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Craftsmanship => Accoutrements => Topic started by: Bigsmoke on December 05, 2009, 09:46:05 PM

Title: Good days work in the horn shop
Post by: Bigsmoke on December 05, 2009, 09:46:05 PM
Had a pretty good day in the horn shop on Friday.  Start to finish, I got 5 horns done, and that includes the time it took to ship two of them and take to the post office.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii161/bigsmoke72/horns.jpg)

Obviously, the two not pictured were the ones that were sent off.

Incidentally, going back to  a previous thread about lathe turning horn, I took the horn tip from one horn and turned it to be the finial on that horn.  Kinda fun.

(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii161/bigsmoke72/hornfinial.jpg)

To do it, I flattened each end on a disc sander.  Drilled a little hole in each end and mounted between centers (live center on the tailstock).  If you tighten up the tailstock and don't put a lot of pressure on the lathe chisel, it will work.  Then it's just a matter of figuring out what profile you want.  I matched the stopper design to the finial design also, just to give it a unified look.
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Post by: BEAVERMAN on December 05, 2009, 10:40:52 PM
OH OH!!!!!!!! Johns on a roll now!, looks good
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Post by: Riley/MN on December 06, 2009, 08:29:06 AM
Lookin good John!
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Post by: Kermit on December 06, 2009, 01:20:14 PM
You startin' with polished horns? I'm betting "yes."
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Post by: Bigsmoke on December 06, 2009, 04:37:58 PM
Yes, Kermit, I am starting with polished horns, but only because that is the way I buy them.
After the base plug is installed I fire up the 2x72" belt sander and knock all the original finish off them and taper the tip down to an acceptable profile.  Then I dip them in some potassium permanginate, let them dry, and then hit them with a 400 grit belt, dip them again and resand again.  When all the little sanding marks are gone, it's good enough.  Then I hand sand to get rid of the belt sanding swirls, then polish with steel wool.  Then I do the flats and the rings and grooves and fancy stuff.
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Post by: vthompson on December 07, 2009, 05:45:21 AM
Looks to me like you did a fine job on the ones that you have pictured.
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Post by: sse on December 07, 2009, 09:31:55 AM
Yer good at that, pilgrim... :shake
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Post by: Gambia on December 07, 2009, 09:34:13 AM
Looks good, what do you do in your spare time :shock:
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Post by: Bigsmoke on December 07, 2009, 04:33:33 PM
Spare time?
Is that something you get at the local ethnic delicatessen?
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Post by: Gambia on December 08, 2009, 06:18:48 AM
Quote from: "bigsmoke"
Spare time?
Is that something you get at the local ethnic delicatessen?
:rotf  :rotf
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Post by: 2-bellys on December 10, 2009, 12:20:19 PM
wal-mart sells it but there usually out of stock