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

Comments

[Dusk Shadows]

cool

[ngoodman]

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

[One.]

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

[5STARGBLOOD]

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

[One.]

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

[shakespeare1212]

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?

[One.]

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...

[janpogi09]

where could find a dowel here in Philippines

[One.]

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

[SpeedKnight]

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?

[One.]

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.

[booprior]

How did you make it

[One.]

L-A-T-H-E

[FFVIIBOY]

Its pretty good but it could be a little longer it looks a little short

[One.]

nah i made it short cos i think it looks better.

[(YOUR N]

PRETTY COOL

[FFVIIBOY]

So your telling me that ur twelve and ur parents let u have 2 big wooden swords?

[FFVIIBOY]

Im talking about the 2 buster swords

[One.]

well, I made them. besides, my parents don't really care about the swords, as long as they aren't in the way all the time.

[FFVIIBOY]

K just makin sure. Yeah you like Ratchet and Clank, Harry Potter, and Final Fantasy finaly someone who understands me

[scottyneutron]

Ratchet and clank=beast i have every game and beaten the m twice xD