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Select striking
stock to start 3 Cut the veneer to a square about
‹" smaller all around than the
applying veneer
don’t let a few
wrinkles worry you
Highly figured and burl veneers—the
most desirable choices for accenting
your vase blank—rarely come to you
flat. The unruly grain that gives such
wood its beauty also leads to internal
stresses that cause wrinkling and
warping as the veneer dries. Before
you can glue one of these veneers to
a flat surface, you must press out the
wrinkles without crumbling the
veneer. Here’s how.
3 Stir enough veneer sanding dust 2 Bandsaw around the largest circle,
protecting the veneered face with
much leeway for cutting into the front
of the vase.
into the epoxy to give it the
veneer’s color. Spread the mix on back
of the veneer.
masking tape.
Turn it around
Shape the edge Guide on page 69, glue the copy to to turn the back
and the front
1 Mark the center on back of the
light cardboard, and cut it out to gauge
the curves.) Form a symmetrical curve 1 Dismount the turning, and remove
the faceplate from the wasteblock.
veneered blank. At the center, draw
one circle the same diameter as your
from the back face around the edge
onto the front face, blending smoothly 2 Construct a jam chuck, like the one
shown in the Jam Chuck drawing.
Continued
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floral
flask
1 2 3
Scrape the veneer smooth after Define the veneer panel on front as Insert the turning into a shop-made
allowing the glue to dry. That’s olive you shape the edge. This turning jam chuck for parting off the waste
ash burl veneer on this Honduras features beautiful redwood burl block and completing the back of the
mahogany blank. veneer on a big leaf maple burl blank. flask.
To build the chuck, bandsaw three the screws only ¤" or less into the press. Position a fence on the drill-
10fi"-diameter discs from ‡"-thick turning itself. press table to center the edge of the
particleboard or plywood. On one disc,
draw a centered circle the diameter of
the lathe faceplate; on the other two,
4 Install a rotating cone center in the
tailstock, and slide it up against
the wasteblock for support. Then, part
turning under the bit. Then move the
turning along the fence to aim the cen-
ter point of the bit at the center of the
lay out centered 7‡" circles. off the wasteblock. vase. Clamp the vase to the fence, and
Cut out the large center circles to
make two rings. It’s okay to bandsaw
into the rings from the edge. Stack and
5 Take a light clean-up cut across the
back of the vase, as needed. Finish-
sand the back of the vase. If you put on
bore the hole.
‡"
3-4"
1" lathe
faceplate
‹ x 9 x 9" base
(plywood or hardboard)
Diameter to
fit turning
1" hole
10fi" diameter
Blade
Tablesaw
fence
EXPLODED VIEW
Cutting line
„" grooves 1" hole 4" deep
„" deep
RADIUS GUIDE
Burl veneer
6‹" dia.
6fi" dia.
8‹" dia.
1"
Flat base
1"
Project Design: Turned Works, Warren Vienneau Illustrations: Roxanne LeMoine; Lorna Johnson Photographs: Hetherington Photography
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