Multi-Axis Turning Article by B. Dill
If, or when, you get tired/bored with being In The Box, or more accurately, In The Circle, and want to work Outside The Box/Circle – find the Fall 2007 issue of American Woodturner and check out Barbara Dill’s five page article “Multi-Axis Turning”. She’s managed to bring order out of the apparent chaos of multi-axis turning – a systematic method to conceptualize and categorize multi-axis turning.
Now I’m still in the exploratory phase of my turning addiction, trying all manner of turning that can be done on a mini lathe – spindles, cups, goblets, lidded boxes, bowls, “hollow forms”, weed pots, magic wands, knobs and pulls (skipped pen turning completely) and odd ball stuff – a top hat, ants AND ahnks, pieces with “ball and socket” joints, and have a multi-axis dragon fly still in the works. Was going to do a tarantula but got side tracked by the dragon fly and doing spinarettes (think spires and minarets – stretched out a lot – trembleur kind of things).
Barbara’s article has given me a whole new area of turning to explore – and a map of the area. If you can lay your hands on a copy of the magazine (unfortunately only available to members of the AAW- but this article alone is worth the $45 annual membership fee – at least to me) – DO IT!
Here’s some of my journey into this interesting realm of turning
http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Turning/MultiCenter/MultiCenters1.html
And this is just delving into two of the TWELVE categories of multi-axis turning in the article.
Break out of The Circle – and have a try at multi-axis turning.
charlie b
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http://www.amazon.com/Woodturning-Methods-Mike-Darlow/dp/1565231252/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1163114-4714848?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189538922&sr=8-1
Mike Darlow's "Woodturning Methods" starts where most turning books end. Multi axis turning is just one of the advanced techniques explored. I don't care how many books you have on turning. This one goes to the next level. He covers elipitical turning and bet you never heard of therming.
Rick L wrote"bet you never heard of therming."I have now - and found two pdf files with pictures and everything.Just goes to show that there probably isn't anything really new under the sun. Looked for the Darlow booth Woodturning Methods at the local B&N. Alas, their woodworking section keeps getting smaller and smaller, despite my best effort to buy my fair share - and then some - of woodworking books. The magazine rack, on the other hand, has a new woodworking magazine every couple of months. They carry British woodworking magazines and it's nice to see how things are done on the other side of The Pond. Still waiting for a woodworking magazine from OZ. Those folks get REAL creative, especially in carving. I believe Darlow migrated there just for the buzz.But back to Dill's article Multi-Axis Turning - which doesn't require any special jigs, fixtures, or a humongous lathe. It opens up a lot of turning territory to explore - with a five page guide. charlie b
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