Carving benches and vises

Re: Carving benches and vises

Dean Lapinel

>There is an Italian carving "ball" that runs around 160 euro.

Another view with violin cradle 

Dean Lapinel

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Ping Lee Grindinger

Dan Donaldson

>I believe that he has one of them and has used it for awhile. Might have some good pointers about it.

Re: Another view with violin cradle

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>That's way cool, Dean, have been looking for something like that. Who sells it? When I search on "Italian carving ball" I get a list of dances and the like.

Pam

Thanks, Dan, will do.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Re: Another view with violin cradle *LINK*

Dean Lapinel

>Pam,

I sent you an e-mail with an attachment of their ms word "flier" and their e-mail. Their web page doesn't have the item listed.

Dean


Bogaro & Clemente

Re: Another view with violin cradle

Dean Lapinel

>Actually, hidden in that link you can find the items and if you are a professional you can get a 30% discount. See the e-commerce link.

Dean

Made one from a tow ball with 1x8 threads

Phil Joines Krum Texas

>So it matched my lathe. I think it cost $8.

Re: Made one from a tow ball with 1x8 threads

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Great idea, Phil, but I don't understand exactly. Did you tap the tow ball with the threads? How does it brake?

Pam

Thanks, Dean, got it.

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

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Re: Carving benches and vises

thomd

>For lutherie vac jigging is where it's at, massive strong, quick, and it doesn't damage the goods. For some carving though I doubt it would work. As far as the ball aspect is concerned I juts use the LV Tucker vise it positiones where I want stuff positioned.

Re: Carving benches and vises

thomd

>I turned one of these out of baltic birch, but this is the sort of thing that seems popular these days. I have all kinds of vac stuff from boatbuilding, so I didn't buy any of this stuff. One can usually pick up a pump for free or nearly free with a little searching.

Re: Made one from a tow ball with 1x8 threads

thomd

>There are designs for using bowling balls in the FWW on benches Landis book. With 1x8 threads you could fit any device, check, or plate designed for a lathe, since 1x8 is a comon thread pattern, probably the most comon.

Vacuum jigging

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Yeah, except for the compressor noise, very irritating.

And yes to the Tucker, except for all that metal and expense. I really want an excuse to make one of those whoopiedo carving vises.

And I also want a workspace seperate from my bench that I can stand at to work.

Thanks,

Pam

Re: Made one from a tow ball with 1x8 threads

Phil Joines Krum Texas

>The ball already had the threads. I think it's a class 2 but don't really remember. The clamp was made from some 6/4 White Oak shorts. They were cut to shape on the outside, mounted on the lathe with double face tape and the cavities for the ball were turned. The clamp bolts are 3/8" carriage bolts. The base is mounted on a board and is clamped to LOML's carving bench with C clamps. To carving is mounted on 3" steel lathe faceplates. To keep them from turning a hole was cross drilled through both the faceplate and ball shank and a 1/4" bolt inserted. Set screws might work better.

Trent Bosch has a neat pneumatic vise on his video "Vessels of Illusion" but I it's home made. I'm going to email him to see if I can get the details.

Re: Vacuum jigging

thomd

>Can't have too many benches!

The vac noise can be dealt with by menas of all the gear one gets on a compressor: storage tank, pressure switch etc... In my dreams some company actually makes a compressor that can with a flip of a switch be changed over from pressure to vac. Other than that I locate the mess at the far end of the shop. Some day I want a wind turbine/ on a rotary vane pump.

Re: Vacuum jigging

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I had thought I could put the compressor, along with some yet to be purchased dust collector, outside, with connections via wall fitting; but then Jack would kill me for noise polluting the whole back yard. So I decided to do all power tool work (admitedly not all that much) outside, on a wide veranda which may or may not become a separate room; thus eliminating the need for a dust collector, at least temporarily. Will also set up a sharpening station in the same area, keep metal filings outside the shop proper.

Pam