Saturday, November 30, 2019

How to make a friendly nutcracker out of beech - Woodturning










I really want to thank SKIL for sending me many power tools which I use every day:

Tools and materials I propose:

Making every day items with a more friendly design is something I really like. So enjoy my little nut cracker. I made it out of beech wood and a couple of metal parts. 

First of all I flattened and squared my stock on my jointer planer machine.

I then cut my pieces to size on the table saw. 

I glued a few parts together to make my blanks thick enough. Once the glue dried I re-flattened my pieces on the jointer. 

To make the hat of my character, I connected two pieces with an 8mm dowel. 

I used my drill press and a drill to create the holes needed. For the larger holes I used a forester bit. It’s always easier to create your holes while your material is still square. 

I then used my roughing gouge and a bowl gouge to basically do all the shaping needed on the lathe. 

Using a forstner bit on my tailstock I drilled the hole for a big nut.  I added my machinist’s chuck on the lathe and used my grinder to reduce the diameter of the nut. I finished shaping with a file. I then glued the nut in place with 5 minute epoxy. 

Using a screw chuck I turned the hat of my nut cracker. With the skew chisel I created two grooves. Then I used my wire burning tool to add a couple of decorative burned lines. I then drilled a hole on the hat and epoxied a threaded rod in it. I sanded the end of the rod on the belt sander to work a bit smoother. 

On the screw chuck I also turned the nose of my character. I glued the nose in place. I sanded everything with 100, 220 and 320 grit sand paper. 

I finished my nut cracker with food safe mineral oil!

My nut cracker came out awesome. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video!


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