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LATHE ACCESSORIES & JIGS xx LATHE Wooden box rests on your lathe bed. A lift-top keeps out sawdust and shavings and provides a place for calipers, gauges, etc. Accessories and tips to maximize the performance and safety of your stationary shop tools. Make a stationary disk sander by attaching a wooden disk to a face plate and installing on the outboard spindle of a lathe. Add a tilting table (made out of wood) equipped with a miter gauge slot to complete the unit. Make a deep-boring jig for your wood lathe. Tip: Use this simple jig and your lathe indexing feature to drill accurate spoke holes into a wooden hub. Turning tips. (1) Tenon sizer jig. (2) Dowel reducer jig. (3) Honing tools. How to utilize your wood lathe as a belt sander to speed up the tedious job of rounding canoe paddle shafts (or other square stock). Making period bedposts. How to make bedposts up to 7 ft. long in the Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, and early Victorian styles. The jigs and fixtures shown can be used for any long turnings. Combination workbench and lathe stand. The workbench top swings up to reveal the lathe which is then raised up into working position. Lathe tools and accessories are stored on the bottom of the raised workbench top. Tip: Use your floor-model drill press as an outboard stand for the tailstock of your wood lathe. Finishing shield for a lathe. Iron framework holds a sheet of newspaper behind and below a work piece mounted on a lathe. This helps control paint, stain, and other finishes which fly-off when a work piece is being finished on the lathe. Pivoting lathe attachment is used for turning wooden spheres. Lathe guard is made from bent Plexiglas attached to a simple wooden frame. Jig for roughing out ball shapes on the lathe using a router. A lathe tool holder. This wall-mounted plywood storage unit holds lathe chisels, calipers, wrenches, faceplates and other lathe accessories. Wood turning lesson . Part 14. Three styles of storage racks to hold sharp lathe tools and accessories are illustrated. Three styles of storage racks to hold sharp lathe tools and accessories are illustrated. Dowel making jig for a lathe will produce good dowels up to 7/16" in diameter. Jig is built from wood and requires only a C-clamp and a gouge to use. Wall-mounted rack holds lathe chisels, calipers, dividers and other items. Roller rest for precision filing on a lathe. Tip: Convert your lathe into a disk sander with the addition of a simple auxiliary table. Find it fast with these 5 shop organizers. (1) Wall-hung cabinet holds a portable belt sander and palm sander and a supply of sandpaper for each. (2) Wall-hung board for router and accessories. (3) Under-table and over-table storage racks for all of your clamps. (4) Wall-rack holds lathe tools and accessories. (5) Three-compartment cabinet for drill bits. Build a motor-driven universal cutting head for use with a decorative turning lathe. Fit a wooden hand brake to your lathe to stop 4-jaw chucks more quickly (without exposing your fingers to rotating protruding jaws). Twist and route. Building temporary extension bars for a lathe and adding a router carriage to fabricate 59"-long barleytwist columns. Tool mounting gantry fits behind a lathe and holds a sliding dust collector, sample spindle, and pattern or measuring rod. Quick release levers for the Record DML24 lathe which do not require using a separate wrench to adjust the toolrest and tailstock. Tip on mounting a polycarbonate safety screen over a wood lathe. Sliding tailstock. How to save money on a lever-operated tailstock by converting your existing tailstock with the addition of a wooden lever assembly. Small removable workbench that fits over the twin bed bars of a lathe. Tip on making a sheath from plastic pipe to protect the spindle thread of a lathe. Tip on installing a wooden handwheel (handbrake) on the outboard end of a lathe drive spindle. Alignment tool aids in remounting and centering bowl blanks. Tip on increasing the mass of a spur center knock-out bar by adding a length of brass rod. Wood turning for pleasure and profit. Discussion of some of the ancillary equipment offered for lathe work. Make a wooden indexing attachment (dividing head) for a wood lathe. Wood turning from A to Z. Basic ancillary equipment necessary and some thoughts on the best wood for turning. Simple disc-sanding table with micro-adjustment for a lathe equipped with a sanding disc. Use it to achieve "perfect" joints when using coopering to prepare turning blanks. Cover for a lathe bed (when not in use) provides valuable workspace. Round and round again. Special jig for a lathe makes it easy to turn a large number of wooden balls. Get more from your lathe with simple jigs. Part 2. A lathe powered dowelling machine (jig for drilling dowel holes). Lathe jig facilitates the making of ornamental goblets with captive rings on slim stems. Rotating stand stores lathe chisels. Simple indexing heads for lathe, drill press, jointer and saw. Tip: Use this jig to turn wooden toy wheels on a lathe. Auxiliary table converts a lathe into a disc sander. Lathe tool storage racks. (1) Drawer rack. (2) Lazy susan rack. Simple wall-hung rack holds lathe tools vertically, ready for use. | |||||||||
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