I turned today. I tried a bobbin lace bobbin, but I don’t have quite fine enough tools to do something as small as those need to be. Afterwards I tried doing anything I could out of a small piece of scrap left over from my main turn today. That worked out to be a handle of sorts, and if I can get some yarn on the end of it in the form of a pom-pom, I would like it to be a little duster for things like the computer keyboard.
My main turn today was a tool handle for my chisel set. I have got a couple of Lie Nielsen chisels, and they have easily removeable handles which can be changed out for long handles for finer control. The hardest part was getting the conical shape that fits into the chisel right so that it did not wobble on the handle. The new handle will work with any of the chisels, and gives another inch and a quarter in length. I want to do one more, longer, but that will have to come another day.
Then came the exhaustion. Part of it is from being so happy to be turning that I have not been taking time to eat, and part of it is how much time I have spent in front of the lathe. I took a nap this afternoon, and woke up an hour later still feeling it. We had porridge oats for super and it helped, but did not clear the feeling entirely. For safety’s sake, I decided not to try to go out, even though I have more ideas wanting to come to being.
I decided to get the overpriced light for the lathe in the end. It won’t be here for a bit, but I did order it because I keep hitting my helmet on the light hanging over the lathe now, trying to bring it low enough to be useful. I figured that if I am going to see the surfaces well enough to give them a good finish, and if I am going to see up inside bowls and the like, I’ll need a light that is bright, can be brought close, and can easily be repositioned as needed. I guess it shops from the factory warehouse, so it’ll get here when it gets here.
Finally, I have bad news for my family. I have been researching how to make whistles. They look pretty easy.