Material

Walnut or cherry disk, 3" diameter and 2 1/4" thick, and a piece of same stock 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 4".

Exercise

To make a cup of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 87.

Prepare a chuck by attaching a piece of pine wood, four or five inches in diameter and one inch thick, to a face-plate, and turning it round and smooth; after which, with the face-plate still attached, remove it from the lathe and fasten to it the disk from which the bowl of the cup is to be made. This may be done by inserting a screw from the back through the opening for the lathe-spindle, as shown in Fig. 88. A face-plate having the form shown in Fig. 89 may be used.

Fig. 87.

Turn the outside of the bowl and the recess in the bottom, as shown in Fig. 89, and then remove it from the chuck. Next fit the chuck to the bottom of the bowl, as shown in Fig. 90, and cut the recess shown in the front, using the 1/2-inch skew chisel, and make the recess 1 3/4 inches in diameter and 1 5/8 inches deep. Finish the bowl to the form shown in Fig. 91 with the 1/4-inch round-nose chisel.

Fig. 89.

Fig. 88.

Fig. 90.

Fig. 91.

All of these operations are similar to operations already performed.

Varnish and polish the bowl, and then remove it from the chuck.

Fig. 92.

Put the second piece of stock between the lathe-centres, and turn from it the stem to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 92. Varnish and polish it before taking it from the lathe.

The stem may be fastened to the bowl with glue.