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Any ideas for a Garlic pig.

The word pig may be common in UK English? I just made a salt pig as part of my learning curve. Now the kitchen counter top porcelain garlic container is a little small. It has a lid and the body has 1/2" ventilation holes around its circumference. I am looking at making one a little bigger out of wood. I wonder if the holes have to be drilled while its on the lathe, after or does it need any? Now I have a piece of spalted yellow birch on the lathe and I am looking for ideas. TIA

Denis

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Denis Marier
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Two ways to go with the holes. Bore and fill with dowel/hot glue for turning. They seem to punch out fairly easily afterward. Or make a jig for boring off the toolrest. Easiest if you have an indexing head, but if you remember your geometry and can do with 6 holes, span and mark. What you'll want is a hardwood block which you can clamp to the toolrest, with the proper diameter hole to guide the bit, adjusted so that the center of the hole is at centerline.

Yellow birch has probably the greatest spalting pattern available, in my opinion. Cutting along or across the grain? Along makes a nice goblet, across makes a good bowl.

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George

Thanks George, I appreciate the information. An indexing head is on my wish list when buying my next lathe. The hardwood drill block approach looks good to me. I'll give it a try.

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Denis Marier

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