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Bart Leetch

Bart Leetch

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I started turning the wood that came from a friends wood pile NICE spalted maple. I also found a good use for the Unisaw. The round out of the material on the band saw came out to 8" & then onto the lathe.
Even though I tried to round the blank as well as possible yet is still really shook my little lathe. I didn't seem to have any trouble power wise.

Makes me want the Grizzly G0698 18" X 47" Wood Lathe even more.
 

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Nice looking bowl blank, Bart......

What will be your procedure for seasoning the bowl?

From what I can see, your bandsaw looks very similar to my Grizzly 16" band saw.....same as yours?

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Bart Leetch said:
Eveen though I tried to round the blank as weel as possible yet is still really shook my little lathe. I didn't seem to have any trouble power wise.
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Couple of things may have influenced the imbalance. Sometimes we cut a blank from a piece which has been lying on one side for a long time. The down is wet, the up dry(er). If we cut up the middle we can make two very imbalanced pieces. Second is the spalt itself, though by the time it loses significant weight the wood is generally too punky to turn.

Either is exacerbated by too high a speed, and magnified by a too-flexible or too narrow-based stand. If you can't change either of those easily, consider a tilt and nibble to reduce overall mass.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d160/GoodOnesGone/Trim-for-balance-1.jpg This is a no-brainer, since the ends would otherwise be very much heavier than the sides, but a bit of trimming might help your poor low end speed.
 
odie said:
Nice looking bowl blank, Bart......

What will be your procedure for seasoning the bowl?

From what I can see, your bandsaw looks very similar to my Grizzly 16" band saw.....same as yours?

ooc
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Odie

It is a 14" Grizzly G1019 hotrodded with a Leesen 1 1/2 HP motor.

The bowl is seasoned.


MichaelMouse

I am sure ther is something to what your saying.

It doesn't look like it would be easy to hold a blank of that size on the tilted table of a band-saw. But I have an idea of making a table that would clamp onto the band-saw with a movable section that would move say in inch increments with a peg sticking up to spin the blank on. Thanks for the ideas.
 
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Most bandsaw tables can be tilted. Not all of them have fences, but a board can be clamped to the table to make a fence and help to keep a piece of wood from sliding when it is being cut on an angle since the force of the cut makes the wood want to slide sideways away from the cut -- presuming that you have the wood on the downhill side of the blade. My guess is that "nibbling" refers to making judiciously small cuts in the wood to incrementally arrive at the desired shape rather than snacking on granola bars. 😀
 
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The pin is what makes it a circle-cutting jig, of course. Also makes you hand safer. I cannot figure why so many in forums disparage circle jigs, because they are easier on the saw and safer for the operator. "Tilt and nibble" refers to the practice of tilting a the table so that those parts you will be cutting away can be removed at the saw versus the lathe. You can see them in the picture I referenced.

In its ultimate evolution it makes a 6" saw cut an 8" thick blank by tapering from either face then removing the middle < .
 
Doh ... I use a circle jig for cutting circles when doing regular "flat" woodworking -- I wonder why I have not thought of the obvious for cutting turning blanks. Maybe because of all the various woodworking videos that I watched when learning to turn that show it being done freehand. 😀
 
"Tilt and nibble" refers to the practice of tilting a the table so that those parts you will be cutting away can be removed at the saw versus the lathe. You can see them in the picture I referenced.

OK, got it. Thanks.
 
Sure would like to see a photo or instructions of one of these jigs. Been thinking about making one. A picture would be worth a thousand words.
Thanks, Don L.
 
Bill Boehme said:
Doh ... I use a circle jig for cutting circles when doing regular "flat" woodworking -- I wonder why I have not thought of the obvious for cutting turning blanks. Maybe because of all the various woodworking videos that I watched when learning to turn that show it being done freehand. 😀
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Bill.......

Under some circumstances, you might be better off just doing it freehand......like you've always done it.

As you know, your cut doesn't need to be perfect....you will always true it up on the lathe. The thing that makes the circle jig questionable is the need for a hole in the bowl blank for a pivot point. There are times when I'd rather not put a hole in the side that would be most suitable for face down on the band saw table.

For these reasons, I'll probably always just freehand the cut. Why would I give up an option, for something that has either none, limited, or seldom any benefit.....?

Now, if someone would like to design a jig, kind of like a "lazy Susan" affair.....you might get away with not making a hole in the bowl blank.

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Thanks for all the info on making the jig. Definately going to add this helper to the band saw. Probably today.😀 Need one for regular flat work anyway.
Don L.
 
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