Indexing a turned object

For my current project, I needed to accurately mark positions on a turned item. I had an indexing wheel, but had not yet made a way to lock it in position. I took the wheels off my center support, and using the same vertical riser I made a bar from corian to run the pin through. On the backside you can see where I drilled a hole to epoxy a nut. Yes, I had already drilled through for the bolt. The pin was 1/8" diameter so I drilled a hole for that after the epoxy dried. This allows me to adjust to the appropriate ring of indexes when marking my turned object.

Currently I am making a small table to mount and be able to slide a pencil on its side. Again I will use corian for stability. The table will have a post that I can mount on the slide ( 5/8" ) with a table that is offset to one side. Right now I am waiting for the glue to dry cause I needed to glue 2 pieces of corian together to get the size I needed, as corian is only 1/2" thick.

Here is the project I am working on.

Enjoy, but be careful of the splinters.

A Small Box

This box was for me. I use Breath Right strips and have never liked the cardboard boxes in my bathroom cabinet. Besides being too light to stay put, they were just ugly. Here is a box I made from spalted maple I had in the shop. I squared up the wood and cut 3/16" off the bottom, then cut out the center of the remainder on my scroll saw. The scroll saw did not like the thicker maple for this job, but with patience it worked. I used a file to clean up the inside cuts and assembled the box with wood glue. The outside was sanded only to 180 grit, then finished with a walnut oil and shellac combination.

This box is about 2.5" tall.  No I never pulled out a ruler to do this project.

Enjoy, but be careful of the splinters.

The latest box

Here is the last box that I completed, again as a gift to a retiree.

I added felt to the bottom. The box is Myrtle wood with juniper accents.

Enjoy and be careful of the splinters.