Spindle Turning Demonstrations

Re: Spindle Turning Demonstrations

Don in Central Illinois

Personally, since I mostly do bowls and hollow forms, I would likt to see multi axis between center turnings. Don't know if I want to try it yet, but would like to see a demo.

Re: Spindle Turning Demonstrations

John Veerkamp

We've had three spindle demo's at our club in the last five months. They were well received.

beads and coves

steven antonucci

Some of the best demos we've ever had were by spindle turners!

Next month, we've got Peter Exton coming to show his work and multi-axis techniques. If you've ever seen him, it is a worthy demo.

Peter Galbert is also a "spindle demo", but he shows it in the context of turning parts for a Windsor chair and how those bits and pieces get fitted together.

Mike Kehs does a spindle demo on inside out turning.

I've demoed a goblet. It is 90% spindle work, but I also forge a hook tool to handle the hollowing of the cup.

So ... I guess what I am saying is that spindle demos always have some other hook? Otherwise, it's beads and coves.

Steve

Re: beads and coves

Bill Jacksonville, NC

I am not in a club, but have enjoyed every spindle demonstrations ever saw at symposiums attended. Same also true of bowls demos too.

Disagree with Steve, spindles more than beads and coves. Think Steve will agree if do not put those beads, coves , fillets, ogees, or v-cuts, etc in the right place have a mess.

I have never turned a Rude Osolnik candlestick been happy with, although no complanits from folks gave them to. Steve, no coves and bead on those spindles, but did include them on candle snuffer kits that went with those candlesticks.

Spindle turning covers a larger array of items to turn. Unless you use one of your life lines and poll the audience(club memebers) will never know types of spindle interest to them. Or just throw out a spindle turning challenge out there to club memebers let them turn anything they want and bring results in next meeting.

Osolnik candlestick is one big cove

steven antonucci

I am being facetious when I simplify the spindle turning discipline into two simple elements. The easiest way to see that it is not simple is to turn two beads right next to each other (just try to make the same bead twice!)

I was merely pointing out the fact that people demonstrating spindle turning are selling it as something else. How do people make decisions at a Symposium as to which sessions they will attend? Having a good, sexy title works.

S

Re: Spindle Turning Demonstrations

Keith Tompkins

Greg, I think there are plenty of good spindle turning demonstrators out there; much of what's learned in spindle turning technique can be applied to bowl turning...On the other hand, it seems that all bowl turning demos are pretty much the same unless post-turning techniques are covered.

Re: Spindle Turning Demonstrations

Don Orr

There is much more to "spindle" turning than meets the eye. I just did a demo for our club on spinning tops-3 kinds-all "spindle" orientation. How about pepper/salt mills? Pens and other kit projects? Even most hollow vessels are "spindle" orientation. Chopsticks? And on and on.

Osolnik's candle sticks are much more complicated than they seem. The bottom is a long, gentle convex curve (bead) that transitions into a subtle concave curve (cove) in the top section. Proportion is critical as is the transition. He was the master, we are merely immitators.

If you break it down, I think all turnings are 1 of only 3 possible shapes-bead, cove, flat. Variations of a theme. Even bowls are really just beads on the outside and coves on the inside. IMHO of course.