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Screw Tip Horn

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Bigsmoke:
Seeing as how it has been literally several years since I crafted a screw tip horn, I thought what the heck, why not?  And so, I proceeded to do just that.  I did have a few horn rolls that I had put away a while back, and so I decided to use one of those for the screw tip.  Unfortunately, that was a bad choice, as it had a serious internal flaw.  But, I finished lathe turning it anyway.  I think functionally, it will be OK, but visually, it does leave something to be desired.



I do have several pieces of 3" long maple cylinders about 3" in diameter that I use for all my lathe turned baseplugs so why stop now.  After turning it roughly to shape, I decided it needed some decorative grooves.  And so, I got carried away on that.  After looking at this for the last couple of days, it does start to grow on me.  I'm really liking it now.



So, that's my latest horn.  I imagine it will go into my personal collection, at least for a while.  I do have a couple of other horns started.  I wonder what they will look like when they get finished.

John (Bigsmoke)

KDubs:
Way cool John.
 My question , how do you cut the threads.  Lathe?  Tap n die ?
 I have a few horns waiting to become something.
 I'd like to try turning but then I need a lathe first.
Kevin
 

Bigsmoke:
Tap and Die does it all, with the assistance of my wood lathe.
I will work up a tutorial on threading the horn and the tip and post it over on the Horner's Bench (https://thehornersbench.proboards.com/)
I will probably take me a week to do that.

John

KDubs:
right on, thank you for the reply.
 I may at sometime in the hopefully near future build a few more horns.  That is of course after I finish the multiple leather bag orders I have.
 friends, family and coworkers want real handmade leather goods, which in return is good for me .
 I make a " purse" able bag .  Its a standard 17/18th century bag design, I just add zippers, sometimes machine stitching and such things. 
 I'll check over to the horners bench and see what you're up too.
Kevin
 
 

Winter Hawk:
Nice!  I don't see any flaws, what are you talking about?  If it works, any "flaws" just give it character!   ;D

~Kees~

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