I've been experimenting with turning rings on the lathe,
and I think what would be neat, is to make
a baby rattle, with a couple of captive rings on it,
like this. So, here's my blank, and it's
much longer than I need, so I can screw it up a few times.
I've got a little bit of rot right here, which I'll try
to avoid, so I'll try to turn the rings right here.
Now, I need some kind of hook chisel
to get that ring out. And, I've made one,
which is just a bent piece of very hard wire
which came from a clip like that, which came off of
a shipping crate.
I just made myself a hook chisel for the other side.
Now, I just need to get that ring
safely out of the way, so I can make more rings.
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So, I've successfully turned my two rings
which means now I just need to get those out of the way,
and I can try to turn the rest of the rattle.
So, this side is pretty much done.
Now, I need to get the rings closer to here
so I can finish up here. Hmm.
This is gonna be tricky because those rings are
taking up quite a bit of space.
And, now with this end turned,
I think I need to move one of the rings on either side
so I can finish the middle part, here.
Unfortunately, on this end, I'm too close to the drive prong,
so I'm afraid of just going there with a prodding tool,
cause I might hit metal.
I still need to clean up some of those inside edges
of those rings, and I can't do that with a lathe,
cause, well the rings are separated now.
So, if you want to make a rattle like this, it would be
much easier to just use a dowel,
a couple of plywood disks, and a couple of plywood rings.
But, I've been looking for projects that are doable
on a lathe, so I thought I'd try this.