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How to Turn A Plate on Your Lathe?
The laminated plate shown in the photo was made with purple heart and a pau amarello insert bordered by two strips of zebrawood. The technique for turning such a piece is presented below. Preparing...
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How to Turn a Tabletop on your Lathe?
The outboard spindle on the Wadkin Bursgreen lathe provides sufficient swing to accommodate large turnings, like this round mahogany tabletop, designed for a small pedestal table or a candle stand. 1:...
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How to Turn Cabriole Legs for Your Table
By mounting a leg blank on the lathe off-center, wood turners can create turnings such as the cabriole leg shown above made from zebra wood. 1:Marking the “off” center Mount your leg blank between...
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How to Make A Split Turning?
Gluing up the blank To prepare a blank for a split-turning, cut the piece oversize. If you will be splitting the turning in two, as for the pair of bell-shaped bookends, saw the blank in half. For...
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How to Make Flutes on Wood Turning Blanks ?
Outlining the flutes Use the lathe’s indexing head and a shop-made layout jig to mark the flutes on your blank. For the jig, attach the upright to the base piece at a 90″ angel. Bore a hole through the...
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How to make reeds on wood turning blank?
Marking out the reeds Outline reeds on a turning blank using your lathe’s indexing head as you would mark flutes. You can use a layout jig or the tool rest. With the lathe unplugged and the indexing...
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Build A Column-Fluting Jig for Your Lathe Stand
The jig shown at right will enable you to use a router for cutting flutes on your lathe turnings. Cut the pieces of the jig from 3/4-inch plywood, except for the top, which is made from 1/4-inch clear...
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How to use pin chuck for woodturning lathe?
Setting up the chuck The pin chuck allows you to mount a bowl blank on the lathe headstock quickly at the cost of drilling a relatively large hole in your workpiece. The chuck consists of two parts: a...
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How to Use Collet Chucks & Collar Chucks for Woodturning Lathe?
Mounting a bowl blank Once you have shaped the outside of your blank, a collet chuck will enable you to attach the bottom to the headstock of the lathe for hollowing out the inside. This chuck is...
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How to Use Screw Chucks for Woodturning Lathe?
Preparing the blank The screw chuck is easy to use, but it is not strong enough to hold large blanks or secure end grain. Refer to the manufacturer’s instructions for limitations on the size of blanks...
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