05-28-2008, 02:38 PM
WOW. I mean, really, "WOW!!" Seriously bowing to your determination on this one, Cheryl, very impressed and envious. Just having access to folks with know-how and equipment like that is amazing. But geez, don't mess up!
David, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to make a lathe for one of these horizontal, like a big potter's wheel? That may be how the originals were done. Big disc of stone (or concrete!), mounted on a spindle, perhaps with a flat wheel at floor level so you can kick-spin it by foot. Or motorize it! It would hold a lot of momentum, and the wood block wouldn't need to be perfectly balanced because it would be light by comparison.
I also wonder if some clever work with cross-sectional drawings would allow you to rough-cut the slabs into arcs before gluing them together? Kind of like the plywood-ring method, but on a different plane. Less wood would be required, and it would be less work to shape it.
Go go go, Cheryl!!
Matthew
David, I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to make a lathe for one of these horizontal, like a big potter's wheel? That may be how the originals were done. Big disc of stone (or concrete!), mounted on a spindle, perhaps with a flat wheel at floor level so you can kick-spin it by foot. Or motorize it! It would hold a lot of momentum, and the wood block wouldn't need to be perfectly balanced because it would be light by comparison.
I also wonder if some clever work with cross-sectional drawings would allow you to rough-cut the slabs into arcs before gluing them together? Kind of like the plywood-ring method, but on a different plane. Less wood would be required, and it would be less work to shape it.
Go go go, Cheryl!!
Matthew
Matthew Amt (Quintus)
Legio XX, USA
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