Comments on: Hollowing Tools http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/ A place to share and learn about woodturning. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hal Mahon http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/#comment-1347 Hal Mahon Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:24:32 +0000 http://blog.turnedoutright.com/?p=22#comment-1347 Lighting: I have found that dental lights provide ideal illumination, albeit expensive. I have a pair to sell. These dental lights rotate about 2 sockets in a rail approx. 18 “above the power unit. These arms are approx. 30 inches long. A pantograph hidden in each arm maintains parallel orientation of two rotation-axes, as the arm is raised/lowered/rotated. Each lamp has one switch, and a handle to aid in positioning and aiming it with independent adjustment about 5 of its 6 axes of rotation. This elaborately engineered mechanism allows good flexibility for independently directing highly focused beams from the two dichroic Fresnel mirrors onto or into your turning. Please email me for more information and photographs. I will sell this pair of A-dec (Newberg, Oregon) lights for less than the cost of a single dental light on the web. Lighting: I have found that dental lights provide ideal illumination, albeit expensive. I have a pair to sell. These dental lights rotate about 2 sockets in a rail approx. 18 “above the power unit. These arms are approx. 30 inches long. A pantograph hidden in each arm maintains parallel orientation of two rotation-axes, as the arm is raised/lowered/rotated. Each lamp has one switch, and a handle to aid in positioning and aiming it with independent adjustment about 5 of its 6 axes of rotation. This elaborately engineered mechanism allows good flexibility for independently directing highly focused beams from the two dichroic Fresnel mirrors onto or into your turning. Please email me for more information and photographs. I will sell this pair of A-dec (Newberg, Oregon) lights for less than the cost of a single dental light on the web.

]]> By: admin http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/#comment-1245 admin Sun, 25 May 2008 13:17:54 +0000 http://blog.turnedoutright.com/?p=22#comment-1245 Sorry it took me some time to get back to you since you wrote this comment I have been on an Alaska cruise and attended the Utah symposium. I have not made any progress on the light experiment due to other distractions such as the "mothers day music" box. However I learned from the last vessel that I need a much brighter light than the 3000mcd LEDs I have been using and I need a way to keep the wet shavings off the lens. I am planning on trying a halogen lamp that is fixed to the steady rest but is inside the vessel. I am looking for a good way to connect the lamp. I think that the light level from the HF LED's may be to weak. Sorry it took me some time to get back to you since you wrote this comment I have been on an Alaska cruise and attended the Utah symposium.
I have not made any progress on the light experiment due to other distractions such as the “mothers day music” box.
However I learned from the last vessel that I need a much brighter light than the 3000mcd LEDs I have been using and I need a way to keep the wet shavings off the lens. I am planning on trying a halogen lamp that is fixed to the steady rest but is inside the vessel. I am looking for a good way to connect the lamp.
I think that the light level from the HF LED’s may be to weak.

]]> By: bernie feinerman http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/#comment-1244 bernie feinerman Tue, 20 May 2008 21:01:11 +0000 http://blog.turnedoutright.com/?p=22#comment-1244 Any progress on the lighting problem? Have you tried out the Harbor Freight LED lights that come with a flexible tube so that you could tape the light to the hollowing tool? Bernie Any progress on the lighting problem?
Have you tried out the Harbor Freight LED lights that come with a flexible tube so that you could tape the light to the hollowing tool?
Bernie

]]> By: admin http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/#comment-1043 admin Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:10:29 +0000 http://blog.turnedoutright.com/?p=22#comment-1043 Ern, Good points my work is focussed on the holder per say. I'm interested in ways to stabilize the cutter with the bar constrained and internal lighting to get rid of external laser contraptions. I use an outrigger set up regularly now with good results. The internal lighting is still a work in progress with lots of challenges. Donnie Ern,
Good points my work is focussed on the holder per say. I’m interested in ways to stabilize the cutter with the bar constrained and internal lighting to get rid of external laser contraptions.
I use an outrigger set up regularly now with good results. The internal lighting is still a work in progress with lots of challenges.

Donnie

]]> By: Ern http://www.turnedoutright.com/2007/07/26/hollowing-tools/#comment-1041 Ern Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:30 +0000 http://blog.turnedoutright.com/?p=22#comment-1041 Well, that sounds interesting. Look forward to what you come up with. I'd say though that a distinction needs to be made between the hollowing cutter and the cutter holder. Many variables in each as would be obvious. On the former, Lyn Mangiamelli's reviews on Fred Holder's website are rather useful IMO. On the latter, AFAIK there are devices that don't rely on a toolgate. Cheers, Ern (rsser on the Stubby group). Well, that sounds interesting. Look forward to what you come up with.

I’d say though that a distinction needs to be made between the hollowing cutter and the cutter holder. Many variables in each as would be obvious.

On the former, Lyn Mangiamelli’s reviews on Fred Holder’s website are rather useful IMO.

On the latter, AFAIK there are devices that don’t rely on a toolgate.

Cheers, Ern
(rsser on the Stubby group).

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