Some Weed Pots
William Duffield on the Cohansey
>I turned these small weed pots yesterday. They are three to four inches high, and marginally more than an inch in diameter. I plane a flat in the back at an angle, drill a shallow hole and insert a rare earth magnet. That way, they don't have to stand up, and I can "fix" the ones whose bottom intersects the central hollow, by turning and gluing in a drop finial.
#1 and #5 are Honduras mahogany with walnut patches. #2 and #6 are spalted California-laurel or Oregon-myrtle, Umbellularia californica, a sorry source for bay leaves. #3 is black cherry. #4 is also mahogany.
This evening, I turned a few more, out of walnut, dogwood and black locust. I'm still experimenting with the best way to cut the angled flat where they mate with the refrigerator. I've tried several methods, and continue to improve the technique. The latest idea is to clamp my #7 upside down in the vise, insert a dowel down the throat of the turned weedpot, and push it across the blade. I think I can save several passes across the plane if I rough cut the flat first on the bandsaw.
