tools and materials I propose:

This is a cool little woodturning project with a few interesting touches. This video will be part of a video series I am launching. The videos will be longer and more detailed. I will create premieres for the videos and I will be live in the chat while the videos premiere. This way we can talk live about the project. 

I begun with  a square piece of mulberry. After finding it’s centres I mounted the piece between centres on the lathe. I used my roughing gouge to turn the piece true. 

Using my skew I created a dovetailed tenon to fit my chuck’s jaws.

I divided my blank into four sections based on it’s radius. 

Then with the flat carbide tool, I removed material fast. 

I shaped the curved parts with my spindle gouge. 

At this point I sanded the piece as much as I could before I release the rings. 

I used the skew to create a groove. And then I burned a decorative line using a metal wire. 

With the pointy carbide cutter I removed as much material as I could. Then I used a small tool I made out of an allen key to part the ring almost off. I broke the ring free with my hand. 

I secured the rings in place with tape. And then I cleaned the inner spindle. 

To sand the rings, I used the rattle itself as a sander. I used zip ties to wrap sandpaper on the rattle’s spindle. And this way I sanded the interior of the rings. 

I parted the rattle off and I sanded it. 

I finished the rattle with food safe mineral oil.

It sounds and looks really great. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video. 


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