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TURNING BLANK x BLANK (TURNING) xx TURNING Tip on cutting diagonal saw kerfs in a turning blank using a band saw and V-block. Separating matching half-round turnings without sawing. Technicolor turnings. Wood turning blanks are made by gluing together hundreds of small dowels that have been colored using aniline dyes. Describes how to dye the dowels, glue up a turning blank and furnishes tips on turning the blank and applying finish to the finished piece. Tip on fabricating a half-turnings blank which eliminates the need for cutting in half with a saw. Sliding band saw jig for sawing the corners off square stock in preparation for turning on a lathe. How to locate the balance point of an irregular burl and attach it to a faceplate for turning. Technique for ripping square turning blanks into octagonal turning blanks using a table saw. Tip on how to locate and prepare spalted wood for turning on a lathe. How to cut bowl blanks from a log. A new approach to turning large bowls out of green wood. Involves roughing out the piece and allowing the blank to dry before finishing. Inlaid turning. Inlay materials (wood, silver, ivory, etc.) into a turning blank to add an interesting decorative touch. Tip on chucking really hard woods by gluing softwood blocks to each end. Split turnings. Using green logs to turn a camel-shaped rocking toy. Made from walnut branches, birch plywood and dowels. Tips on working with green wood included. A master wood turner discusses the use of exotic woods in making bowls and trays. Finding and using spalted wood for turning. Spalted wood is wood that has begun to absorb water and is being attacked by fungus. It is "rotten" wood which has interesting patterns that lend beauty to wood turnings. Laminated turnings. How to lathe turn bowls from laminated rings or wedges. How to turn bottles from tall laminated staves. How to prepare laminated blocks of various contrasting woods as the first step in turning decorative bowls. Tip: How to laminate 6-sided blanks for turning wooden bowls. The individual sides are themselves made up of laminated wood to produce a multi-color, repeating pattern effect in the finished bowl. Five basic spindle laminations used to make glued-up turning blocks to produce various patterns. Geometric turnings by John Barklow. Tips on making wood-and-veneer sandwiches that are segmented and glued into octagonal turning blanks. Inlaid turnings. How to decorate wood turnings with plugs of other colored woods. Tip: Eliminate checking on green bowl blanks by storing them in your freezer. Tip: How to machine octagonal stock on a jointer prior to turning it on a lathe. Tip: How to true the end of a turning square using a band saw. Harvesting burls. Where to look for burls, how to remove them, and how to store and dry them. Includes tips for turning burls on a lathe. Gauge for marking a turning square to make an octagon. Works with various size squares and even with tapered stock. Tip: Use compression rings to securely hold laminated blanks for split turnings. This will prevent accidental separation during lathe turning. Making twelve-sided turning blanks on your table saw. Tip: Old bowling pins are a good source of hard-maple for wood turning. Segmented turning. Create unique, swirling patterns in turned bowls by cutting wooden wedges and assembling them into circular blanks. The circles are cut into rings and assembled to form the turning blank. Tips on securing and preserving green turning blanks. Multiple-segment turnings. Designing with structure and color. How to layout and assemble segmented bowl turning blanks that combine wood of various color, shape, thickness, etc. Tip on preserving green wood turning blanks without checking or cracking. Jig for safely band sawing a short section of log into a rough circular blank. Method for ripping short logs on a band saw to make bowl blanks. Quick method of marking the amount of corner stock to be removed from a spindle blank you want to turn on a lathe. Jig for quickly locating and marking the center on square turning stock. Technique to avoid premature separation of the turning blank when making split turnings on a lathe. Decorative wooden bowls are fabricated from blocks where dark wood has been laminated to a core of light wood prior to turning on a lathe. The ABC's of turning layered veneers. Glue up turning blocks from sample packs of veneer. Plans for a salt shaker and pepper mill shown. Tip: How to do the split turning process. How to fasten the two pieces of wood together so that they can be easily separated later. Wood turning lesson. Part 6. How to get more wood for your money. Instead of discarding the corners of bowl blocks, make candle holders. Do a rough cutout of the inside of the bowl with plug cutters and save the plugs for other uses. Use laminated blanks for bowls, instead of solid ones. Tip: How to make an oval shaped wooden bowl by laminating together oval shaped "rings" about 1/2" thick which have been preshaped with a jigsaw (both inside and out). How to locate the center of a spindle blank and correctly seat the spur center. Surprising effects with this new and different way to glue up stock for wood turning. Laminations of light and dark wood are cut into blocks which are again laminated to form the turning blocks. How to glue up turning squares to get a continuous checkerboard pattern. 10 secrets from a master woodcrafter. Includes 4 clamping ideas and a jig for your table saw to locate the centers of wood stock for lathe turnings. Bowl blanks and burls for wood turners. Tips on what is available and how it's sold. How to harvest your own bowl blanks from fallen trees and stumps. Basic stave-bowl construction. Create beautifully figured bowls with this centuries-old technique. How to fabricate the blank and turn the bowl on a lathe. Technique for making stack-laminated bowls. Tips on using hide glue (without paper insert) when making two half-round turnings. The glue can be easily dissolved with water for separation. Technique for mounting split stock to turn on a lathe. Technique for making and mounting small turning squares. Drill press jig for making holes in small turning blanks, like the bodies of wooden pens. Guide to sizing up staves and segments. Understanding the mathematics involved when fabricating staved cylinders or segmented rings. Jig for using a band saw to cut the corners off a turning square prior to mounting on a lathe. How to convert a 4"x4" turning square into a hexagonal shape using your table saw. Using stave construction to build wood turning blanks for cylinders. Wood cylinders are found in such projects as canisters. How to mount the blank on a lathe and turn both inside and outside. Tip: Using a band saw to locate the center on spindle turning stock. How to square-up a rough-cut turning square on a table saw. Tip for marking a circle on the rough side of a piece of wood (such as a half log) before band sawing. Tip describes a way of using up scraps by gluing them to make larger diameter turning blanks. An explanation of how to use paper joints in wood turning (a way of attaching a sacrificial piece of waste wood to a work piece). How to laminate metal into wood-turning blanks prior to turning. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating strips together to form a turning blank). Part 1. Constructing a block press. Making two small striped dishes. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating strips together to form a turning blank). Part 2. How to add plug inserts (usually of contrasting wood) to a blockwork piece. Ideal when making cutting boards, decorative plaques, etc. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 3. Construction of a larger blockwork press. Preparing and turning a dish blank with a chevron pattern. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 4. How to turn a simple box and make decorative box lids from thin strips of timber. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 5. (1) Vertical press for clamping segmented rings together to form a turning blank. (2) Turning a ring bowl and miniature vase with bolection ring. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 6. Star plate for beginners. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 7. How to make a bowl from 16 segments. Round the block. New series on blockwork (laminating wood to form a turning blank). Part 8. Three bud vases demonstrate blocking which has been turned between centers. Spotlight on spalting. Causes of wood spalting and advice on turning objects using spalted wood. Disk sander jig for making the uniformly-sized segments needed to assemble laminated polygon turning blanks. Jig for holding wedges of wood in alignment when gluing up segments for a hollow cylinder. Scrap wood projects. How to make laminated turning blanks to produce multicolor designs. Thickness gluing. Prepare laminated turning stock (up to 2.75" square) from two pieces of 5/4 or 6/4 lumber which have tight gluelines without any gaps. The secret is the use of relieved tongue and groove joints in the middle. Tip: An inproved technique for locating the exact center of a turning square. Coopering on the lathe. How to turn wooden bowls, vases, etc. from blanks which are coopered (made up barrel-fashion from beveled pieces). Suggestions on alternative, less-expensive sources for wood blanks suitable for turning large bowls. Joined turning blanks. Making up wood turning blanks from inexpensive wood, such as pine, and turning distinctive bowls from them. Table tells you the length of each segment required to produce a segmented turning blank of a given diameter. Table covers 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, and 24 segment blanks. Template for preparing square section timber to be gripped in a three-jawed self-centering chuck (as found on most metal lathes). Tip on selecting glues for laminating wood-turning blanks. Tip on using a glue gun to join bowl-turning blanks to a scrap piece of wood. Jig for locating the balance point (center) of irregular turning blanks. Technique for holding split turnings together using screws rather than glue and paper. A turner's jig for square legs. Method for reducing the number of glue lines when it becomes necessary to increase the cross section of a spindle turning by gluing on additional wood. Tip: Make split turnings by cutting apart the squared wood stock before turning. Turn a "basket weave" pattern bowl or flowerpot. Blank is made by stacking and laminating octagonal frames and then turning on a faceplate. Making quartered turnings on a lathe. How to prepare the turning blank so that it can be separated later, turn the cylinder, split the blank, and remove the excess glue. Segmented rings. An introduction to the technique of joining ring segments to make turning blanks for large containers. Also known as stave construction when used for coopered barrels. Looks at the basic joinery involved in making a multi-sided object from straight sections of wood. Corrugated fasteners hold together two pieces of wood for lathe turning. Removing the fasteners forms split turnings. How to create blanks for bowls from wood scraps glued to size. Bottom is cut as a 6, 8 or 10-sided blank and sides are glued on. Includes two graphs, one for calculating single side length in inches vs. the total diameter, and the other to compute wedge angle vs. number of sides. Bowls are finished by turning them on a lathe. Band saw V-block fixture speeds preparation of turning blocks. Rules for working safely on the lathe. Gluing up stock for turning. Tip on marking the center of square stock for the lathe and making grooves for the headstock spur drive at the same time using a band saw. | |||||||||
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