How to make a goblet with a captive ring - woodturning

Tools and materials I propose:

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Bowl gouge

Roughing gouge

Grinder / belt sander

In this video, I show you how to make this wooden goblet out of apricot wood on the lathe. 

First of all I made a rough prototype to see what difficulties I was going to come across.

I then mounted a piece of apricot wood between centers on the lathe, and turned it true with my roughing gouge.

Then I used the skew chisel to create the tenon for the chuck.

After mounting the piece on my chuck. I flattened one edge with the parting tool.

To hollow my goblet, I used the bowl gouge and the spindle gouge. This was end grain hollowing and my tools didn’t seem to work nicely. I think they were too large for such a small project. I just could’t avoid the catches.

So I decided to remove material with a drill bit. Then I grinded a chisel as a scraper. This tool worked just fine.

At this point I sanded the interior of my goblet.

Next I marked the position of the ring, so I wouldn’t remove material from this area. 

I then started shaping with the spindle gouge and the parting tool. At this point I sanded the goblet I had so far.

To part the ring off, I made two mini scrapers from allen keys. I used a pair of locking pliers to hold them while turning. I first used one scraper to remove material from one side. Then I used the other scraper from the other side, to part the ring off. I took it really slow here. After a while the ring was free.

You can easily let the ring spin aside, while you clean the stem.

To sand the interior of the ring, I just secured a piece of sandpaper on the stem of the goblet. I did that using a zip tie. The stem worked really nicely as a spindle sander.

I sanded to 200 grit and then finished the piece with Yorkshire grit abrasive paste. I just applied the paste on the piece, slowed down my lathe and used a paper towel to polish the goblet.

It was a really fun and relaxing project, perfect to start the new year!

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video!

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