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South Auckland Woodturners Guild
New Zealand
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2023
South Auckland Woodturners Guild, Auckland, New Zealand.
Installing a bed extension
A few hints on how to easily add a bed extension to a Teknatool Nova Neptune Woodturning Lathe. The process is very similar for any other lathe that allows a bed extension to be added, such as the Teknatool Nova Orion, Saturn or XP.
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Making a handle for your chuck spanner
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Make your chuck spanner more pleasant to use by adding a wooden handle. A nice modification to the flat steel spanners that are often used with wood-turning lathes.
Marking the centres
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Marking the centre is a basic requirement for wood turning on the here are a number of options for how to go about it. Small Centre Marker - PDF sawg.org.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Small-Centre-Marker1.pdf Other Tips and Jigs -PDF sawg.org.nz/tipsnjigs/
Changing the chuck jaws
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To get the best out of your chuck it is important to fit the jaws correctly, this video goes through the steps using a Teknatool SuperNova2 chuck. The markings on jaws may vary over brands and versions of chuck, but the basic process remains the same.
Fitting a face plate to your work
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This video explains some improvements that can be made to the standard faceplate that came with your lathe to help with mounting the wood as stable as possible. Addendum: For very hard woods such as Australian Burls it is recommended to pre-drill the holes in the timber before driving the screws. The tek screws being used are designed for wood, not the tek screws that are used for roofing.
Aligning the wood lathe headstock
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Lathes with swivel heads need to be aligned when returning to the centre position. Here we use the Nova Acruline to realign the head. PDF of aligning the lathe sawg.org.nz/sawg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Aligning-the-Head.pdf Other Tips and Jigs in PDF form sawg.org.nz/tipsnjigs/
Fitting a chuck on the wood lathe
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Mounting the chuck on the lathe appears to be a straight forward task. The number of times we see or hear about chucks that are jammed onto a lathe resulting in facebook posts asking how to remove them has lead to this video being made.
Making a knock out bar
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Making/improving the knock out bar for your lathe so it is more functional, and pleasant to use.
Making a hand wheel for your lathe
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Make a wooden handwheel for a Nova Neptune Lathe. Having an extended wooden handwheel makes the lathe more pleasant to use than the standard small steel wheel. Handwheel document from our website sawg.org.nz/sawg/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Handwheel.pdf Check out our other Tips & Jigs sawg.org.nz/tipsnjigs/
Cleaning the lathe bed
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First of a series planned to provide some tips on use and maintenance of your woodturning equipment.
Woodcut Bowl Saver/Nova Neptune Lathe
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Instructional Video by Terry Scott at South Auckland Woodturners using a Woodcut Bowl Saver on a Nova Neptune Lathe.
Neptune Max Lathe
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Dick Veitch takes us through the flexibility and features of the Nova Neptune Lathe.
I figured it out, it's the rps that's got dust on it. I called teknatool and the sent me a picture of the board I need to clean, but nothing tells me where it's at on the headstock.
There is a document on their website that provides the details of cleaning teknatool.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/19000161964-faq-cleaning-the-rps-sensor-for-nova-neptune
I was turning on my neptune, and it says er-02 whenever i try and turn it on. Do you know what that might mean? Any help appreciated.
Looking at the manual - RPS error - this is likely to be the sensor is dirty. teknatool.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/19000161964-faq-cleaning-the-rps-sensor-for-nova-neptune
Hello, I have a nova neptune and am having an error pop up, is there a way to reset it? It's been working great but now it says error.
I suggest you have a look in your manual as the error is likely to have a number associated with it that may be referenced in the documentation, which may provide a solution. Otherwise have a look at the Teknatool support documents on their website teknatool.freshdesk.com/support/home. Next step would be to contact Teknatool support, or there are a couple of facebook groups that are very knowledgeable and friendly.
At the risk of sounding like a Dick, you express concern about an imbalance in a few ounces of wood for the hand wheel, when you will be putting 5 - 40 pounds of wood on the other side of the headstock. This seems pretty silly to me. Other than that I have no argument with the utility of a larger hand wheel. I turned one for my brand new Nova Neptune Max (just got it yesterday) out of a piece of Live Oak that I had lying around. It worked just fine. It was literally the first thing I turned on the lathe.
We have seen issues with making handle wheels from timber introducing vibrations (maybe only at certain harmonics), if you have made one and a happy with it then well done. I know that many people would not like any small vibrations that are not necessary when turning small items such as turning pens.
....what wax are you using...great job!
Bee Kind Finisher's Formula for Wood-Turning & Antiques - A nice smelling product, made in New Zealand - Packaging has changed since that one was purchased
Thanku for ur geneoun presentation how can i get the machine to buy address
You can find the local dealer in your country on the teknatool site www.teknatool.com/find-a-dealer/
Awesome Demo thanks 😀
Glad you liked it!
Oh boy!
Thanks for that demo! My lathe does need a handwheel, so this should be useful.
How do you adjust if it doesn't align?
All lathes are different. The Nova Neptune Lathe as shown in this video, page 20 of the manual (available for download from teknatool.com) explains the process of aligning the headstock. If you have a different lathe then you should consult the manual for that lathe, failing that hopefully someone has posted something to the internet that can help.
Thank you for your reply.
My next lathe improvement project. And for the same reason.
Much nicer with the wooden handle than the standard plastic knob or bare bar.
I turned a wheel for my Laguna 12/16 soon after I got it. It came with a smooth shaft instead of a wheel. I bored a hole in the wheel on the lathe exactly the size of the factory "wheel" and glued it on. Works fine. As you say, the concept is more important than the method.
Yes agree totally.
Great bowl saver tutorial. 👍
We are very lucky to have a number of skilled turners/teachers in our Guild
Nice upgrade. I think I'll add a short piece of brass rod to the end of mine.
Yes that would maker a nice addition.
Are there any disadvantages to using a direct drive lathe?
We have not found any downsides, all the permanent lathes at South Auckland Woodturners are Nova DVR direct drive, this is also what most of our members are using in their own workshops as well. Nova DVR is smoother and quieter, with excellent power delivery and torque, ideal for the training programs we run at the club.
On any lathe tat has electronic controlls on, servo drivers, the best advice is unplug it from the wall, when not in the shop, or going on vacation, power surge can kill it. Any VFDs controlls are very sensitive to power supply fluctuation.
To more accurately register the 4 screw holes with the centre of the larger hole, align the same edge of each of the 4 holes with the cross lines. i.e. i.imgur.com/UPjNYoq.jpeg
If you were going to turn the handle on the lathe while it was mounted on the wheel, why didn't you cut the center hole a little under sized and then true it up on the lathe? Then it would be perfectly balanced.
Thanks for your feedback. There are always many ways to approach a task such as this, the concept is more important than the method.
Nice tip team, just did our new Neptune
Nice work!
Thanks for the tip. I need to clean mine down because I left wet turned oak shavings on the bed overnight.
Wet oak, now you will have black on the bed of that nice new lathe from the tannins. Best to develop the habit of brushing the lathe down after use.
Nice looking lathe, but they won't be coming out until at least May of 2024.
Availability varies depending on the market. They are available in New Zealand, Australia and progressively rolling out around the world.
Not available in the US until May.@@SouthAucklandWoodturnersGuild
Is that chuck rusted?
A very used chuck from Terry’s workshop, not actually rust. Note he is also running an adapter as his chuck is M30 from his lathe and the Neptune has 1 1/4” 8 tpi in New Zealand configuration.
No but it has held hundreds of bowls bowl saving Ive had for 20 or more years anything from resin to glue on it
Great demonstration as usual thank you Terry
As usual Dick a great demonstration
My neighbour just took down a tree so pulled out I got out the bowl saver this popped up just in time ,some great tips thanks Terry,the lathe looks great too. Cheers Philippe
Yes better to save than turn to waste
does the rotating head not have detents for alignment?
Yes it does have detents, but for accurate realignment with the tailstock we have found better results using the acruline (double ended morse taper) with all lathes that have a swiveling head.
It looks like a nice lathe for a midi lathe but for an everyday bowl lathe, I'd question the longevity of its design. It seems there is limited length in the spindle shaft for enough bearing support for heavy bowl roughing. The tailstock also looks a little lightweight to me. I'd consider this for a 2nd lathe for lighter finish work. I think it's still in the beta stage.
The design of this lathe is so well proportioned that it looks lighter than it is. If you require a larger lathe and desire the Nova direct drive then the Orion on Nebula may be a better fit for you.
Awesome demo, thank you for all the tips and tricks shown here.