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In this video I make really long shoe horn out of basswood.
The inspiration for this project came from Mr Ernie Conover's video on turning long spindles with mortise & tenon joints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqTcYmoLtag
I begun by cutting my stock to square pieces on the table saw.
I then started truing the pieces with a skew chisel.
Obviously you can’t glue end grain and my lathe is too small to turn such a long piece. So I had to join the pieces with mortise and tenon joints.
To make the mortises I attached the drill bit on the main spindle of the lathe. I used the tailstock to push the piece against the drill. This way I can achieve centred holes on both ends of the piece.
To make the tenons I roughly turned them close to size and then I used sand paper to remove the rest of the material. This way I achieved a pretty snug fit.
I added beads on the places where two pieces join. This way I can hide the joint.
Once I turned all the pieces, I glued them together.
To make the horn I first turned the piece on the lathe. Then I removed most of the material on the bandsaw and used a spoon carving knife to finish the job.
Once I glued everything together I buffed the piece on a buffing mop.
It came out really nice and works really well. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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