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THAT IS CLEVER! To be remembered. From now, who needs a lathe for turning columns? Thanks for sharing.

As a guard, how about gluing/screwing a chunk of wood where the blade exits the sled so it won't get through?

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Serge

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Ingenious! Necessity may be the mother of invention, but you can rightfully claim to be one of the fathers. Thanks for sharing.
 

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That's Brilliant! I'd have never thought of that…ever! Not once.
 

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very nice idea.
 

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Very well done. I don't think I will build a copy though, I think the lathe would still beat it out for ease of finishing.
If I didn't have a lathe, that would certainly do the trick.
 

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that is one clever out of the box idea.
thanks for sharing
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Brilliant idea. If I didn't have a lathe I'd build one
 

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Nice!

If it where me, I'd use a cordless drill in lieu of the hand crank.

cc
 

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Ingenious. Great idea. Gonna have to try this. Thanks for posting.
 

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Very cool idea!
 

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good words to live by !
thanks dave

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Hi Keifer.

Nice, but wouldn't it be easier (and safer) to use it on the router table with a large flat bottom bit?
 

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Ingenious! And the columns must be completely true, of constant diameter

Which prompts the thought that tapered columns could be made by offsetting the front support ?

(You might need self-aligning bearings - if they are not already being used)
 

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Very creative! Shifting the bearings side to side (opposite directions) would yield a range of shapes where the center of the column is narrower than the ends - if one ever needed that… Thanks for sharing.
 

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hi big tiny
i used a router jig setup some time ago to make table pedestals wich had designs like fluting and beads etc
and it also worked very well but was very noisy i love using my table saw with different jigs
wich is safer i dont know ?
i would use a bowl and try bit but i find that the finish is better coming off the table saw less chipping
and no radial tool marks once you get the hang of it
but both tools work well

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hi DON
yes the columns turned out very well
i measured the first one and is true to size on both ends
the second one is tapered made by lowering the front bearing
and i cut 2 coves into by simply locking the sled and rasing the blade and turnig the blank
the design possibillitys are endless

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HI STEVE
thanks for your comment !
i am looking at a oval shape and am working on that at the moment
perhaps a taper with it

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well kiefer if there ever was more than one way to skin a cat i believe you just proved it. necessity is the mother of invention that is fur sure.
 

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You can change the cove shape by angling the sled and tilting the blade (and combinations of both). You'll have to clamp an aux. fence to the saw top at an angle. Here's an explanation and a link to his "cove cutting calculator" on Matthias Wandel's page.
http://woodgears.ca/cove/asymmetric.html
Let's see; if we could put a cam on each end of the rotating cylinder …...
 
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