My First Attempt at Bowl Making

[fredsheldon]

My bride presented me with a personalized "Electric" branding iron for Christmas several years ago. I love it when someone buys a bowl or a cane I have made at a charity auction and is thrilled to discover it is "Branded."

Check this link http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=10369&site=ROCKLER
Jim

Jim, thanks for that link. I ordered one today. I also ordered the date attachment.

Fred

[fredsheldon]

Can you turn a 15 inch out of balance wet wood blank on a 10ER.

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Too big to round off on my bandsaw so I had to do my best with the chainsaw . This has created a really out of balance piece of wet wood. Is the 10ER up to the task.

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Well for sure I needed to slow things down from the stock 800 rpms so I won this speed changer on E-bay for $105 this week in the hopes it will slow things down enough to trim a large block round. Did it work?

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Well to my surprise, yes it did. I just cranked the speed changer down to the slowest speed possible and the block shook a little but the lathe didn't dance all over the floor. So how does the 10ER match up to the V520 now that I have the speed changer. I would say that the 10ER will be my go to lathe for all of my turning projects from this day forward.

[skou]

Fred, seems like you're a sold customer.

BUT, I would have used the tailstock during the rounding-out process. At least, until it was in balance.

Don't forget, you've only got 1, 5/8ths inch spindle. And, Shopsmith "ain't" makin' any more.

If you can find an extra quill on ebay, (or wherever) get it.

Oh, that speedchanger's handy, isn't it? Worth every penny, too.

steve

[fredsheldon]

Fred, seems like you're a sold customer.

BUT, I would have used the tailstock during the rounding-out process. At least, until it was in balance.

Don't forget, you've only got 1, 5/8ths inch spindle. And, Shopsmith "ain't" makin' any more.

If you can find an extra quill on ebay, (or wherever) get it.

Oh, that speedchanger's handy, isn't it? Worth every penny, too.

steve

Steve, I agree with you. I did use the tail stock with two extensions on the live center to turn the block round. I also ended up having to use the stock carriage and tool rest since I couldn't span the UTR with the live center installed to turn the interior of the bowl. The photo above shows the block right after I had swapped ends and removed the face plate. And I have 3 10ER's. One is a spare one is my drill press and one is now my lathe.

[skou]

Glad to hear it, Fred.

At the risk of becoming a one-note sonata, let me suggest getting a DC motor, with speed control. I've got one, and it is going to be on my main machine, with the speedchanger on the the dedicated (almost) drill-press.

I've had one for 5 years, and it is (in my opinion) the best addition to ANY ER.

Think about it, an ER Power Pro.

steve

[JPG]

. . .
Think about it, an ER Power Pro.

steve

DVR it ain't!:D:D;)

[skou]

[quote="JPG40504"]DVR it ain't!:D:D]

Yeah, but at about $500, it's a LOT cheaper.

And, it's also on a better lathe setup.

steve

[heathicus]

Fred, I'm glad your experience with the speed changer was better than mine. I've only tried using it with the sanding disk, but I lost so much torque, it was almost unusable. The disk stopped with anything but the slightest pressure applied to it. I followed all of Skip's (from the Yahoo ER group) guides for adjusting the speed changer, but must have not done something right. I went back to the single belt set up for that sanding job and just haven't hooked the speed changer back up since.

[joshh]

Skou

I couldn't agree more. I am lucky enough to live about 5 miles from Skip @ MKC Tools and have seen those DC motor ER's first hand. The quality and fit are flawless! When I get an ER, that's one of the first things I'm going to do

[skou]

Fred, I'm glad your experience with the speed changer was better than mine. I've only tried using it with the sanding disk, but I lost so much torque, it was almost unusable. The disk stopped with anything but the slightest pressure applied to it. I followed all of Skip's (from the Yahoo ER group) guides for adjusting the speed changer, but must have not done something right. I went back to the single belt set up for that sanding job and just haven't hooked the speed changer back up since.

Heath, I wouldn't run the speedchanger with any belts, except the ones that Skip sells. Anything else, and they'll slip, or just suck up too much power.

Skip isn't the only ones selling them, but look for a cut belt, not a fabric wrapped belt, and they will have "teeth" on the inner surface. They are not toothed belts, but those teeth help the belt bend to the small pulleys.

steve