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Cutting Flutes on Curved Turnings
October 25, 2005

For cutting reeds and flutes in curved and tapered turnings, I use a cutter mounted in a drill press, and a special indexing jig to hold the workpiece. Although making…
Three-Jaw Overshoes for Bowlturning
October 25, 2005

Like many avid woodturners, I use a three-jaw chuck for bowlturning and other faceplate work. With it you can avoid screw holes in the bottom of the bowl or skip…
Improved Hot-Glue Faceplate Technique
October 25, 2005

To avoid screw holes and to speed assembly, I attach turning blanks using hot-melt glue chips and a torch-heated faceplate. Aluminum faceplates work better for this method because they conduct…
Lathe Template Fixture
October 25, 2005

A few months ago, while teaching lathe duplication methods to my cabinetmaking class, I discovered a novel and efficient method of rapidly producing identical turnings. Mount a template of 16-ga.…
Reversing Lathe Rotation for Sanding
October 25, 2005

Here's how I reverse the rotation on my lathe for sanding turned bowls. This approach reduces the problem of the faceplate unscrewing from the spindle, as often happens if you…
Lathe Steady Rest
October 25, 2005

This shopmade steady rest can be set up to support the middle of a long, thin spindle, or it can be used as a tailstock for center-boring. Derived from a…
Turning without a Lathe
October 25, 2005

If you've got a 4-ft. post to turn and only a 3-ft. bed on your lathe, the drawing shows a way out of the dilemma. Bandsaw or tablesaw the blank…
Bowlturning Chuck
October 25, 2005

I make bowls by turning the top and inside first, then reversing the blank and turning the bottom. This lets me use a standard faceplate for the heavy roughing-out and…
Homebuilt Outboard Lathe
October 25, 2005

Turning circular tabletops on my regular lathe was less than satisfactory. The outboard spindle was just not designed for large, unbalanced, rough work. When a friend offered me a rear…
Chucking Bowl Blanks
October 25, 2005

It seems to me, in reading past methods on woodturning, that many turners must be spending more time fiddling with faceplates and attaching the work to the lathe than actually…

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