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Creating A Weed Pot

This document provides steps for creating a weed pot on a lathe. It involves selecting wood, mounting the wood between centers to round it over, cutting a tenon to mount it in a chuck, turning the basic shape with a bulbous bottom, narrow neck, and wider top, drilling a hole in the top, sanding, and applying a finish like paint and glitter. The finished pot can be used as a favor or decoration by adding dried flowers.

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Creating A Weed Pot

This document provides steps for creating a weed pot on a lathe. It involves selecting wood, mounting the wood between centers to round it over, cutting a tenon to mount it in a chuck, turning the basic shape with a bulbous bottom, narrow neck, and wider top, drilling a hole in the top, sanding, and applying a finish like paint and glitter. The finished pot can be used as a favor or decoration by adding dried flowers.

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Creating a Weed Pot

by Dr. John Dekle

These are the steps used to create a weed pot. There is a lot of room for Innovations.
This is 1 of 8 turned one day, to be used as favors for a Christmas dinner.

Step 1
Select a piece of wood for the project.

Step 2
Mark the center and make an in-
dentation with a center punch

Step 3
Mount between centers and round over for which
I used a roughing gouge turning at 3000 rpm.

Step 4
Cut a tenon so the piece can be mounted in a 4
jaw chuck which will ne necessary to drill a hole in the end. I
used a skew to cut the tenon. If you have not determined
the shape you wish to turn now would be a good time to
think about the shape you want to create. The shape may
follow the golden means, 1:1.618. The base of this project is
about ½” from the tenon, the bulb on the bottom is about
1¼” and the neck is about 2½” in length. The di-
ameter of the bulb is 2¼”, the neck is about ⅞”
and the top is 1¼”.

Step 5
The basic shape could be turned between cneters
or put into a 4 jaw chuck at this point
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Step 6
Turn the neck of the weed pot. I find a 3/4” roughing gouge a
good tool to shape the neck.

Step 7
Turn the base of the project for which I used a ½” bowl
gouge. A skew could also be helpful.

Step 8
Drill the hole in the end with a ¼” bit (larger if you wish).

Step 9
Concave the top from the hole to the outside for which I
used a detail gouge.

Step 10
You may want to clean burrs
from the hole with a file.

Step 11
Sand the whole project through the grits. I sanded 150-800 for all but
the bottom
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Step 12
Clean off all dust in preparation for applying the finish.

Step 13
Apply the finish of your choice. For this pot I used an air
brush to paint it red and then sprayed a glitter paint and
topped it with a clear spray.

Step 14
With a parting tool remove the pot from the chuck. You
may want to use a saw to cut the final nob.

Step 15
Sand the bottom
through the grits.

Step 16
Sign the bottom and apply a finish. Add
some dried flowers or feathers.

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