05-27-2008, 08:35 PM
I have been working on getting/making a turned aspis blank since December 2007. After much sturm und drang, I am making enough progress to share here. I purchased enough rough cut kiln-dried poplar to make a solid block 35.5 inches X 35.3 inches X 5.75 inches (902mmX902mmX146mm). I have a friend who is a cabinet maker. She planed and trimmed the wood for me. She glued the wood together for me at her workplace. It took a gallon of wood glue. I owe her big time. My idea of a good glue job would have flown apart on the lathe and killed someone. More to follow...
Cheryl Boeckmann