Anyone have experience w/ Kelton mini center saver

Re: Anyone have experience w/ Kelton mini center s

Bill Grumbine, Kutztown PA

>Hi Dick

First of all, the size of blanks you are describing will be fine for coring. The deeper blanks will of course offer more options, but even the thinner ones will do fine with a bit of practice.

Second, you can use the standard set on your Jet 1442. One of the participants here, William by name, is local to me. He came out to my shop and watched me coring with my set, went home and bought one for himself and now uses it on the same lathe you have. Perhaps he will see this and respond as well.

I do not have any personal experience with the mini set, but if it is anything like the regular and large sets, you will really come to appreciate it.

Bill

Re: Anyone have experience w/ Kelton mini center s

Joe Fleming

>Dick,

I have all three McNaughton sets and like them a lot. For the size blanks you are coring, I agree with Bill that the standard set will probably work better for you. The mini set is excellent for small stuff, but the standard is more versatile, in my opinion.

Can you core a 12"D x 5"T blank? The answer is yes. Keep in mind, however, that a core should end up equal thickness throughout. For example, if you are coring wet wood for drying blanks, you need to leave about 1" of thickness for the cores. Assume the knife kerf is about 1/2" and assume you use 1/2" for the chucking tenon, you will only get 3 blanks from the block (1/2" tenon + 1" large core + 1/2" kerf + 1" medium core + 1/2" kerf + 1" small core = 4-1/2").

The main point here is to do the math on the thickness of the blank as well as the diameter of the blank. A 20" diameter blank that is 5" thick is still only good for three cores, assuming these kerfs and core thicknesses.

Joe Fleming - San Diego

Re: Anyone have experience w/ Kelton mini center s *LINK*

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Joe has written a comprehensive article on using bowl savers, based on his experience with a several different units, including the Kelton minis. It appeared over several issues of More Woodturning.

You might also want to take a look at my article comparing the various bowl saver systems, including the Kelton with its mini knives. It can be found in back issues of More Woodturning or pdf form at the link below.


http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lyn.html