That was indeed a clever rescue. I prefer this outcome to what I imagine you had planned! A real and striking serendipity. Now I may begin to regret that my index contraption might have prevented this.... DanK
On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 9:48:24 AM UTC-4 Curt George wrote: > Good morning everyone. > > Thank you for the kind words. I too think its a good rescue. I was in > shock when I looked at my X axis and found it a 1/8" off form center. and > knowing if I adjusted it after I started there would be no way of hiding > the mistake. So I just keep cutting until the end, What I found was only a > half of a rope, one side was rounded nicely, and the other was a sharp > edge on the bead/rope. What I decided to do was to re-adjust the X axis to > where is should have been at the start. > > I just got done buffing out this bone turning, I put in my Legacy drawer > to compare the buffed bone next to some of the other bone parts that I have > made. You can see the difference in color. > Also in the photos you can see that I have a few bone blanks that I have > made up for the future projects, At this time, I have two blanks ready to > go, and enough bone to make two perhaps three more. (if I cut out the > smaller bone disks from what I have.) > > If anyone wants to know more about the process of making these. Please > ask, If I can do it anyone in this group can. Its not hard and dose not > cost a lot of money to get started. > > Talk to you all more latter. > > C.A.G. > > On Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 09:05:33 AM EDT, Tim Ziegler < > timjz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Curt, > > Looks pretty good regardless, but I know I have had that happen when you > think your centered and lo and behold! > your not. But you made the best of it and still made a unique design for > sure. > Thanks for sharing Curt. > > Kind Regards, > > Timothy J. Ziegler > Ziegler WoodWork & Specialty > 14171 160th Ave. > Foreston MN 56330 > > 320-294-5798 <(320)%20294-5798> shop > 320-630-2243 <(320)%20630-2243> cell > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 11:50 PM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills > <legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, I did not have a lot of time to work on this ,before I > needed to leave for work this morning. > I plan to try to buff this handle tomorrow, and see if I can get it to > shine more. (The photo's don't due the part justice. The bone is not brown.) > > I am calling it 6x6 mainly due to I had planed to make a 6 start rope, but > after the first cut I found out that my Y axis was not on center. > I needed to cut another 6 starts form the off-set point, ( that is, to > move the axis over to the correct location.) trying to balance the cuts > and salvage the part. > What I ended up with was 12 roping cuts, slightly different sizes, (one > small bead inside two larger beads.) > I think I like the look. > > "When Life gives you a lemon, The best thing to do with it, is to make > Lemon-aid. " ;-) > > I hope to talk to you guys more about it tomorrow. > Have a good night everyone. > > C.A.G. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/510407046.2325389.1659156449196%40mail.yahoo.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/510407046.2325389.1659156449196%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLECiofP93BJdWUNgnyL5FRhyjyLHP3WZTfZac%2BdBvoQKQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/CAMBiJLECiofP93BJdWUNgnyL5FRhyjyLHP3WZTfZac%2BdBvoQKQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/6ac87ed4-964f-4519-b135-a6d9f05441a8n%40googlegroups.com.
