Turning Lathe tool
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putttn
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Turning Lathe tool
When i bought my SS from the original owner i know he had all the Lathe set up tools and I'm wondering if there's anything else needed to experiment with "Turning"? I see all sorts of fancy setups to mount the wood to the Lathe but I have no idea how to do it or what the set up procedure is. Wouls the SS come with whats needed to mount the wood to the Lathe?
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terrydowning
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If the lathe has the original equipment from SS then it should be good to go.
For mounting
Spur Drive on the quill/headstock
Cup Center or Live center n the tailstock
Alternately Faceplate on the quill/headstock
For cutting the standard set of SS chisels is a good starter set.
Read up as much as you can on wood turning and read up and practice your sharpening skills. Sharp chisels make all the difference in turning.
For mounting
Spur Drive on the quill/headstock
Cup Center or Live center n the tailstock
Alternately Faceplate on the quill/headstock
For cutting the standard set of SS chisels is a good starter set.
Read up as much as you can on wood turning and read up and practice your sharpening skills. Sharp chisels make all the difference in turning.
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Terry
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YES the SS wood come with whats needed to turn. All ya need is the drive center and the tail stock center. Or a faceplate,depending of what your turning.
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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Can start here
If your machine did not come with a copy of Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone, go to the Shopsmith Academy site, http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/introduction.htm, and you can learn about your machine, how to use and, specifically, using it as a lathe.
You can also learn a lot by spending time online with both articles and videos, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXil-5dEeo which is an excellent (long) video on all the ways to mount wood to the lathe (kinda important to get it right if you don't want to use your face for a catcher's mitt when it comes off).
Once you get into specifics, there are lots of very skilled turners on here who can answer questions.
Have fun (but be safe).
You can also learn a lot by spending time online with both articles and videos, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXil-5dEeo which is an excellent (long) video on all the ways to mount wood to the lathe (kinda important to get it right if you don't want to use your face for a catcher's mitt when it comes off).
Once you get into specifics, there are lots of very skilled turners on here who can answer questions.
Have fun (but be safe).
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
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