mick59wests
18th October 2013, 08:38 PM
To anyone with a Nova lathe with an outrigger who turns bowls.......
There is quite a limitation on the size of bowls you can turn (mostly the height) and I am wondering if anyone has done any homemade extensions/improvements. I actually wrote to Teknatool but the answer I got was 'perhaps you need a dedicated bowl turning lathe'. That's not what I want - I just want to be able to occasionally turn a bowl a bit bigger. The two solutions I have thought of are.....
1. Get a bigger/longer 'arm' made. If I have the lathe bolted down then I expect I could go another 20cm or so and just turn slowly until most of the bulk is removed.
2. Get a special bowl tool rest made which started with a big curve to get around the top of the bowl
I think the first idea is the better one but may not be as easy to achieve but am mostly wondering if anyone else has solved this..
I did read rsser's review sometime ago before buying the DVRXP but still I should be able to find a solution.....
I would of course appreciate any thoughts
thanks
Mick
There is quite a limitation on the size of bowls you can turn (mostly the height) and I am wondering if anyone has done any homemade extensions/improvements. I actually wrote to Teknatool but the answer I got was 'perhaps you need a dedicated bowl turning lathe'. That's not what I want - I just want to be able to occasionally turn a bowl a bit bigger. The two solutions I have thought of are.....
1. Get a bigger/longer 'arm' made. If I have the lathe bolted down then I expect I could go another 20cm or so and just turn slowly until most of the bulk is removed.
2. Get a special bowl tool rest made which started with a big curve to get around the top of the bowl
I think the first idea is the better one but may not be as easy to achieve but am mostly wondering if anyone else has solved this..
I did read rsser's review sometime ago before buying the DVRXP but still I should be able to find a solution.....
I would of course appreciate any thoughts
thanks
Mick