Thread: HELP!!!! lattice type turning!

Sorry that's my shocking spelling.
I meant trammel bar

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Ye I've been thinking about applications to
I was Also thinking I wish I had seen this before I just finished the jewellery box for my wife.
I think that could I've looked great in the top with the ebony final.

Another idea I had today ,was and this is not an attempt to hijack this thread.
You could use a router on tremel bar to if you wanted.
A large sheet of mdf with your work position centre .
Then a series of holes placed along horizontal and vertical lines matching your desired spacing with the router set on a tremel bar.
Even using a small coving bit would be interesting.
Or even a V bit .
And swing the router over it.
I hope that all makes sense.
But this something I think I will have to explore a bit more.

A router? Blasphemy.
(Not as much fun as by hand on the lathe, either.)

Lol
I will go back to my dark corner now
And just admire then
my huge apologies lol

Originally Posted by Simplicity

Lol
I will go back to my dark corner now
And just admire then
my huge apologies lol

NO! NO! come back I still need to know what It is
However you spell It!!!!

A trammel bar is bar pivoted from either one or both ends.
If you place your router on say a length of 500mm timber wide enough to surport your router and place a hole in the end of the board at the other end
Then place a pin of sorts (a dowel)through that hole in to your large base board it will pivot from that point.
You can swing your router through an arc or even a full circle
Google pics may help
If my five second description hasn't.

Originally Posted by smiife

NO! NO! come back I still need to know what It is
However you spell It!!!!

Michael, I took it to mean a router with circle guide, but no lathe involved. Hopefully Simplicity will clarify.

Edit: Sorry, Matt replied as I was typing.

That's just what I was thinking
Thank you hermit
Matt

Well done to both of you on your lattice work.

They are not the easiest things to make when you first start out.

So to give you something to aim for a little How to by Ralph Harvey. The parts of the process are all I could find but should give some idea

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Some other lattice work by him in picture form

Hope the forum does not mind links to another woodworking site

Just found the very beginning Here

Originally Posted by Dalboy

Well done to both of you on your lattice work.

They are not the easiest things to make when you first start out.

So to give you something to aim for a little How to by Ralph Harvey. The parts of the process are all I could find but should give some idea

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Some other lattice work by him in picture form

Hope the forum does not mind links to another woodworking site

Dunno about the forum, but I definitely don't mind.

Some great food for thought there Derek.

I couldn't get your links to work properly, 'Part 1' leads to Part 2, etc, but in looking for Part 1 on the site in a search, I came up with a lot of similar articles, some by Ralph Harvey and some by others. Also links to Parts 1-4:
Lattice

Love the look of the segmented lattice that your last link leads to, by the way. That one looks tricky.

Thanks for pointing us in the right direction. Looks like I'll be doing a bit of reading tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Hermit

Dunno about the forum, but I definitely don't mind.

Some great food for thought there Derek.

I couldn't get your links to work properly, 'Part 1' leads to Part 2, etc, but in looking for Part 1 on the site in a search, I came up with a lot of similar articles, some by Ralph Harvey and some by others. Also links to Parts 1-4:
Lattice

Love the look of the segmented lattice that your last link leads to, by the way. That one looks tricky.

Thanks for pointing us in the right direction. Looks like I'll be doing a bit of reading tomorrow.

Thanks for the links, I have just had a breif browse but you have my attention. Will have to get into it over the holiday period - having a couple of weeks break from boxes.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Bob

Thanks for the links and info guys, very much appreciate it
A round ball with lattice sounds like a challenge
I will try and get this flat work right first,
I have not giving up yet!

I had a crack at a half round lattice yesterday! There will be no photos and it's laying next to the bin! Wasted a nice bit of coachwood!
Still feeling inspired by this thread!

Originally Posted by Oldgreybeard

Thanks for the links, I have just had a brief browse but you have my attention. Will have to get into it over the holiday period - having a couple of weeks break from boxes.
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Bob

I somehow missed this post earlier Bob. From the look of your work on the boxes, making a concentric/eccentric lattice will be easy for you.
A nice touch for the top of some of your boxes.

You'll definitely be seeing more of my work, for what it's worth. I'm going flat-out at the moment, while the Sun shines.

Originally Posted by chuck1

I had a crack at a half round lattice yesterday! There will be no photos and it's laying next to the bin! Wasted a nice bit of coachwood!
Still feeling inspired by this thread!

I'm surprised that you had a problem with it Charlie. I'm sure it'll work fine next try.
Makes me feel even more lucky that I pulled one off on the first try. I didn't expect to carry the finished disc out of the shed - I thought I'd be sweeping it out. Let's see if I have the same luck next time.

Looking forward to that 2mm x 5mm tool steel arriving. I can have a go at a finer lattice, cutting beads first and then the slots in between to see if that method works.
I was thinking of laminating two thin pieces of contrasting timber together for better effect. It'll also serve as a good, accurate depth gauge as a bonus.

Just came across this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbhghiRcOxY

Seems like a few good ideas.