Tim, Is the intent a way of forgoing a tool rest and using hand held turning tools?
Appears to be similar to the Shop Smith lathe duplicator (still the best if can find one) but without a follower. Has a great potential for doing spheres if you can establish a fixed pivot point, was into that years ago making hundreds with a similar jig but found a very limited market for them unless you can make them artistic. Michael From: 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 9:31 AM To: Legacy-Ornamental-Mills Subject: This guy lathe is AWESOME!!! Ok guys, here's some unedited video of my cutter on it's first run. Every thing about the setup is temporary. Even my technique was kind of poor since I was just free handing the shapes I really did not know where I was going. That's strange for me since most of my turnings all start from plans and I have specific numbers that I'm trying to hit. Any way, the base being almost 10lbs is vibration free and it floats really nicely on the melamine shelf. I see a little tearout in the walnut but that could be my technique. I need to watch the direction I'm cutting in much more closely. I also need to go back and watch Mike's video again. I'm thinking I want the cutter going in the direction of the cut so the grain is always supported. Same technique as using a gouge or spindle. In otherwords, cutting up hill should not be recommended. I will say it's pretty effortless turning and might suit people who have hand control issues. Warning, there is nothing exciting in these videos. Just time wasted from your busy life. It's close to watching paint dry :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kLfYhcSdcg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_S7a9u7kEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiJpjfDi4dE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q03R6oHpZHY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFamCOWGeRk Let me know what you think and I thank you both for your support on this. I still need to make some templates and make some actual parts. -Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
