Thread: Rocking Headstock

It would've been longer, 'cept I ran out of fingers for calculating on.

Hey Skew so can we count on you to see it finished over these christmas holidays??
Can I hide yet??
Toni

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

Hey Skew so can we count on you to see it finished over these christmas holidays??
Can I hide yet??
Toni

Toni is going to race Skew in building a Rocking Headstock for a Rose engine this I got to see.

Toni shaft is being looked into to see whats in stock and price.

Now have you got a SC and BS and bench drill??

I got a bandsaw, and a drill press but not a scroll saw but I think hubby got a jigsaw if that will work
bye Toni

Originally Posted by lubbing5cherubs

I got a bandsaw, and a drill press but not a scroll saw but I think hubby got a jigsaw if that will work
bye Toni

what about table saw

yes I have a table saw but it scares the pants of me so I sweet talk a hubby to do anything on that for me
bye Toni

http://alisam.com/page/14g9e/Woodworking_turning.html

Even though this is a US site the price for the lathe shaft is very good. Saw one in September at the OTI Symposium. Their index plate is very nice too.

There is another way to do rose work with out a rocking headstock. It was invented a long time ago and uses a rosette to push levers, shafts and bell cranks to move the lathe cross slide with cutter assembly back and forth.

If Toni's lathe has the ability to easily disconnect the lead screws on the cross slide it might be possible to modify it for the rose work.

Might be able to incorporate push/pull cable from a car shifter or the like if there isn't any backlash. That could eliminate all the complex cranks and things.

Originally Posted by QC Inspector

http://alisam.com/page/14g9e/Woodworking_turning.html

Even though this is a US site the price for the lathe shaft is very good. Saw one in September at the OTI Symposium. Their index plate is very nice too.

There is another way to do rose work with out a rocking headstock. It was invented a long time ago and uses a rosette to push levers, shafts and bell cranks to move the lathe cross slide with cutter assembly back and forth.

If Toni's lathe has the ability to easily disconnect the lead screws on the cross slide it might be possible to modify it for the rose work.

Might be able to incorporate push/pull cable from a car shifter or the like if there isn't any backlash. That could eliminate all the complex cranks and things.

This is why I asked Toni for some photo's of the machine better than she has already sent me. I am also waiting for a full set of plans and stuff from president of OTGA. nope still haven't got them

I tried she has not got very good light so not getting much better hubby is going to have a go at if tommmorrow for you. What in particular Ray are you interested in seeing. I really do not want to moderate my headstock I rather fit this in front of it if at all possible.
bye Toni

here are some photos that i have

Toni I still don't think you need a rocking headstock for this lathe

Oh and great news on getting Con over to help

have you got a pattern or picture of what your wanting to do/achieve using the rocking head ??

http://www.ornamentalturners.org/for...?g2_itemId=324
is some but that kind of idea
Toni

Ok Toni your not only going to need a Rocking Headstock but also built into it a pumping action along the axis looking at those photo's

If you want this built to fit to your OT Lathe a lot of dimensions are going to be needed to even just draw/design one to suit.

I think it would be quicker and cheaper to build similar To Geoff O'Lauglins Design & No2

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Ok Toni your not only going to need a Rocking Headstock but also built into it a pumping action along the axis looking at those photo's

The pictures that Toni referred to are made on a rose engine with the headstock rocking across the bed and not along the bed axis. No "pumping" involved.

Her desire to have a separate headstock sitting in front of the one on her existing lathe will do the same as long as she is using a cutting frame rather than a router or Dremel on her cross slide. Even if the centre line of the rose engine shaft is above or below the existing one it won't make any difference as long as the cutting frame in the cross slide can adjust to reach it's centre.

You need to side to side movement if you want to make stuff like these (the wave between top to cup portion).

http://www.ornamentalturners.org/for...g2_itemId=2486

http://www.ornamentalturners.org/for...g2_itemId=2499

http://www.ornamentalturners.org/for...g2_itemId=2502

Hey Ray,
Last night reading plans and that for the Rose engine.
This lathe here at this site. He sells all the component in a kit form for landed in Australia for $387.95US does this sound extravagent or not a bad price? This includes all the fitting and 2 rossettes the only thing I would have to make is the base and headstock and the pulleys. Does this sound a good deal or very expensive?
Thanks Toni