By continuing to use this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more
Forum sponsored by:
Forum sponsored by Forum House Ad Zone

wood turning

All Topics | Latest Posts

Search for:  in Thread Title in  
peak421/10/2018 21:51:32
avatar
2207 forum posts
210 photos
Posted by Michael Gilligan on 21/10/2018 13:52:20:
Posted by peak4 on 21/10/2018 12:38:20:

Slightly off topic, but I'm always fascinated by watching this chaps work. ...

.

I wouldn't have thought work that fine could be done in Oak

... Amazed : MichaelG.

He does bigger stuff too; I can remember him commenting on Facebook a while ago;

He'd had a quote accepted, and the customer asked what CNC lathe he was using. When he said he did it all by eye, the customer cancelled the order as they wanted all the spindles to be the same. laugh

( He's "The Woodturners" on Facebook if you want to follow his occasional videos.)

Bill
Michael Gilligan21/10/2018 22:17:32
avatar
23121 forum posts
1360 photos

Posted by peak4 on 21/10/2018 21:51:32:

[ ... ]

He'd had a quote accepted, and the customer asked what CNC lathe he was using. When he said he did it all by eye, the customer cancelled the order as they wanted all the spindles to be the same. laugh

( He's "The Woodturners" on Facebook if you want to follow his occasional videos.)

.

Thanks, Bill ... but I am still resisting Facebook

We did, however, watch the YouTube video of him hand-turning a pretty good sphere.

... Very impressed: MichaelG.

Alan Charleston22/10/2018 06:28:15
157 forum posts
26 photos

endgrain2.jpgHi Nathan,

I have found the Diamond Tool Cutter from Eccentric Engineering is excellent for turning wood, particularly if you use a round rather than a square tool. I have attached a couple of pictures showing the finish I got on the end grain of a piece of Kanuka wood. The finish is as good as that from a skew chisel but is of course dead flat. I use a similar cutter arrangement in my ball turner. There is very little sanding required after turning.endgrain1.jpgendgrain3.jpg

Vic22/10/2018 09:31:49
3453 forum posts
23 photos
Posted by Nathan Sharpe on 21/10/2018 19:50:16:

Thanks to all. I've found what I needed at "AZCarbide", they have a range of inserts designed for/suitable for woodturning. Nathan.

What did you buy and how much was the postage?

ega22/10/2018 10:59:54
2805 forum posts
219 photos
Posted by Alan Charleston on 22/10/2018 06:28:15:

I have found the Diamond Tool Cutter from Eccentric Engineering is excellent for turning wood, particularly if you use a round rather than a square tool. I have attached a couple of pictures showing the finish I got on the end grain of a piece of Kanuka wood. The finish is as good as that from a skew chisel but is of course dead flat. I use a similar cutter arrangement in my ball turner. There is very little sanding required after turning.

[Can't seem to get out of quote mode!]

Interesting points. It occurs to me that the tangential cutting action of the cutter in your ball turner is the same as that in J A Radford's design.

Kanuka sounds as though it might come from NZ, too.

Nathan Sharpe22/10/2018 23:16:54
175 forum posts
3 photos
VPosted by Vic on 22/10/2018 09:31:49:
Posted by Nathan Sharpe on 21/10/2018 19:50:16:

Thanks to all. I've found what I needed at "AZCarbide", they have a range of inserts designed for/suitable for woodturning. Nathan.

What did you buy and how much was the postage?

Vic, at those prices I was never going to buy! I just wanted the range of shapes and am now looking for the full geometry of each insert. There must be a "near enough"

Alan, that is also of interest, can you tell me if you modified from metal cutting angles to wood cutting angles?

All good info and many thanks. Nathan

Nathan Sharpe22/10/2018 23:19:40
175 forum posts
3 photos

Re my previous post. It should have been "near enough" with a standard metal cutting insert. Nathan.

Alan Charleston23/10/2018 06:33:06
157 forum posts
26 photos

Hi ega,

Yes, Kanuka is a bigger version of Manuka (as per the honey).

Hi Nathan,

The tool angle on the ball turner is the same as on the diamond tool holder and the tool was ground using the jig which came with the holder. I don't suppose it's surprising the setup works well with wood as it's similar to how a gouge is presented to the work on a woodworking lathe. The wood peels off the work without tearing, even on end grain which makes it ideal for ball turning.

Regards,

Alan

Ian S C24/10/2018 12:43:32
avatar
7468 forum posts
230 photos

For turning wooden balls, get a bit of steel tube and make sure the cutting end is square and sharpen it like a leather punch with the taper on the outside, use this tool after you have roughed out the ball using the whole front edge to cut. To get a number of uniform sized balls, just make then the size of the bore of the tube, when the ball is to size it just pops into the tube.

Turning wood in the metal lathe with metal turning tools, hard, fine grain wood is good(mature Rimu in NZ), just don't use soft new Radiata Pine, you'll have a real hard job even on a wood lathe with the sharpest tools.

Ian S C

Mick B124/10/2018 13:32:07
2444 forum posts
139 photos
Posted by Ian S C on 24/10/2018 12:43:32:

For turning wooden balls, get a bit of steel tube and make sure the cutting end is square and sharpen it like a leather punch with the taper on the outside...

....

...just don't use soft new Radiata Pine, you'll have a real hard job even on a wood lathe with the sharpest tools.

Ian S C

That looks like a pretty good way to do it - do you mean feed the tube-tool in square to the axis, from the side?

I managed *sort of * OK with my hand-gouge on Zebrano for Saturn:-

img_2147.jpg

But sticking a caliper across it a few ways will expose its out-of-roundness pretty mercilessly... surprise

Vic24/10/2018 13:44:47
3453 forum posts
23 photos

Probably not viable if you’re only making one or two but ball turning jigs are available for wood turning Lathes and you get a perfect result every time, and much quicker. How long a piece of wood will stay that way is anyone guess though!

Vic24/10/2018 13:48:37
3453 forum posts
23 photos

I thought I posted this but I get my wood turning carbide cutters from Glenn Teagle.

**LINK**

ega24/10/2018 13:55:38
2805 forum posts
219 photos
Posted by Ian S C on 24/10/2018 12:43:32:

For turning wooden balls, get a bit of steel tube and make sure the cutting end is square and sharpen it like a leather punch with the taper on the outside, use this tool after you have roughed out the ball using the whole front edge to cut. To get a number of uniform sized balls, just make then the size of the bore of the tube, when the ball is to size it just pops into the tube.

Good point. GHT covers this procedure in his Manual where he mentions that the method was used for turning billiard balls.

That reminds me that there is a specialised trade in the manufacture and maintenance of cues; I wonder if they employ hand turning.

KWIL24/10/2018 15:52:51
3681 forum posts
70 photos

https://www.peradon.co.uk/cue-manufacture.aspx

Try this.

Vic24/10/2018 16:05:21
3453 forum posts
23 photos
Posted by ega on 24/10/2018 13:55:38:

That reminds me that there is a specialised trade in the manufacture and maintenance of cues; I wonder if they employ hand turning.

The cheap ones may be turned but it looks like the good ones are hand planed:

**LINK**

ega24/10/2018 16:54:36
2805 forum posts
219 photos

KWIL and Vic:

Excellent video - thank you.

My impression is that only the splice is planed; there was a shot of what looked like a lathe near the start.

Some interesting similarities with metalworking: seasoning the stock and rolling on surface plate to check for straightness.

Neil Wyatt24/10/2018 16:58:05
avatar
19226 forum posts
749 photos
86 articles
Posted by Mick B1 on 24/10/2018 13:32:07:
But sticking a caliper across it a few ways will expose its out-of-roundness pretty mercilessly... surprise

Don't worry, Saturn is out of round itself by a ratio of about 9:1

Neil

Mick B124/10/2018 17:49:12
2444 forum posts
139 photos
Posted by Neil Wyatt on 24/10/2018 16:58:05:
Posted by Mick B1 on 24/10/2018 13:32:07:
But sticking a caliper across it a few ways will expose its out-of-roundness pretty mercilessly... surprise

Don't worry, Saturn is out of round itself by a ratio of about 9:1

Neil

...but not in the plane mine is... blushlaugh

Vic24/10/2018 17:58:08
3453 forum posts
23 photos

For some reason my earlier post has the wrong link. It should be this one.

**LINK**

It clearly shows the hand planning process.

Edited By Vic on 24/10/2018 17:59:12

Dalboy24/10/2018 18:16:44
avatar
1009 forum posts
305 photos

With tools held in a metal lathe the finish is not always too good as hand held woodturning tools you rub the bevel before cutting the wood so in effect are planing the wood. Ball are easy to do by hand if only doing small quantities as some of the jigs can be expensive.

This was done free hand and is near as possible a perfect sphere it did require the sharpening of the tool quite a bit as ply knocks off the edge very quick. The sphere is 4" diameter.

This came third in the last woodworking show at Alexander palace some years ago

dscf0053.jpg

dscf0050.jpg

All Topics | Latest Posts

Please login to post a reply.

Magazine Locator

Want the latest issue of Model Engineer or Model Engineers' Workshop? Use our magazine locator links to find your nearest stockist!

Find Model Engineer & Model Engineers' Workshop

Sign up to our Newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter and get a free digital issue.

You can unsubscribe at anytime. View our privacy policy at www.mortons.co.uk/privacy

Latest Forum Posts
Support Our Partners
cowells
Sarik
MERIDIENNE EXHIBITIONS LTD
Subscription Offer

Latest "For Sale" Ads
Latest "Wanted" Ads
Get In Touch!

Do you want to contact the Model Engineer and Model Engineers' Workshop team?

You can contact us by phone, mail or email about the magazines including becoming a contributor, submitting reader's letters or making queries about articles. You can also get in touch about this website, advertising or other general issues.

Click THIS LINK for full contact details.

For subscription issues please see THIS LINK.

Digital Back Issues

Social Media online

'Like' us on Facebook
Follow us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter
 Twitter Logo

Pin us on Pinterest

 

Donate

donate