Roby's New Lathie Setup

[Canuck]

This link may (or not) come in handy for making an indexing plate for your lathe:

http://www.smithart.us/download.htm

Just today there was a discussion on the pen board about it....

[Roby]

HANDY,  IT IS WONDERFUL.  You are the Awesome Blossom

I can just print a template,, paste it to a wooden wheel and make notches where I need. 

I worked today on adding the threading meachanism from Chinney's design to my lathe, although I modified it a bit.  Instead of using threads from the lathe part as a guide, I have a belt that hooks up to the variable speed shaft pulley and then hooks up to my thread assembly to push my moveable table as the shaft rotates.  The only benifit is that by having 4 different sized wheels to attach the belt to, I can make 4 different sized threads by simply moving the belt from one sized pulley slot to the next.

I was going to make my own wooden pulley, but soon realized a flaw in lathes.  For one, my lathe is not perfectly centered from end to end.  It is off by about 1/20th inch.  This is not bad for normal projects, but when you are working with stock that is 1" long, it wants to make it wobble and eventually tear out one end.

The other thing I learned is that the lathe really only works well on wood grain that is parallel to rotation.  If you cut a piece to put on the lathe whith the grain perpendicular, then it is really a stress to carve into the butt end of piece of wood.  That shatters some of my hopes of making wooden gears in bulk, just because of structural integrity of having to carve teeth that are all parallel to wood grain. 

Still, I am having lots of fun, spending more time actually setting up the rig than I have in making parts.  But I will eventually get around to that. 

Made a short pool cue today.  Now I just need a short pool table.   

[Chinnomotto]

Ha Ha , you make me laugh

Welcome to the world of end grain turning. very sharp chisels, gentle shaves and lots of prayers will get you thru

When all esle fails, good O 80 grit sandpaper works

Only thing  missing is the band saw and the dust extractor

Oh, the table saw fits above , with pulleys

Grand finale is to plug everything in and flip the switch

And if the news from Oklohoma reports a Blackout, and a funny charcoal man with fuzzy hair running around

The Eagles team knows why

Ha Ha you make me  laugh

[font=Verdana]( invisible ink:PS Master, thats a lot of gear to make the perfect toothpick!)[/font]

[Canuck]

The other thing I learned is that the lathe really only works well on wood grain that is parallel to rotation.  If you cut a piece to put on the lathe whith the grain perpendicular, then it is really a stress to carve into the butt end of piece of wood.  That shatters some of my hopes of making wooden gears in bulk, just because of structural integrity of having to carve teeth that are all parallel to wood grain. 

Welcome to the world of 'sphere' making on the lathe, now you can fully understand my 'appreciation' for many/most of Chinny's and Pelikan's creations!!   

[Canuck]

This link may be of some assistance to our new 'lathie'    Chinny, you've likely already been here 

http://www.ornamentalturners.org/index.php

Man, I'd love one of those 'Rose engine lathe's' 

[Chinnomotto]

Ooooooeeee, double peep,peep

Make your own rose engine, triple peep peep

Take note Mr Roby, we want yours looking like those pretty pics

Hey , notice the chuck holding the wood, you need a segmented one  to suit your thread size

Mr Canuck, you have to stop feeding me these links, I am running out of money

[Roby]

Cool link, and nice equipment.  Once I get this threader system set up (having to work around what I have already built), I think I will call it quits for a while.  Been spending many hours setting up the lathe, but little time playing.  Must Now Needs Play!!!