The chips are flying now! Man I haven’t turned any wood in years! You can tell a seasoned lathe operator by how brave they are in making the roughing cuts and how quickly they get to where they want to be. If you’re not having to stop and explain every move you’re making I’d say 3 minutes each after you’ve done a couple and got your dimensions in mind, tools laid out and muscle memory engaged. Hope I can retrieve this in the future when I get back on the old wood lathe as kind of a booster shot before turning on the lathe. I used to make a lot of tables and chairs but it’s been a while.
I'm glad you had your hair up and sleeves back. It is easy to forget that lathes can be hazardous. They quickly can grab loose hair or clothes and pull a person into the machine. Also by holding the back of the tool firmly, it reduces the likelihood of the wood grabbing the edge and sending the tool pinwheeling in the air toward your face. Once these and other safety precautions are understood & followed, turning is safe and delightful. It's my favorite type of woodworking. When I teach turning, I explain how you use all your senses except taste.
YUP! April looks like she is relaxing(: 7th and 8th grade shop had me turn a lot of scrap into more scrap woods and I never really made anything nice. But, I DID however learn to turn wood quite well! 40 years later I learned how to turn steel and make some parts on on old Atlas Craftsman lathe..
Hi Anne. This is exactly the type of info I need Anne. I can’t afford the time away from family to take the Windsor Chair class with Greg, but it is definitely on my list and I WILL make it there. Next best thing is to prep by increasing the skills I’ll need on e I’m at the class, and spindle turning is one of them. Thanks for the links as well.
Cool video. Very helpful as I just picked up my first lathe and can’t wait to start turning my own Windsor chair legs! So excited!!! Love all your stuff btw. Thank you for always posting great, helpful content…❤️
Good job, a lot of turners bang on how certain tools are needed to particular cuts when in fact the Spindle Roughing Gouge can do a lot and is more versatile than people realise. Looking forward to your chair video, been planning on making a couple with my 10 yr old and 13 yr old kids during this isolation for the desks we're going to build for their rooms.
Terminology errata: The white thing on the first lathe is the banjo. It moves in a horizontal plane on the ways. The thing that inserts into the banjo is the tool rest. It is the part that needs adjustment for clearance before turning on the lathe. Someone down below suggested you were using a Steb center in the headstock which accounted for the many stoppages due to catches. If that's the case, I don't see how tightening the tail center could help. If it was indeed a normal spur center, then I suspect you didn't embed it well enough. A sharp blow with a mallet will better seat it. I always make kerfs across the corners on the band saw before the sharp rap. Stock that relatively small should not be catching to a stop that much. Do you miss the PNW? Middle TN seems pretty nice. April sighting!
Thanks for that, watching it back I realized with the pressure of the mic on me I made a lot of terminology mistakes but hopefully there were some helpful tips in there nonetheless. It’s a regular spur drive so a little more prep time would have saved the frustration, but I wanted to show how I would actually turn in a production setting.
Oh and I forgot to answer your question about missing the PNW, and that’s a resounding no. I do miss my friends of course, but Tennessee is a big upgrade in every regard.
Well done, Ms. All-Trades. But why do all of that shaping with a roughing gouge? Details, beads, curves and such are much easier to control a spindle gouge, 3/8, 1/2, or 5/8 inch sizes (preference).
Because you should be able to do the entire turning with a single tool, at production speeds, there isn’t time to grab a whole bunch of different tools. Plus, if you can do that detail work with a roughing tool, think about how much more skill you’re building 😉
There are guys on here that would take THREE HOURS to explain what this young lady did in a few minutes. Although it takes skill and practice it is not SPLITTING THE ATOM that some seem to make it out to be...WELL DONE! Give us more!
Well Anne, the way I cut the corners of a block of wood before I use my skew is I let the stock free wheel stand back from it about 20 feet or so and take my Smith n Wesson 500 Mag n kinda knock the corners down., usually 8 - 10 shots will do the trick n then I smooth it with my skew and there ya go 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am not a wood worker but I thought or assumed the head end had like 3 or 4 tooth like points that dug into the end to really keep the wood from spinning on you like it was doing. Really holding the piece tightly between centers.
Glen Crandall makes sense Sir, like I said I never worked on wood but I seen lots done. I am a old retired machinist worked on huge lathes and many types of Mills. Good Day to you & yours. Stay safe be well...
You probably only use your dominant hand to turn. Because I use both hands, it gives me the benefit of changing my body position for the best angle of attack :)
Depends on the wood species you're using. The hardest woods, heck yeah lop them corners off. Regular hard and soft woods, there really isn't much of a time savings, the corners come off pretty quickly, with a good sharp roughing gouge.
The chips are flying now! Man I haven’t turned any wood in years! You can tell a seasoned lathe operator by how brave they are in making the roughing cuts and how quickly they get to where they want to be. If you’re not having to stop and explain every move you’re making I’d say 3 minutes each after you’ve done a couple and got your dimensions in mind, tools laid out and muscle memory engaged. Hope I can retrieve this in the future when I get back on the old wood lathe as kind of a booster shot before turning on the lathe. I used to make a lot of tables and chairs but it’s been a while.
I love that April is just chilling in the background like she lives there
😂😂😂
I'm glad you had your hair up and sleeves back. It is easy to forget that lathes can be hazardous. They quickly can grab loose hair or clothes and pull a person into the machine. Also by holding the back of the tool firmly, it reduces the likelihood of the wood grabbing the edge and sending the tool pinwheeling in the air toward your face. Once these and other safety precautions are understood & followed, turning is safe and delightful. It's my favorite type of woodworking. When I teach turning, I explain how you use all your senses except taste.
YUP! April looks like she is relaxing(: 7th and 8th grade shop had me turn a lot of scrap into more scrap woods and I never really made anything nice. But, I DID however learn to turn wood quite well! 40 years later I learned how to turn steel and make some parts on on old Atlas Craftsman lathe..
Thanks for the video! Lots of good tips. I will watch this again before I do any turning.
Good woodworking tips!
Hi Anne. This is exactly the type of info I need Anne. I can’t afford the time away from family to take the Windsor Chair class with Greg, but it is definitely on my list and I WILL make it there. Next best thing is to prep by increasing the skills I’ll need on e I’m at the class, and spindle turning is one of them. Thanks for the links as well.
Glad it was helpful!
Some treasures of tips in this video! Thank you Anne!
Cool video. Very helpful as I just picked up my first lathe and can’t wait to start turning my own Windsor chair legs! So excited!!! Love all your stuff btw. Thank you for always posting great, helpful content…❤️
So glad you find it helpful! I appreciate the feedback, and best of luck with your windsor chair legs!!
Good job, a lot of turners bang on how certain tools are needed to particular cuts when in fact the Spindle Roughing Gouge can do a lot and is more versatile than people realise. Looking forward to your chair video, been planning on making a couple with my 10 yr old and 13 yr old kids during this isolation for the desks we're going to build for their rooms.
Awesome! If you're impatient, I've got five other chair builds already on the channel. There's a playlist ;)
@@AnneofAllTrades Will have to check them out. Thank you.
Very helpful run through. Thanks!
Very welcome!
Nicely done Anne, I can't wait for the full build! Happy Easter!
Great video Wonder Woman!!!!
Nice job. Can't wait to see the chair build!
Coming soon!
As usual, great video and great demo, thanks 😊
*8:43** ANNIE BLOOPER TIME !!* 😂🤣👍
I've been waiting for this.....GOOD JOB!!
Terminology errata: The white thing on the first lathe is the banjo. It moves in a horizontal plane on the ways. The thing that inserts into the banjo is the tool rest. It is the part that needs adjustment for clearance before turning on the lathe.
Someone down below suggested you were using a Steb center in the headstock which accounted for the many stoppages due to catches. If that's the case, I don't see how tightening the tail center could help.
If it was indeed a normal spur center, then I suspect you didn't embed it well enough. A sharp blow with a mallet will better seat it. I always make kerfs across the corners on the band saw before the sharp rap. Stock that relatively small should not be catching to a stop that much.
Do you miss the PNW? Middle TN seems pretty nice. April sighting!
Thanks for that, watching it back I realized with the pressure of the mic on me I made a lot of terminology mistakes but hopefully there were some helpful tips in there nonetheless. It’s a regular spur drive so a little more prep time would have saved the frustration, but I wanted to show how I would actually turn in a production setting.
Oh and I forgot to answer your question about missing the PNW, and that’s a resounding no. I do miss my friends of course, but Tennessee is a big upgrade in every regard.
I keep watching video becaue of your woodworking with happy face.
Happy Easter AOAT, cheers.
Happy Easter!
It's nice to see someone cutting instead of scraping on a lathe.One warning,turning can be addictive.
It's a fun way to start and finish something in one sitting. Not something I get much opportunity to do around the farm :)
nice tutorial ,lathe time is fun time :-)
I do the same instead of a chisel i use a sand paper very great grain. Easy piece
Well done, Ms. All-Trades. But why do all of that shaping with a roughing gouge? Details, beads, curves and such are much easier to control a spindle gouge, 3/8, 1/2, or 5/8 inch sizes (preference).
Because you should be able to do the entire turning with a single tool, at production speeds, there isn’t time to grab a whole bunch of different tools. Plus, if you can do that detail work with a roughing tool, think about how much more skill you’re building 😉
The spooks have left the building! 🤣 👻
Nice turn, Anne. 👍🏽
Some good detailed explanations of how's and why's! 👌🏽
Thanks for the info Anne! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred!
Good info as always.❤
Thanks Graham!
There are guys on here that would take THREE HOURS to explain what this young lady did in a few minutes. Although it takes skill and practice it is not SPLITTING THE ATOM that some seem to make it out to be...WELL DONE! Give us more!
When are you going to finish the tiny house or give a tour video
Howdy! I passed that project off to the new owners of our property when I moved last year ;)
Anne of All Trades oh that’s a shame I would have really enjoyed that
You should build another one
Samuel Scott planning to, but first I need to build a shop!
You should do it this summer your videos are amazing I just loved the tiny house one though
April in the back relaxing
Hahaha I caught it on camera! It happens!
Well Anne, the way I cut the corners of a block of wood before I use my skew is I let the stock free wheel stand back from it about 20 feet or so and take my Smith n Wesson 500 Mag n kinda knock the corners down., usually 8 - 10 shots will do the trick n then I smooth it with my skew and there ya go 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Nice
I am not a wood worker but I thought or assumed the head end had like 3 or 4 tooth like points that dug into the end to really keep the wood from spinning on you like it was doing. Really holding the piece tightly between centers.
Glen Crandall makes sense Sir, like I said I never worked on wood but I seen lots done. I am a old retired machinist worked on huge lathes and many types of Mills. Good Day to you & yours. Stay safe be well...
Anne I move my hand furthest from the lathe right back on the tool, feels like I have more control that way.
You probably only use your dominant hand to turn. Because I use both hands, it gives me the benefit of changing my body position for the best angle of attack :)
Yes You are right, I only use my dominant hand.
Nice work, did you use a lathe duplicator to make the other 3 legs.
Blessings to you and your family
Nope, when the camera isn’t on, it only takes me about 4 minutes per leg to turn a matching set.
Can you share the name of the tool you used to measure the depth of the cut that was made with the parting tool?
As I mentioned in the video, it’s called a Galbert Caliper, super handy tool! www.petergalbert.com/tools-for-measuring-and-sharpening
Would it save much time if you first cut off the corners using a table saw so that you start with an octagonal cross section?
Depends on the wood species you're using. The hardest woods, heck yeah lop them corners off. Regular hard and soft woods, there really isn't much of a time savings, the corners come off pretty quickly, with a good sharp roughing gouge.
Not really, if I’m not talking to the camera, I go from square block to finished leg in under five minutes
Hey, was that April on the background? hahaha...
haha sure was!
Great video as always. But but but. Where are the baby goats? :)
Haha they weren’t born yet when this video was shot
The preacher said "Turn or burn!"
You're doing good work, but we can't see it too well because the camera keys focusing on your sleeve/shoulder. Great content!
Not as much fun as watching baby goats but good video.
I would like to make my own chair, can someone tell me where i can find sone plans?
Check out the chairmaker’s notebook by Peter Galbert
Also Curtis Buchanan's youtube videos (lots of content) and website. He offers a pay-what-you-can afford plan of the "Democratic Chair" for download.
@@AnneofAllTrades Thank you, it's already bought
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The only thing I was ever able to turn was a woman’s stomach nice work