[Edited to clarify, sorry! I’m not looking for someone here to turn them for me, I’m simply curious about what a job such as this might be expected to cost. Quanity would be anywhere from 10/40 to 20/80. This information will help me in pricing the item, and in deciding whether to go ahead and invest in a lathe next year and learn to do it myself. TIA]
Going into sad seclusion tonight (see Cafe) but I need to post this question first: What would you turners charge to make 10 of the knobs and 40 of the feet in the pictures below? I don’t have notes handy, but I think the knob is about 3/4″ D and the feet about 1″ D. We don’t need or especially want exact copies, but something that’s not run-of-the-mill stuff you order from a catalog. [Personally I’d prefer something in the feet that didn’t look like the working end of a baby bottle!] So, anyhoo, here are the pics. Having no lathe and needing these pretty quickly, I’m just wondering how much a turner would charge to make them (any easily paintable wood). I’ll probably make the boxes from poplar or alder.
Foot here:
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Knob here:
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forestgirl — you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl 😉
Another proud member of the “I Rocked With ToolDoc Club” …. :>)
Edited 11/1/2005 11:47 am by forestgirl
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Forestgil, you might have better response contacting one of the local chapters of the AAW:
http://www.woodturner.org/community/chapters/
There are several listed in the Puget Sound area.
Steve Pippins
Thanks Steve, I'll journey over there. Please see my additional comment edited into the original post.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Forestgirl, OK. Good luck on your lathe search if you decide to get one. The local turning organizations will be good sources for finding used ones on the market. It seems that they are always upgrading to bigger and better.
Steve Pippins
"The local turning organizations will be good sources for finding used ones on the market." Excellent advice, thanks! I looked at 3 of the Jets yesterday, and I could see a problem. If I get a tiny one now "just to do knobs" it's like money down the drain because it wouldn't be long at all before the next size up would be necessary. Buying a used one should circumvent that problem.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Jamie,
you can always do small stuff on a big lathe. Mine has a 36" bed, which is fine for standard table legs, but i regularly wish I had gone for 42. The bigger lathes will also not vibrate as much.
Dave
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