off centre turning

has anyone got any intersting / unusaul projects for offcentre turning ?

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geoff tulip
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Funny you should mention that as I was thinking about just such a project last night. I have a stump of some hard maple that I've been gradually turning into sawdust and various rounded objects. Well I wacked off a piece last night from the stump with the chainsaw. Note: Just got the saw fixed and purchased a ripping chain for it. Mmmmm.... makes one heckova difference in cutting. Anyways, I cut off enough to make a nice sized bowl. During the trimming process I cut off a piece about 10" X 7" X 5/8" Now I was thinking I could cut this in half and make 2 small plates. On the other hand, and this where the off center stuff comes in, why not do it a bit differently. I am thinking about cutting the piece making the two long sides straight and parallel and put a 3.5" radius on the short ends - kindova race track looking shape. Then mount the piece on the center radius of one of the ends and turn a depression. Remount on the other radius and do the same. I would end up with a piece that looks a bit like a platter with 2 round and overlapping depressions. Not sure if it would work and am looking for critiques. Thanks - Kevin

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Kevin

Hi Geoff, The 'Wacky Baseball Bats' popularized by Mark Sfirri are always an attention getter. Spindle turnings with only one end offset. Depending on which end of the bat you turn on two centers (offset and on the true axis) you can make two different shaped Wacky Bats. Search on Wacky Bats and on Mark Sfirri for info. Failing that, I know there is a video of Mark demonstrating at AAW and probably magazine articles. BTW, if your lathe bed is short, I've found miniature bats are easy to make, just as sporty and use less wood. As an interesting aside (well, at least to me) I soon will have a well known major league first baseman who is a really nice guy, for a next door neighbor. I plan to make him a couple of wacky bats for spring training fun. Let us know what you end up making. Arch

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Arch

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