small lathe work

farley · Post by **farley** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:25 pm

ok, I got a few 1/2" squares of wood left over from pen turning.

They are about 2" long, I thought they would make nice earings.

How do you set up the SS to turn 1/2" wood?

use a cup center and a drive center?

TIA

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:27 pm

Making earrings should be a fun project. One way would be to use a small faceplate with a wooden disk attached. Mount it on the spindle and press it against a dead center mounted in the tailstock to located the center point. Then drill a hole the diameter of which is slightly smaller than than the scraps of wood you have, drilling about 3/4 of the way through the disk. Then drill all the way through the disk using say a 5/16" bit (you'll use this hole with a dowel later to drive off the piece of wood you turned). Now use a bench chisel to square the larger hole to accept your scraps of wood, making it a tight fit. You could probably use some small strips of paper for shims if needed. Insert the scrap in the hole and use a bead of hot-melt glue around the perimeter of the hole to secure the wood. Take some light cuts with your lathe chisels and it should work fine without any support on the tailstock side of things.

farley · Post by **farley** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:00 pm

Thanks, that idea worked well.

below my first attempt. I was too nervous to screw it up, so I didn't get very creative.

the tools seem very big for this type of work (ss tools)

anyway thanks

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:03 pm

Very nice! If you check out one of those craft stores like Michaels, where they sell "beading" supplies, you'll likely find the findings (hooks, clips, etc.) for making those earings or maybe you can just liberate some from around the house.

jacktaylor709 · Post by **jacktaylor709** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:28 am

Hello Friends..............

I am new to wood work.Me and mine friend planed to start a wood related work.We want to know about the small lathe work ,Can you share some good knowledge and features which id perform by the lathe.........

Feel free to advice and suggestion.
Am waiting for suggestions.........
Kind regards
Jack and Shane

spiderclimber · Post by **spiderclimber** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:13 am

jacktaylor709 wrote:Hello Friends..............

I am new to wood work.Me and mine friend planed to start a wood related work.We want to know about the small lathe work ,Can you share some good knowledge and features which id perform by the lathe.........

Feel free to advice and suggestion.
Am waiting for suggestions.........
Kind regards
Jack and Shane
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So is jack here the new spammer of the week? Seems like he managed to link to a furniture page in his signature but that is about it for useful information. Could be wrong but it doesn't look good.