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Thread: Another mad spindle turner
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6th July 2010, 04:16 PM #1
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Another mad spindle turner
Not sure what it is with these spindle turners with their large lathes. Not sure I would even want to get that close a to large eccentrically mounted spinning log to video it. Anyway, see here.
Reckons he's going to then hollow it out. I'm thinking multiple steady rests as large as the ones used by ball mills in the ceramic industry and a boring bar attached to those horizontal drilling rigs used in underground mining...
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6th July 2010, 04:35 PM #2
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A mere baby.
Nice looking tailstock and bed. Looks like he uses a compound rest ala metal working lathe.
It does help if you have a little bit of insanity.
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6th July 2010, 07:52 PM #3
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You call that a tailstock? Here's a tailstock for a mate's Oliver pattern lathe, with my recently-bought Dremel Moto-Lathe (garage sale, US$15) perched on it for grins. The total length of the Dremel is about 320mm.
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7th July 2010, 12:08 PM #4
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Extra large vase in the Mark Linquist tradition.
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Ed
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10th July 2010, 01:11 PM #5
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"Mad spindle turner"?? Surely that's a tautology.
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10th July 2010, 02:05 PM #6
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Hmmm.... no further comment from me in case I dig myself in a little deeper than I intended....
Originally Posted by brendan stemp
"Mad spindle turner"?? Surely that's a tautology.
And, I certainly wouldn't say so within close proximity to someone with a very large skew in their hands....
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11th July 2010, 01:48 AM #7
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Besides loose phrases as "mad spindle turners" and hints of insanity along the way I could not work out if he had both ends off set or just the tailstock end.
If it was both ends then I am envious.. I have problems with my lathe doing a shed dance when I try going beyond 10 mm off set each end and only with a 300 x 120 mm piece.
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11th July 2010, 08:51 AM #8
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He only has the tailstock end off centre.
He has a lot of mass in the lathe itself too.
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11th July 2010, 11:26 AM #9
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He thinks his lathe weighs just under a ton. Originally Posted by
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