FirstTurning

First attempt at wood turning

Date: May 22nd, 2015

Materials:

• Quiver base: Leftover maple from a bookcase, edge glued with biscuit joints to make it big enough.
• Pedestal: Top and bottom from cool looking stuff found in the scrap bin, center section is maple from turning stock.

Tools:

• Lathe
• Various gouges
• 3/4" Forstner drill bit

Photos

Bottom for a quiver. The lathe is total overkill for this, but it's a simple start.

I wanted to do something useful with the trial spindle work and this is what I came up with.