Oneway hollowing system

[John Hicks]

Has anyone had this for awhile? I've been looking at captive hollowing systems to go with the bosch stuff I have now. I'm just wondering if the system works descent compared to others. The laser adjuster seems like the best one I've found.

 

[hockenbery]

No experience with the ONEWAY except a student used one in a hollowing class.

I’ve used the Bosch bars since 2004 with the Jamieson system.
I had added my own laser with some pipe and boat railing fittings in 2001.
Added the Bosch visualizer around 2016.

I got the Simon Hope around 2017. It works well with the Bosch bars and the visualizer.

Oneway is similar to the Jamieson, I think the Jamieson is a better choice

 

[Bill Boehme]

Has anyone had this for awhile? I've been looking at captive hollowing systems to go with the bosch stuff I have now. I'm just wondering if the system works descent compared to others. The laser adjuster seems like the best one I've found.

The Oneway laser adjuster looks clever, but it works on the assumption that you have the cutter in one position and never move it. In the real world, you will likely use two or three different tools (straight, small curve, large curve) or you might have a cutter that is rotated for different parts of the hollowing. I have an articulated Rolly Munro cutter on my system which gets moved around as needed. What all this means is that you will still wind up repositioning the laser.

How deep you want to hollow is important in deciding what hollowing system to get. For less than a foot deep, the Jamieson system, the Trent Bosch Stabilizer, or the Tim Yoder Elbo tool would be good choices.

 

[Lyle Jamieson]

Has anyone had this for awhile? I've been looking at captive hollowing systems to go with the bosch stuff I have now. I'm just wondering if the system works descent compared to others. The laser adjuster seems like the best one I've found.

I suggest you go to your turning club meeting and ask a buddy if you can see and use one before you buy it. I guess you are already seeing the limits of the Bosch system or you would not be looking around for another. The laser is a key component, but it has to match up with the hollowing system. If the laser is crummy, as is with many of my competitors systems, than Band-Aid fixes are tried. If you give me an email I have a flier I can send you that breaks down the features and is a way to compare hollowing systems .

 

[Doug Freeman]

Do you currently have Bosch bars and hollowing hand held? Have you looked at Trent’s stabilizer system? The more specific info you can provide for what you have, and what capabilities you want, the better the help can be. Depth off the tool rest drives bar size, and different systems have limits for bar size (and other limits).

I have Lyle’s system with 1/2”, 3/4”, and 1-1/8” bars and his swivel mounts. I used a laser for a couple of years and then put together my own camera system using his mount - works great.

 

[Lyle Jamieson]

Do you currently have Bosch bars and hollowing hand held? Have you looked at Trent’s stabilizer system? The more specific info you can provide for what you have, and what capabilities you want, the better the help can be. Depth off the tool rest drives bar size, and different systems have limits for bar size (and other limits).

I have Lyle’s system with 1/2”, 3/4”, and 1-1/8” bars and his swivel mounts. I used a laser for a couple of years and then put together my own camera system using his mount - works great.

Thanks for the feedback Doug, enjoy.

 

[Donna Banfield]

I have used the Oneway Hollowing set-up and own Lyle's system. Oneway's set up is very similar to Lyle's but in my opinion, Lyle's is better for this reason alone: the Oneway captured D-bar is flat, with edges. Lyle's bar is round. The flat with edges drags on the Oneway secondary toolrest as you're hollowing. I guess you could take a file or power sander and chamfer the edges, but why should you need to?

 

[Lyle Jamieson]

No experience with the ONEWAY except a student used one in a hollowing class.

I’ve used the Bosch bars since 2004 with the Jamieson system.
I had added my own laser with some pipe and boat railing fittings in 2001.
Added the Bosch visualizer around 2016.

I got the Simon Hope around 2017. It works well with the Bosch bars and the visualizer.

Oneway is similar to the Jamieson, I think the Jamieson is a better choice

Thanks Al, say hi to Sherry for me.

I have used the Oneway Hollowing set-up and own Lyle's system. Oneway's set up is very similar to Lyle's but in my opinion, Lyle's is better for this reason alone: the Oneway captured D-bar is flat, with edges. Lyle's bar is round. The flat with edges drags on the Oneway secondary toolrest as you're hollowing. I guess you could take a file or power sander and chamfer the edges, but why should you need to?

I agree Donna, the devil is in the details. The fingertip control is important to be able to clean up tool marks inside vessels.

 

[John Hicks]

Very informative answers. Thanks all! No one around here has a deep hollowing system I can check out. Still looking at youtube.