Discussions on turing tools
Been a while since I posted, been so busy at work and travel. Also been a while since I bought a tool…. Been doing a bit of metal work since I decided to combine electronics and woodworking. More on that as it develops. Anyway, I got a brake from HF so I can bend better… …
No worries followers I haven’t defected. I decided to work on some new turning tool ideas and needed a machine shop. Added this to the back of my shop.
Adding “burnings” as surface treatment to a piece is an easy and effective way to embellish a project, turning it into a work of art. As a minimum, I like to sign my turnings with a burned figure, date and wood type. As I experiment with pyrography I have found that my taste in burn …
Lighting is an often overlooked as an important tool for wood turners to consider. I never cease to be amazed how much good lighting can improve your work. Makes sense that if you can’t see imperfections, you don’t know enough to correct them. While visiting Home Depot, I noticed that small 250 watt halogen work …
I have been using the tail stock lift I built many months ago with a great deal of satisfaction. Flashbacks of a Fool move In fact I nearly forgot it was there, and I almost forgot one of its limitations. When you pull out the bed the lift will no longer work because it is …
Faeries dvd I recently got a request to share my tool designs for turning solid surface. The Day the Earth Stood Still move I used this style tool on the “Mortar Project & Video” . I found that when turning plastics, acrylics and solid surfaces conventional gouges tend to grab. As a result you don’t …
While listening at the door of the Stubby users forum I found a shop “Down Under” that deserves a look. Check out a fellow Stubby owners activities at Turning Trees into Toothpicks Grace dvd . I especially like the hollowing tool for the Stubby: Want to learn how to: Use free Google software to make …
I came up with a inexpensive and simple-to-make boring setup for deep vessels. The shaft is a 1″ galvanized pipe reduced to fit a brass compression fitting. The brass compression fitting holds a 5/8 boring bar (Grizzly H2718) a with a 1/4″ square cutting bit (Grizzly G1507) that as been ground for vessel cutting. The …
Its happened to us all! You put the chuck on the spindle, load up a large blank, spray some shavings and then when you go to take it off its stuck! This is one of those turning subjects that hosts lots of opinions and not much fact (best I can tell). As you can imagine …
