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TOOL TUTORIAL Lathe 101 By Ernie Conover WJ woodturning columnist Ernie Conover gives you an in-depth examination of the woodturner’s main tool: let’s look at the lathe. Hand Wheel Quill Lock Quill Live Center Headstock Tool-rest Tailstock Faceplate Tool-rest Lock Tailstock Spindle Lock Banjo Magnetic Remote On/Off Motor Switch Banjo Lock On/Off Author Ernie Conover’s recommended Switch Ways Bed Tool Holder Legs Legs tools for faceplateMarch/April and 2018 spindle turning Knockout Bar www.woodworkersjournal.com MORE ON THE WEB For a video comparing mini, midi and full-size lathes, plus a www.woodworkersjournal.com VIDEO spreadsheet of the author’s recommended tools for faceplate MORE ON THE WEB and spindle turning, please visit woodworkersjournal.com and click on “More on the Web” under the Magazine tab. 50 April 2018 Woodworker’s Journal www.woodworkersjournal.com 248.050-058 Tool Tutorial.indd 50 1/30/18MORE 3:01 PM ON THE WEB www.woodworkersjournal.com MORE ON THE WEB Author Comments Spindle Turning www.woodworkersjournal.com Tool MORE ON THE WEB Size Spindle (or Detail) Gouge Masterytool, of it thiscan alsotool isbe mastery used in faceplateof all others. work Although by experienced billed as hands a spindle working 1/2" in a knowledgeable way. (Sometimes called a long corner chisel) You will have a very hard time Skew Chisel learning with a skew narrower than 1". An oval skew is much easier to 1" to 1¼" use and the best starting chisel. Spindle Roughing Out Gouge Getaccurate the widest cylinders. you can Will afford. leave Quickly nearly as brings good squarea fi nish to as round a skew, and with turns 3/4" to 1¼" none of the hazards. Never use for faceplate work. a spindle in half. It can also be used in faceplate work. A diamond 1/16" to 3/16" Parting (Cutoff) Tool* This member of the chisel family does just what the name implies — cut shaped one is far better than a square example. Beading and Parting Tool I use usethis it member with calipers of the for chisel establishing family for diameters. quickly sizing tenons. I also 3/8" Invaluable for facing ends of a spindle, facing glue blocks, creating V Scraper* incised lines and making chucks. 1/2" * Overlap with other set Faceplate (Bowl) Turning 1/4" and 1/2" Bowl Gouge Buy the 1/2" forsize years, fi rst, bowlbut the gouges 1/4" sizeare quicklyis great ground for detail away. work. I go Where through spindle about tools one per year. last 1" to 1¼" Round Nose Scraper Buy one thatoutside is at leastof bowls 1/4" once thick. the This bulk is ofthe the perfect material tool has for beenfairing removed both the with inside a bowl and gouge. The tool for leveling glue blocks and creating recesses and tenons for chucking. V Scraper* 1/2" 1/16" to 3/16" Parting (Cutoff) Tool* Used mostly for parting a fi nished bowl from a glue block. * Overlap with other set Copyright 2018 Rockler Press, Inc..