Turning A 350 Pound Log On A Power Pro (Or How to Void Your Warranty)

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:47 pm

JPG40504 wrote:.....

Wonder what 'procedure' will be used on the second one.

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He has a lathe duplicator attachment.

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:41 pm

Holy crap!!

Well, if nothing else, those guys who are always talking about the SS as a compromise tool or hobbyist machine should shut up. Let's see someone do that is a typical shop of stand-alone tools! haha

I'm just amazed that people even think up things like this to try!!

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:25 am

So how many times per log does he sharpen?
Is there andy call for a detail gouge?
I wonder how much actual turning time he has on the motor for this one log??
Does he buy sandpaper in bulk?
Is his name Wylie?
The ACME log lathe

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:07 pm

Reminds me of Nick's statement when asked how long a piece can you turn on a Shopsmith lathe. His answer referred to how far away is the barn wall where you can put the tailpiece.

I thought this log turning was cool, but wondered how he planned to turn the part between machines.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:26 pm

charlese wrote:Reminds me of Nick's statement when asked how long a piece can you turn on a Shopsmith lathe. His answer referred to how far away is the barn wall where you can put the tailpiece.

I thought this log turning was cool, but wondered how he planned to turn the part between machines.

No doubt in my mind he will come up with a tool rest for that span. If I unnerstan his description, that is part of the gradual taper.

mgdesigns · Post by **mgdesigns** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:28 am

Not to mention the risers on the legs the SS in the back. This guy's clever as they come. Wear on the Power Pro bearings and belts, but with 2 SS's to carry the load, and not physically attach together, I doubt the way tubes saw much load. Sort of surprised the inner sets of legs did not try to buck upward, though.

250 rpms is too fast to turn that big of a piece until it's balanced. Brass ones for sure. I am so feeble trying to turn anything on the SS larger than 6" diameter.

Thanks for posting. Amazing.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:01 am

mgdesigns wrote:Not to mention the risers on the legs the SS in the back. This guy's clever as they come. Wear on the Power Pro bearings and belts, but with 2 SS's to carry the load, and not physically attach together, I doubt the way tubes saw much load. Sort of surprised the inner sets of legs did not try to buck upward, though.

250 rpms is too fast to turn that big of a piece until it's balanced. Brass ones for sure. I am so feeble trying to turn anything on the SS larger than 6" diameter.

Thanks for posting. Amazing.

The driver was secured to a post on the 'tail' end, and. wedged to the ceiling on the headstock end. The second was used for a tool rest stand, and was not connected to the other(at least I did not see that it was).

scollins · Post by **scollins** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:33 am

I took an idea from shipwright's duplicator tool and removed my tool rest from the support arm and clamped on a EWT with a carbide cutter. You can then slide the carriage back and forth to make your cuts perfectly straight and it doesn't bounce back while cutting like a hand held cutter so it's faster. I took about 3/16" off at a time while turning an mdf blank for my thickness sander drum.

scollins · Post by **scollins** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:09 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydDQQQww1AA

roy_okc · Post by **roy_okc** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 2:03 pm

Pen blank for the new Paul Bunyan pen kits.

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