Woodturning Volcano Salturn In A Perfect Sphere
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After seeing Dave’s demonstration of a salturn or volcano salt shaker, I remembered one I made over seven years ago. You can view that video,“Woodturning An Unusual Salt Shaker in Maple” at this link.
I felt inspired to turn a new salturn just not the same as the one years ago. I think turning a sphere is a basic skill that every woodturner should master early on. Despite my early failures, I later learned and mastered the octagon method which when combined with a process using cup centers, yields perfect spheres.
Combining a perfect sphere with a salturn is a challenge. If you’re a novice woodturner, master turning a sphere first. I have produced several videos that include a sphere. Here’s a couple:
Turn A Perfect Wood Sphere Or Ball – No Expensive Jig (Link Here)
Simple Wood Faceplates For Perfect Balls Or Spheres (Link Here)
How To Turn Perfect Hollow Sphere – No Jig (Link Here)
I keep the two multipliers in a note on my phone:
- Distance from top to first corner = diameter times 0.293
- Length of octagon’s side = diameter times 0.414
By the way, I prepared the cherry spindle back in 2016, turning green cherry into billets, waxing it thoroughly, and allowing it to dry.
Preparing Green Cherry – Not Solely For Bowls (Link Here)
Enjoy!
Thank you Allan. As always I enjoy your inspiration and commitment to sharing your knowledge and learnings. A great and fun project. I remember you inspiring me to turn my first spheres. This project has to be added to my list 👍👍👍. Russell
Hi Allan,
Why not recess the funnel deeper into the sphere so you don’t see the glue line, or use a contrasting wood and make it a design detail.
Also get rid of the dents in your tool rests!!! They should be smooth and polished.
All possible ideas. And the tool rest is un-dented.
Alan