A repeat patron asked me recently if I could
make the planet Saturn.
I thought that is a very interesting and fun
challenge.
Of course, I could not say no.
I was looking around the garage to see what
I had available.
I found this ring that I glued up, I do not
know, maybe two years ago.
It has just been sitting around because I
have not had a use for it.
I glued it up for another project.
I just never used it.
I thought this could make the ring of Saturn.
However, I do not recommend that you glue
up segmented rings like this and just use
one individual ring.
This can fail due to wood movement.
I had problems with other pieces I made.
A noob mistake on my part.
This one has been sitting around for quite
some time.
It seems fine so far.
This is about the biggest piece of dry wood
I have left here in the shop.
I am going to make the actual planet from
this piece of reclaimed heart pine.
Let us have a go.
I am going to attempt to use my cole jaws
to turn this, very carefully.
I do not recommend doing this either.
If I tighten these too tight, it will force
the pieces apart.
That would not be fun.
It would certainly be exciting!
Obviously, I will not be able to do the inside.
I can flatten both sides and make the edge
round.
For the inside, I might have to just use the
angle grinder.
It seems everything turned out alright.
No mishaps.
Not a perfect circle on the inside.
Oh well.
I think that is OK.
Now, I just have to start on the planet.
I have a half-circle template here that I
just cut out of a piece of cardboard.
It is going to represent the profile of my
sphere.
It is slightly bigger than what I need for
this piece of wood.
I think it will be OK.
I attached the ring to the planet with these
bamboo skewers that I blacked out with a marker.
I have not glued them in or anything.
I am not really happy with how delicate that
is.
I wish I had something just a little bit thicker.
I turned a couple of ash dowels.
They are about slightly less than 1/4 of an
inch.
I am going to drill a 1/4 inch hole in these
holes I already drilled.
I am just going to open them up a little bit.
I want to make a base for it.
I have this scrap of walnut sitting around.
I cannot even remember what I made with this.
This is the right size to fit in the chuck.
I can just hold it in the jaws and make a
little egg cup-like thing.
