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DiResta's Cut: Vampire Spike Table
Experiments with a tapering jig on an old lathe led to this table design
Jimmy recently got his hands on a killer, and historical, piece of equipment: A vintage South Bend lathe. Manufactured in 1944, Jimmy's model was undoubtedly created for the war effort, as the famous South Bend Lathe Works served both the Bureau of Ordnance and the U.S. Navy; but here he's using it to produce something more in keeping with peacetime (unless your name is Dracula), his "Vampire Spike" table. Experiments with a tapering jig led to the following piece of furniture:
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Love the table. But Jimmy could use a little mentoring on the lathe. His "finish cut" was actually quite rough and with proper feeds/speeds and bit sharpening, he would not need all those sanding steps. Also, he could use some safety mentoring. He's got his hands way too close in there. Machine tools are not forgiving, naive people underestimate the dangers since they are slow moving and what not. But it's way more dangerous than table saws and such. A table saw might cut your thumb off, but lathes like that have torn people's entire arms off (and I don't mean that metaphorically)
I thought I was the only one that noticed these things hahaha
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This obviously registers 11 on the Richter scale of badassery, but I can't help but wonder about one thing. Being that the spikes really are just hammered into place, I wonder if over time, the fluctuating temperatures and humidity will slowly (or quickly) allow the table to shimmy down the legs. Eventually he might have to put in a discrete peg to keep the table level.
or just hammer them down again and add to the patina!
Beautiful work! I was waiting for the bow-tie, and you called me out on it. I love the way this turned out, it looks beautifully unintentional.