I'm falling in love with powermatic lathe, I've only been turnning about 3yrs with a mini lathe, just bought the next size up. I have worked with machinists lathes in the past, 36" swing with. 14ft max material length. I have never seen a sliding headstock, love it!!. I ever get to that stage of turnning, powermatic will have to be in the running, LOL. That is a nice feature...........
I like my sliding headstock and use it with almost every bowl. That said, some noted turners that turn larger work complain of vibration with a sliding HS. I guess I am not a good enough turner to notice. I think it is a subtle issue. I smile every time I use my lathe and appreciate all of the cast iron.
Mike, Thanks for the great demo. I too occasionally drop screws into chips and got tired of searching for them. I took a 12" long piece of oak about 2" wide. On one end I turned a handle to make a wand. On the other end I countersunk five rare earth magnets about 1/2 " apart. I used 3/4" magnets but probably half inch will do. Now when I drop anything into the chips I wave the wand over the chips and the screw jumps onto the magnet. Saves a lot of bad words as well as easier on the back.
Nerves of steel. As a relative beginner, I still get too many catches on the simple stuff. I don't think I'm ready to attempt something like that, but I appreciate the talent. Nice job!
Tool control will come with practice once you understand the basics. I don't enjoy doing HF's as much as a lot of other things. I guess that is why it has taken me so long to make a HF video.
Mike you doing fantastic and your good teacher. Thank's for all what you doing for us. I have questions abut point 1/4 scraper you have ,would you please tell me what episodes you have it .because I have perchesed ss rod 1/4" and don't know how to make it. Thank's again
mike I was thinking about getting the simplicity hollower with the lazar,,the one with the articulating arm,,,what are your thoughts on using this kind verses the hand held,,
I am not familiar with the simplicity hollower but am familiar with the articulating arm hollowers in general. I like the concept. They have a smaller footprint tor storing then the Lyle Jamieson style rig I have. I believe the Jamieson style allows a bit deeper hollowing then an articulating arm. I am not a big fan of hand held if you are going deeper then say 4-5 inches. I like a laser but I don't do much hollowing. If I did I would setup the camera and monitor system like Trent Bosch sells. They are not expensive to build your own. I have the parts but just have not followed thru with assembling one. A general rule of thumb is you can hollow 12-15 x the hollowing bar diameter before you get excessive chatter. So a 3/4" bar should be good for about 11" depth. Hope this helps.
Great video as always Mike, thank you. I don't have the hollowing tools to do this at the moment but I will one day as I love those wee hollow forms that I have seen yourself and Sam Angelo make, they are really pretty. A few of them, all with slightly different profiles would make a nice wee display. Are there any woods to avoid for this form?
Hey Mike, the glue gun you said you wanted to play with, was it just a regular hot glue gun? how long should you wait until you can put it on the lathe? I've not tried a glue block yet, but would like to. thanks Brad
Hi Mike, Could you tell me where you got your Forstner bit extension? My Forstner bits have a round shank and I'm having trouble finding an extension that's not hex.
I'm falling in love with powermatic lathe, I've only been turnning about 3yrs with a mini lathe, just bought the next size up. I have worked with machinists lathes in the past, 36" swing with. 14ft max material length. I have never seen a sliding headstock, love it!!. I ever get to that stage of turnning, powermatic will have to be in the running, LOL. That is a nice feature...........
I like my sliding headstock and use it with almost every bowl. That said, some noted turners that turn larger work complain of vibration with a sliding HS. I guess I am not a good enough turner to notice. I think it is a subtle issue. I smile every time I use my lathe and appreciate all of the cast iron.
Mike, Thanks for the great demo. I too occasionally drop screws into chips and got tired of searching for them. I took a 12" long piece of oak about 2" wide. On one end I turned a handle to make a wand. On the other end I countersunk five rare earth magnets about 1/2 " apart. I used 3/4" magnets but probably half inch will do. Now when I drop anything into the chips I wave the wand over the chips and the screw jumps onto the magnet. Saves a lot of bad words as well as easier on the back.
Sounds likea great solution! I will have to make one.
Great idea! I have the typical manchanics stick magnets but this sounds like it would be so much better. On my list of DIY shop tools.......thanks
Nerves of steel. As a relative beginner, I still get too many catches on the simple stuff. I don't think I'm ready to attempt something like that, but I appreciate the talent. Nice job!
Tool control will come with practice once you understand the basics. I don't enjoy doing HF's as much as a lot of other things. I guess that is why it has taken me so long to make a HF video.
Nice job Mike, great video mate,
Best wishes
Harry
Great video, how do you sharpen the swan neck tools?
All of mine have removalble HSS cutters. Most are 3/16" cutters I sharpen with a John Jordan jig.
Nice shape mike
Beautiful Mike!
Mike you doing fantastic and your good teacher. Thank's for all what you doing for us. I have questions abut point 1/4 scraper you have ,would you please tell me what episodes you have it .because I have perchesed ss rod 1/4" and don't know how to make it. Thank's again
Thanks for the comment. It is in the Small Lathe Tool series. Easy to find in the Woodturning Toolmaking play list.
🤣 that’s mee with the screw too
mike I was thinking about getting the simplicity hollower with the lazar,,the one with the articulating arm,,,what are your thoughts on using this kind verses the hand held,,
I am not familiar with the simplicity hollower but am familiar with the articulating arm hollowers in general. I like the concept. They have a smaller footprint tor storing then the Lyle Jamieson style rig I have. I believe the Jamieson style allows a bit deeper hollowing then an articulating arm. I am not a big fan of hand held if you are going deeper then say 4-5 inches. I like a laser but I don't do much hollowing. If I did I would setup the camera and monitor system like Trent Bosch sells. They are not expensive to build your own. I have the parts but just have not followed thru with assembling one. A general rule of thumb is you can hollow 12-15 x the hollowing bar diameter before you get excessive chatter. So a 3/4" bar should be good for about 11" depth. Hope this helps.
it does help a lot mike and thank you
Great video as always Mike, thank you. I don't have the hollowing tools to do this at the moment but I will one day as I love those wee hollow forms that I have seen yourself and Sam Angelo make, they are really pretty. A few of them, all with slightly different profiles would make a nice wee display.
Are there any woods to avoid for this form?
I would avoid oak because of the course grain. Maple, cherry and Pear are all good.
Hey Mike, the glue gun you said you wanted to play with, was it just a regular hot glue gun? how long should you wait until you can put it on the lathe? I've not tried a glue block yet, but would like to. thanks Brad
I will put up a video on this next Friday. My gun has 100 watts. Wait at least 30 seconds.
Mike how did you create the threads on the glue block? Thanks!
Watch this video th-cam.com/video/G0yD8J4HyhA/w-d-xo.html
Hi Mike, Could you tell me where you got your Forstner bit extension? My Forstner bits have a round shank and I'm having trouble finding an extension that's not hex.
+Michael Huntley sorry but I got it used.
Okay thanks.
Michael, I found forstner bit extensions for the round bits on amazon. I got an MLCS 9270H 5” extension and it works great.
Looks good