Spindle Turning April 6, 2021

Intro to Spindle Turning April 6, 2021

My Only Guarantee… Intro to Spindle Turning Personal Remote Demo April 6, 2021

Jim Echter [email protected] www.tcturning.com (585)-377-9389 Mike Darlow – The Fundamentals of Woodturning p. 36

Agenda

Spindle Turning - • Why spindle turning? • Tool Overview • Sharpening It’s all about finesse… • Use of Tools • Practice Strategies • Projects

A Little About Me Goals Woodturning Quilting

•Teach you about proper spindle tool profiles

•Teach you body and tool movements

Where to Find Me Why Spindle Turning? • Upcoming Remote Demos • Variety of Projects Website: www.tcturning.com • Ask the Woodturner –April 11 • Learn better tool control => Learn to Turn • Intro to Boxes –April 21 • Faster time to project completion • Articles • Less expensive tooling • Videos • Woodturners Academy 1 • Faceplates • July ‐ Sept • Gouges Social: • Woodturners Academy 2 • Big heavy lathes YouTube: SpindleJim • Sept ‐ Dec • Less expensive material • It will help you to stop turning ugly bowls Both as Jim Echter and True Creations Woodturning

Sample Review Spindle Turning Tools

• Just some examples of spindle turned items • Not just pens and table legs…

Mike Darlow – The Fundamentals of Woodturning p. 45

Sharpening Tool Overview • Sharpening is a balance between • Spindle Roughing Gouge strength and sharpness • “U” profile • George Hatfield’s angle • “Large Radius” profile (Shallow Gouge) • The “Magic” 25 degrees • Parting tools • To hone or not to hone • Gouges – spindle and detail • Eight inch grinder (Alum Ox or CBN) • Chisels • Belt sander/sharpenter • Skew • Oil stones (50/50 mix of oil & • Beading/Parting kerosene) • Slip stone (600 grit diamond)

Sharpening cont. Sharpening cont.

•Roughing Gouge •Parting tool •Grinder jig • Diamond shaped – 25 degree bevel (50 degree included) •Polish flute • Beading/Parting tool • Thin parting tools • Good for box making • Grain alignment

Sharpening cont. Sharpening cont.

•Gouges •Gouge - Fingernail grind •“Fingernail” profile • Turn gouge on side •Be careful Using Jigs • Shape top •Better to Hand Sharpen • Result is excellent parabolic (fingernail) profile • Hand grind 25 degree bevel to the profile •25 degree bevel angle • Better than using a Bowl Gouge Jig •Hone it • Hone it!

Honing Sharpening cont.

• Skew Chisel • 70 degree tip angle • 25 degree bevel angle • Four sides to a skew Use Diamond Hones • Grind it or • Hone it Oil Stone in oil/ kerosene bath • Round the edges Plastic tub 1” foam on bottom Mike Darlow – The Practice of Woodturning p. 97 ½ - 1 cup of Oil/Kerosene blend

Chucking Methods Parts of a Spindle

• Centers • Tenon chuck • Glue Chuck • Mechanical Chuck • Nova, Oneway, Vicmarc, Axminster • Morse Taper Spigot • Collet Chuck (Beall or Morse Taper)

Mike Darlow – The Fundamentals of Woodturning p. 66

Spindle Stock Preparation Terminology • Mark ends • Crosses It all boils down to 3 cuts… • Squares Straight • Awl, center punch or drill Concave (Coves) • Hammer center into stock off of lathe Convex (Beads) • Safety Center better • Put onto lathe • Set tail stock • Set tool rest Available at www.tcturning.com • Check for clearance

The ABCs of Spindle Turning Important Info! • Anchor • Did you anchor the tool to the tool rest? • Pressure is towards the ground through the tool rest • Cut the wood the way it wants to be cut • Pressure is NOT towards the wood • Cut downhill • Bevel • Ride the bevel without cutting • Think about your bundle of straws • Cut • Let the wood come to the tool • Raise the handle until you start to take a shaving • Support the cutting area • Go for it --- GLIDE the bevel • Dance • Direction of cut AND dance (move your body)

Cutting Downhill & Rolling the Area of Support Tool

Keith Rowley – Woodturning A Foundation Course p. 46

Suggested Lathe Speeds: Stance & Grip

•Diameter of Stock => Lathe Speed • Grip • 1” or less 3,000 rpm • Overhand • 1.5” 2,500 rpm • Underhand • 2” 2,000 rpm • Hooked Finger • 3” 1,500 rpm • Stance • The dance of the woodturner

Roughing/Sizing Process Turn the Elements

• Rough to cylinder • Point to Point • Step cuts • Remember – there are only 3 shapes • Smooth with the Skew • Straight • Size key diameters • Concave • Template to mark key dimensions • Convex • Calipers • Parting tool

Skew Cuts Planing Cut

•Planing • Use the safe zone •Peeling • Use the supported edge •Shoulder • No tip, this is a slicing cut •V cut • GLIDE (Ride) the bevel •Rolling • Edge at 45 degrees to direction of cut

Peeling Cut V - Cut • Used to make V’s and first step when cutting beads •Skew is flat on the tool rest • Used to create space for the next • This is why I don’t like oval skews tool •Edge is perpendicular to stock • Cut with point only •Ride the bevel • Do NOT come up the edge or ride the bevel by rotating slightly for •Peel like a pencil sharpener clearance • Rotate and Swing tool 1 or 2 degrees for clearance

Shoulder Cut Bead Cutting

• Used to clean up end grain • A true bead is a semi-circle • Cleans up tenons • Tool starts horizontal and ends • Two types of cuts vertical • Plunge, rotate cut to center (POINT • Easier to cut with a spindle gouge ONLY) • You get a better finish with a skew • You plunge and shear cut up to center

Rolling Cut - Cutting a Bead Cove Cut • Cut is made with tool tip only • Usually the short point • It’s like scooping sand • Raising a fiber provides all the tool control, if you lose the raised fiber, you • Enter, turn, twist, push will cut a screw thread! • Start with handle level • Start horizontal - end vertical • Flute in neutral • Think of a handshake • Big swing of the tool handle equals a small movement of tool tip

Sample of our Exercises Practice Exercises • Use green wood if possible • Rough it round • About 2 inches in diameter • Cut V’s • Cut beads • Knock down every other bead • Cut coves • Rough it smooth again • Repeat, repeat, repeat – 12X

Template Layout

• Mark key diameters and lengths • Notch for pummel if needed Let’s Turn Some Projects

Website Handouts

• Woodturning Project Idea List • Spindle Terminology Diagram Questions • 4 - AAW Articles and www.tcturning.com Answers Learn to Turn Page

Thank you for the privilege of your time!