Videos #3: Wood Lathe

Looks like you caught on pretty quickly. Ron is one of the best to learn from!!
The big difference from the CNC is that each piece is different and formed as you think about the shape while you are turning..no programming…......Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Looks great. It is really disconcerting at first with the shower of chips coming off. The intermittent cut until you get it trued up is probably the hardest thing to learn to get used to.

Welcome to the manual lathe world. It is a lot of fun. It will probably help you even on the cnc stuff to get a different perspective on how to plan the cuts.

-- Woodworking shouldn't cost a fortune: http://lowbudgetwoodworker.blogspot.com/

Yes. After doing the bowl here, I was able to attack doing it on the CNC with a better grasp of how the wood behaves and what would work best.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

First thing i thought when i read Manual Lathe in the title was you were going to use a treadle or spring pole lathe. Use one of them and really burn some calories. Good video and work on the bowls. Reminds me of wood shop back in high school. shame so many schools are taking the trades out of them.

-- In the end, when your life flashes before your eyes, will you like what you see?

I’m really surprised that Ron did not teach you the A,B,C’s before turning on the lathe… and up cuts and down cuts… anyways great first bowl…. and If I wanted to get in touch with Ron do you have some contact info you could send me. Thanks

-- Chris ~ Central Michigan

Looks like a wonderful day.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

We did go over the basics, it just wasn’t shown in the video. Eventually we will do a video about “the basics of woodturning”, but this was more of a “Let’s just watch some woodturning from novices and experts alike”. :)

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Very nice video, Ron did a good job showing you some of the basics in wood turning. The bowls turned out well for your first ones I think. Looked like everyone had a good time, and learned a lot. Thanks for sharing your video.

lukcon

I enjoyed the video.
Thanks for posting.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

Thanks for the video Lis!

-- Andrew, Ohio http://andrewmbetschman.com/

Looked like it was a full day of fun. The large bowl turned out pretty nice.

-- Jeff , Illinois Please...can I stay in the basement a little longer, please!

Thanks for the video. Beautiful bowl.
Next, you are going to sell that CNC of yours, and turn by hand everyday. LOL!

-- wood maestro....... Be Well, Do good work, and Stay in touch