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Title: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: woodwzrd on November 15, 2011, 11:05:26 PM
So my son is studying Colonial America in school and they were given an assignment to make a replica of something colonial. Some of the examples were a model cabin, soap whittling or a colonial toy. He came to me the other day and asked me if I would help him make a cup and ball toy. Tonight we went out to the shop and I dug out a piece of poplar pallet runner and chucked it up. I helped him get it round and bore the cup. I then made a couple of passes across the blank with him and turned him loose. When he got all done he sanded it out with just 220 and put a light coat of BLO on it. I am pretty proud of him the design is all his.

(http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac295/Scott_Strangfeld/Misc1/DSCN0388.jpg)
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Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: MarkJM on November 15, 2011, 11:13:20 PM
get them started young, not a bad looking toy :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: TurkeyAssassin on November 15, 2011, 11:29:01 PM
Looks good!  Always great to start em' out young!
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: hookedspur on November 16, 2011, 12:30:44 AM
Very nice !! Great job Young Man   :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: stone road turkey calls on November 16, 2011, 05:48:08 AM
nice job young man, what will you make next?
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: Hognutz on November 16, 2011, 09:19:40 AM
Well done, young man.  :you_rock:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: Tail Feathers on November 16, 2011, 11:03:31 AM
He's already better than I am on a lathe! :D

Well done. :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: Flydown on November 16, 2011, 11:06:35 AM
That looks great! Good Job!  :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: mossy835 on November 16, 2011, 11:27:24 AM
Great to see a youth do something like this. Congratulations on a job well done.
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: barry on November 16, 2011, 11:58:01 AM
Nice! Another callmaker in training
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: drenalinld on November 16, 2011, 12:04:32 PM
Very nice. I used to be world class with one of those things....lol
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: flintlock on November 16, 2011, 12:52:20 PM
Very nice work!
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: TRKYHTR on November 16, 2011, 03:05:22 PM
Nice job son.

TRKYHTR
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: nctrkyhntr on November 16, 2011, 03:45:08 PM
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Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: TClark on November 16, 2011, 07:29:47 PM
That's awesome!!!   :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: JELLYHEAD on November 17, 2011, 10:22:01 PM
He needs to be turning strikers :icon_thumright: Great job!
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: pappy on November 17, 2011, 10:30:52 PM
Man...what a lil' pro ! He is better then I am already......excellent turning and great design....he should be proud and I know you are...pappy
Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: Old Gobbler on November 17, 2011, 11:26:54 PM
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Title: Re: My 8 year old son's first lathe project
Post by: woodwzrd on November 17, 2011, 11:47:01 PM
Thanks for all the comments guys. He took it to school today and all the other kids thought it was really cool. Tomorrow he gets to give an actual presentation about it.

I have not mastered it but he is awful close. He showed it to the Principal today and he showed everyone up and got it on the first try.
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