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hi, alan stratton, from as wood turns (www.aswoodturns.com)well, not much of a shop yet. i’m still on my mini lathe. my big lathe still doesnot have power. but, rather than taking two months off to get the shop straight, i’drather get turning again. one of the advantages of living where i amnow is that i’m near three of my granddaughters. the other day we took them out for ice cream.as we sat there enjoying the ice cream, i thought “why cannot i turn an ice creamcone.” should not be too difficult is it? maybe it can be an ice cream box so that itis hollowed out, nice and light and can serve a dual purpose. so, here’s an ice creambox. another thing that i enjoy sometimes on televisionis a program called “chopped”. it is a

cooking show where people come in. they’rethrown some extreme challenges. one of the themes, always, in what they do – they cannotsimply heat up an ingredient and serve it – they must transform it to make it morethan it is. i feel like i’ve do a little bit here withthe ice cream cone but is it fully transformed? what else can i do to transform the wood thatgoes into this ice cream cone. so, let’s make an ice cream cone then we’llsee how else we can transform it. i already have this cedar roughed into a cylinder.it came from a tree in my back year in oregon. i’m measuring the chuck jaws to approximatethe tenon i need to cut to mount the cedar into the chuck jaws near their smallest spread.it will be larger but definitely not under.

for the tenon, i’ll use my skew in a peelingcut then part off the length i need for the cone portion but not completely since i’mbetween centers and it would bind. now i’ll switch out the drive center andmount the cedar to the chuck. the tail stock provides a measure of safety in holding thewood securely to the chuck. with a medium gouge, i’m shaping the cedarby eye to my cone shape. a skew gives a final smoother finish cut.with the exterior near complete, i’d better work on the mortise and hollow it before igo too far. after cleaning up the end, i’m using a hand held drill to drill out the centerto a desired depth. then i’ll hollow with a medium spindle gouge. cutting from the centerout with the grain in this orientation enables

me to cut into side grain rather than harderend grain. i’m cutting the mortise with a skew and checking it for parallel sideswith a plastic pen tube. if the tube lines up with the slot in the ways, its good. i’llnow be careful not to touch the mortise area again with either a gouge or sandpaper. i’mfinishing up with a â½â€ round nose scraper. after a good sanding up through the gritsto 320, i’m stopping to cut some decorative grooves on the cone to simulate texture ona baked cone. i will not make the cuts equally spaced because then they would have to beperfectly equally spaced. finally, with a parting tool, i’m parting the cone nearlyoff. i’ll finish this with mylands shellac frictionpolish although i frequently use mineral oil

and beeswax before parting it off completely.i had hoped to hold it in an expansion hold using the mortise. however it is slightlytoo small so i’m wrapping it with masking tape to cushion it in the jaws to clean upthe bottom. now for the ice cream. this is oak from afriend’s neighbor’s tree. i roughed it into a cylinder and then let it dry. as usual,the prime task is to cut a tenon so my chuck can hold it.with it now mounted in the chuck, the prime task now is to size a tenon to the cone’smortise. as usual, it is a cut, test fit, cut, test fit until it’s good. i over cuta little and had to move down another 1/8” on the wood.then some shaping work on the exterior so

i can know how much to hollow the ice cream.hollowing the ice cream is about the same as the cone portion. drill to a desired depth,then hollow with a gouge followed by a round nose scraper.then sand and finish. again i need some tape to pad the tenon fromthe jaws. the tape is too wide so i sliced it down while stuck to the lathe bed.finally, cut a final finish on the ice cream with a medium spindle gouge.then sand and finish the ice cream. i like my ice cream cone, i hope my granddaughters like it also. the next question is how else can i transform wood into an icecream shape. please share your ideas and pictures on other possible transformations.with that, we’ll see you again next week

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