Hi everyone,
All woodturners love the feeling we get when the long shavings are flying off the bowl gouge.
Today I have been making tapers for lances.
I manage to get the shavings flying on a 950mm lg. 38mm dia. spindle, in dry wood using a skew.
I have made over ten thousand of these over a period of 14 years and the method used is the quickest way to produce them so that is the way I do them.
They are tapered from 38mm to 25mm with a 25mm tenon.
After turning they are split into quarters down the length stopping just short of the tenon, painted and attached to my 7' long lances. Then smashed to bits at medieval jousting tournaments all over the country.
If you ever go to a jousting display at an English Heritage property you will know what I mean
Enjoy and comments are welcomed.
https://youtu.be/sZK1FzVH924