Turning question

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I have a turning question??I have a neighbor that wants me to make giant nut crackers? 2 about 5 foot tall… one will be Audie Murphy and the other would be Big Tex… these to be put on display in a local town around Christmas… I checked out several websites and they all look like they were turned… is it possible to make something that big on the lathes at DMS? Is that a simple thing to learn how to do? If not? What other construction method could one use? I’m looking for Ideas? I think it’s a cool and

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Just random thoughts – our lathes don’t look that long, but they could be done in sections and glued together.

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I think Beth is on the right idea a part of Dhoom Dhoom infections I think instead of gluing them together I would either join them with a large towel or even are even better with a threaded metal rod bowel phone phone not towel

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The Jet lathes may not be that long, but the other two are over four feet. I’m not there to measure, but I turned a giant candle stand that measures 45 inches, and I don’t remember it being close to not fitting.

Let me know if you want me to do the actual turning for you. It that part sounds like fun.

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This was done by connecting segmented turns

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Greenville? :smiley:

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I don’t think length will be the issue here since it will be done in pieces then glued up, it will be the width of the torso. So long as our lathes can handle the width of the torso it shouldn’t be a problem. My guess looking at that page is it will be at the upper limit, but okay. I hope they are skilled enough to turn that wide, its not as easy as smaller projects.

Also, on a personal note that absolutely no one asked for, I really hate YouTube videos where the creator is faking shock and amazement in the preview pane. You know what you edgelord click bating son of a gun? No one will be shocked that you completed it because we can see it in the same pane. Those always lose a view from me cause I’m turned off by the click bait nature of that faux surprise. Now back to your regularly scheduled (non click bait) program.

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The powermatic and jet( according to the reps) their harden steel shaft has a breaking for of close to 2 times, so as long as it’s balanced a 200lb log wouldn’t be an issue, the issue would be securing it properly and anchoring it properly which area are not so unless @IanLee approve temporally anchoring it it might be a no go but the lathes themselves can most certainly handle it

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The one way has extensions that bold onto the end to give and extra foot

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I thinks its farmersvillie

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One thing you need to app the city or town before you underway to do this is do they have permission to do this I know big text is copyrighted and I will not be surprised if Audie Murphy’s family has some rights to his image. You don’t want to. You don’t want to get and you either don’t get paid or you end up getting stuck with a couple of large nutcrackers

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The powermatic might be better for what you’re trying to do.You may need to bring your own chucks regardless of which lathe you use. I’ve had to do that when the ones I wanted weren’t available.