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VW Logo Blank
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Design and Material Prep
This project is part of a larger project that I have not yet shared (once I do, I’ll put the link here). Also, the build sequence has enough de...
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Lower half
The first glue up is a layer of maple and walnut. These pieces have extra thickness and will be set to the correct thickness later. [image.png] I...
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Upper Half
The upper half is another set of glue ups. The first one is with a layer of maple and walnut. [image.png] Once the layers are sanded to final t...
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Join Halves & Prep for Turning
Now I can glue the two assemblies together. The thin strip in the saw kerfs provides the required alignment. This step was a bit stressful. The th...
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Turning the Core
This is the desired result. [image.png] After the centers are carefully located the blank is mounted on the lathe. [image.png] Next I mounted ...
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Outer Ring Blanks
The outer ring is made up of 4 blanks. The first one is shown below. [image.png] The blank is a rectangle in cross section with a trough cut do...
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Fitting the Outer Ring Blanks
I had put steps on each side of the outer ring blanks. These steps were to be used to have a reference surface parallel to the trough axis. But af...
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Final Turning
This last step is pretty straightforward – especially compared to the previous steps. I just need to get a cylinder that looks good. First I d...
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