Wheelbarrow Handles
Managed to get in a little woodturning yesterday. Actually, it was longer than my lathe can hold. Last year when I modified my dust collector to fit on that cart, I made provisions for the tail stock from the lathe to attach to it as well. The lathe has a 47" capacity, but my project (wheelbarrow handles) needed to be 60". I finally got to use the extra feature today. I lined up the cart and put a couple of clamps on a board to hold it to the lathe.
After cutting the blanks, I used my trim router to put a small radius on the corners to prevent splintering. This Jatoba, is sheer murder for small needle splinters. It was what I had on hand that was straight grained & strong.
Unfortunately the wood bowed a bit and my chuck kept loosening up. I was not able to get perfect ends on the handles, but better than some manufactured handles I've seen. Choosing a heavier cart that doesn't vibrate quite so much would have been helpful, but it got the job done.
I was just itching to try out the lathe detachment though.
