Archive for the ‘Wood Turning’ Category

Wood Turning: Concave Cuts – Convex Cuts

“Concave Cuts” The concave cuts as a rule will give the pupil considerable trouble at first owing to the fact that the grind, which forms the cutting edge and which must be held perpendicular to the cylinder at the start, is on the under side of the tool and cannot be seen. However, as...
May 17th, 2008 | Wood Turning | Read More

Wood Turning Exercise: V Cutting

“V Cutting” In cutting V’s a small skew is almost always used and the cutting is done with the heel. Place the chisel square on the tool rest so that the cutting edge is perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder. Draw the chisel back and raise the handle so that the heel is driven into...
May 14th, 2008 | Wood Turning | Read More

Wood Turning: CUTTING OFF (SMALL SKEW)

“CUTTING OFF” After both ends have been squared cut away stock, at both ends, to leave just enough to hold the cylinder from separating from the waste ends. With the chisel held in the right hand in the same position as in squaring the ends, and the fingers of the left hand around the stock...
May 13th, 2008 | Wood Turning | Read More

Wood Turning: SIZING CUT – SMOOTHING CUT – MEASURING – SQUARING ENDS

THE SIZING CUT (SMALL GOUGE) Set the calipers to the required diameter of the cylinder. With a small gouge held in the right hand scrape grooves about 1″ apart, holding the calipers in the left hand perpendicular to the cylinder and measuring the cuts as they are made. The scraping should continue...
May 12th, 2008 | Wood Turning | Read More

Wood Turning : POSITION OF THE OPERATOR – HOLDING THE TOOLS – THE ROUGHING CUT (LARGE GOUGE)

“Wood Turning” POSITION OF THE OPERATOR The Wood Turning operator stands firmly on the floor back far enough from the lathe to allow him to pass the tools from right to left in front of his body without changing the position of the feet. It may be found convenient to turn slightly, bringing...
May 12th, 2008 | Wood Turning | Read More
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