Inside out turnings

Re: Inside out turnings

Dwight Rutherford

Go to U-Tube and search inside outside ornaments. Should e a number of clips that show how to.

Re: Inside out turnings

john lucas

The simplest explanation is you take 4 pieces of wood and glue them together with a paper joint or fasten them with tape or other ways. turn what is going to be the inside. Then you break them apart, rotate each piece 180 degrees and glue them together permanently. Then turn the outside.

If your good you can create shapes on all 4 sides such as a cross, a heart, an oval etc. You can also put things captured inside when you re assemble the turning. Here are a couple I did years ago.

One is called All mixed up inside. I captured milk bottles in the piece and then turned the shapes to resemble the bottles and turned the outside to roughly the bottle shapes. Not a project for the faint hearted.

The second one is Called the Tin Man. It has an oil can captured inside and a hanging heart in the top half.

Try Dewayne Colwell

Jimmy Edwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F68Sp9dFALs He is a master. I do a inside out cross candleholder but I do mine different, because I think its easier. Do your blank about the same dimensions as his but make it one solid piece only, no paper thing. Turn the cross between centers, cut the blank in half,on the tablesaw, reverse the wood and glue up. Cuts out the paper step No wrapping with tape so its much safer.

Sorry I can't make youtube site blue or post pics because I don't know how. I've made MANY of these crosses, hearts, etc. If I can learn how to post pics I'll post or send you some. My method won't work with 4 boards

Re: Try Dewayne Colwell

john lucas

To hold the pieces together I use many different techniques. If they aren't too big such as Christmas ornaments I often just use a drop of medium CA with accelerator on just the ends. this is very easy to break after the first turning.

For newbies I who have trouble understanding how the 2 parts fit together to form the shapes I recommend using nylon strapping tape. Wrap it around the ends in a direction that it won't be lifted up by the wind during rotation. This way you can remove the part from the lathe, open it up and fit the pieces together to check the shape and then wrap it back and turn some more. This is especially useful when turning shapes that are undercut such as a heart.

I have used 4 screws, one from each direction to hold larger work. You do have to cut this area off in the final piece. Same is true if you use regular glue to just glue the ends.

I find the paper joint the best even though it is slower. It holds the work together more firmly which helps in turning more fragile or difficult details. I use a very thin knife to separate the pieces.

Here is a sample of some of my ornaments that have hearts or crosses.

Doesn't have to be a spindle

john lucas

You can do inside out turning as a platter. Here is an example of one I did about 12 years ago.

Re: Doesn't have to be a spindle

Jimmy Edwards

John, the platter is awesome. It is one you need to put up a video tutorial for.

Re: Doesn't have to be a spindle

john lucas

It was actually quite easy. I was watching some move and saw the pattern in a window in Ireland. As soon as I saw it I said, I wonder if I can do that. It's simply a circle that was inlaid into 4 squares that were glued together with a paper joint. Then I split the joint and rotated the segments 180 degrees and there you go. Well I did imbellish it a little.

Re: Inside out turnings

Ron Pemberton

It seems pretty simple after watching Utube. I guess I have a difficult time thinking out of the box.