I made this toy bird out of laurel wood ( daphne ). It is an interesting woodturning project because it involves many different turning techniques! It sounds really cool too!
Tools and materials I propose:
First of all I cut my wood to size with a handsaw.
Then I roughly found the center and mounted the piece on the lathe between centers.
Using my roughing gouge, I turned the piece true.
With my skew chisel and the parting tool I made the tenons for my chuck. I then cut the blanks on the bandsaw.
Next I started hollowing the first blank with my bowl gouge. I created the tenon with my parting tool. I shaped the exterior using my spindle gouge.
Moving on to the next piece. Again hollowing with the bowl gouge and shaping with the spindle gouge. I used the parting tool to make the mortise. Only this time I used friction to achieve a snug fit. Maybe too snug!
Using similar procedures I made the head. I actually miscalculated my wood and had to make the head, as a separate piece.
Next I drilled the hole for the head on the lathe.
I had a little crack which I filled with super glue.
To make the mouthpiece I first used the bowl gouge to remove material fast. When the piece became too thin, I used my hand as a steady rest.
Next I drilled the long mouth piece hole.
I would use a forstner bit to create a hole for the mouthpiece, so I matched the end of the mouthpiece using my skew chisel.
Finally I shaped the mouthpiece tube as a cone using a sanding block.
And it fitted really nicely on my test piece.
I then parted the mouthpiece off and cleaned it up on the belt sander.
I enlarged the mouthpiece hole on the drill press using a forstner bit. Not the safest method, but that’s what I did.
Next I made a stop cut with a small handsaw. I then used a sharp chisel to create the opening.
I turned a plug on the lathe, and shaped one side flat on the belt sander.
I placed the plug in place and did a test blow.
I continued to fine tune the mouthpiece slowly, until I reached that sweet spot were the whistle actually worked.
Next I glued the plug in place.
Then I drilled the hole for the mouthpiece.
I glued the head in place.
I drilled an escape hole for the air and I glued the body.
Next I used my skew chisel to turn everything flush. I sanded with 100grit sand paper.
I used the skew again to gently shape the head and finished it with sanding.
I used an 8mm dowel as a nose. I used the drill as a lathe and a rasp, a file and sandpaper to shape it.
I drilled the nose hole and the eyes.
Finally I glued the nose in place.
The glue on the mouthpiece was now dry, so I finished shaping the mouthpiece on the belt sander.
Next I glued the mouthpiece in place.
I started painting the bird on the lathe using latex paint.
Next I masked the lathe and started varnishing the piece. I applied several light coats with a spray can.
To speed up the drying process, I used my heat gun.
The first couple of coats raised the grain of the wood, so I lightly sanded with 220grit.
Using my flush trim saw, I parted the piece off the lathe. I cleaned the bottom on the belt sander.
Finally I used my buffing kit to polish the piece. My kit has three wheels. I skipped the first and more aggressive wheel and used the second and the third.
And it was done.
It came out really nice and I really enjoyed making it!
I hope you like my little singing buddy too.
But that was it, see you soon with a new woodworking project!
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