Offset Turning?

Re: Offset Turning?

Bob Hackett

>Ray Hooper`s book is a good one though it deals with mostly offset spindles.It`s an import published by the Guild.

Any info about how Stoney Lamar or Mark Sfirri work is bound to be useful .

Kelton Ind. offers an offset faceplate and counterbalance system.They might be a good place to contact for info.

As with all things turning,if you can`t find it on your own give Albert a ring.The Turning Center has a MOST impressive library and if it`s being done on a lathe Albert knows who`s doing it.

Hope at least some of this of help.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Offset Turning?

Fog Tanner

>In of of the Raffin books, I can't remember which, Richard has a simple way of doing offset box lids. He uses a four jar chuck with two of the jaws removed. A sacrificial piece of wood is held in the jaws, and a jam chuck turned in it. The piece can be offset and the piece rotated on the jam chuck to achieve offset designs. You could do this for small bowls, but would not do this for larger pieces.

I have the Escohleon (SP???) chuck, which has a faceplate adapter. You can use it on small bowls, but I don't think I'll ever use it on any large piece. It is really better suited for spindle work.

One of the English turners, name escapes me, made an offcenter chuck using two faceplates. One of the face plates mounts on the lathe and the other bolts to. The "swivel" faceplate has a male boss instead of a female coupling for your chuck. It also has a number of holes in an arch 180 degrees from a "fixed" hole. The facplates are bolted together in a singular hole and then the "swivel" faceplate is moved until the desired offset is achieved and the closest hole in the "arch" is lines up to a fixed hole on the other faceplate and bolted together. Cheaper than the Kelton, but it has no balancing either.

Re: Offset Turning?

John Lucas

>Jennifer

I believe it is Mike Darlow's Woodturning Methods that has a chapter on offcenter turning. He covers a lot of different possibilities from specialized chucks to between center turning. There is a lot of other good information in his books as well. That is if your inclined to play.

I've had fun playing with offset turning by removing 2 opposing jaws from the chuck. Then chuck up a rectangular piece and turn. Shift the wood and turn again. I think there are a lot of possibilities.

Re: Offset Turning?

Fred in NC

>If the glue block is attached to a faceplate, I would just unscrew it, move it over, and screw it back on at the new center.

Just watch out for the centrifugal force, it can dislodge the bowl very easy, and you will have a flying saucer of the dangerous kind.

Re: Offset Turning?

Jennifer@Indy.USA

>John,

Thanks! I have two of Mike Darlow's books. I've had them for years but haven't looked at them in quite some time. I never thought to look at them for offcenter turning.

Much appreciated!

Jennifer