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turned wooden harry potter wand

I made a harry potter wand using my wood lathe. It's heart rimu, and finished with beeswax. about 12 cm

21 comments

May 13, 2012. 12:33 AMDusk Shadows says:

cool

Aug 8, 2011. 5:19 PMngoodman says:

for getting a hole down tha wand you coul predrill a small hoe in a square block, lathe it, and then finalize the hole or atleast thats wut i would do

Aug 13, 2011. 10:09 PMdawsonj (author) says:

good idea! with this method it wouldn't matter if the hole was off center because you just lathe it straight

Nov 6, 2011. 7:52 PM5STARGBLOOD says:

Acctually if u use a homemade lathe (a.k.a. a tightly strapped down power drill) if its off center or the hole isnt straight it wobbles like jello

Nov 6, 2011. 8:15 PMdawsonj (author) says:

That's why you use a proper lathe with two support points

Jul 26, 2011. 2:01 AMshakespeare1212 says:

I would love to make a want like this but I would also love to wire it up and be able to completely hide the wires. Can anyone give me some advice about getting an 8th of an inch hole down the exact center of the wand? Some thoughts that I have had would be to make smaller ring like sections, drill them and then firmly stack and glue them back together around a copper inner shaft, or I could possible cut a grove along one side, bury the wires, puddy in and then paint over everything to hide it all away and make it look cool. Does anyone who has experience with this have an opinion of which of these will yield better results? Or does anyone have a better suggestion?

Jul 26, 2011. 2:17 AMdawsonj (author) says:

the groove idea is definitely a good one. maybe even putting the wand back onto the lathe and using a wet finger to make the putty perfect is a good idea too. unless you want to get a drill press and spend 6 hours and 20 wands trying to get a perfect hole...

Jul 25, 2011. 1:42 AMjanpogi09 says:

where could find a dowel here in Philippines

Jul 26, 2011. 1:09 AMdawsonj (author) says:

don't bother with dowel. this wand was carved from a piece of wood with a square cross section! all you need is a piece of wood that is relatively even when it spins, then pare it down with a big chisel until you have your dowel

Jun 29, 2011. 1:32 PMSpeedKnight says:

What size drive center did you use? What size live center? What's the diameter of the handle and knob?

Is this an instructable, or just you showing off?

Jun 30, 2011. 3:10 PMdawsonj (author) says:

mainly just showing off ; )
I'm very proud of my lathe work, I have a bunch of doctor who sonic screwdrivers that I made, but I haven't gotten around to putting them up yet.

*fetches digital calipers*

knob: 21 mm widest part

handle: 15 mm thinnest, 21 mm widest.