Now this is a lathe *LINK*

Re: Now this is a lathe

roger lance

The second company with the new lathe probably regards the old lathe owned by the first company as a POS.

Re: Now this is a lathe

Mike Stafford

There is a plywood milling operation near where I live. This firm only cuts the veneer from the log and to length and the plywood is assembled elsewhere.

The leftover center section is used for landscape timbers.

new tool

John K Jordan

Is that a roller applying pressure just at the knife cut at 1:52? Ah ha, an idea for a new woodturning tool - the Roller Skew! You can sell millions! Or maybe three.

JKJ

Re: Now this is a lathe

Bruce Schoenleber

Given the new technology it is interesting that today's plywood is terrible compared to that of yesteryear.

It's a poor workman who blames his tools

Re: new tool

Mike Stafford

The roller skew! Will it make me turn like Alan Lacer?

Amen......

Re: new tool

Rum

I'm claiming dibs on the marketing term "skroller"

Re: new tool

John K Jordan

MIKE, don't lower yourself! Alan would probably say "would it make me turn like Mike Stafford?"

RUM, you can have the rights, claim the idea, do the engineering, invest in the tooling, become famous! Wait, you're already famous.

JKJ

Re: It's a poor workman who blames his tools

Mike Stafford

Well, that takes another excuse away from me for when I screw up a turning.

And I thought I was just one tool away from greatness.

I'm poor because I bought so many tools

Re: It's a poor workman who blames his tools

Bruce Schoenleber

You are saying that an observation of today's less than great plywood is a reflection of workmanship? That seems a bit harsh.

Not new for all,

Keith Newton

I used that idea back over 25 years ago, but not with a skew. Mine was for hollowing. It had a pressure bar just over a blade mounted in the end of a tube, with a spur sticking out further on the end to sever the grain. I had a shop vac sucking the ribbon down the tube. I could shove it in hard without worry about snagging, taking about 5/8" W x 1/16" thick.

It worked great, but since I didn't have the machining skills to make the knife and spur adjustable, they were brazed on, so sharpening was a pain.

Re: It's a poor workman who blames his tools

John K Jordan

>>>You are saying that an observation of today's less than great plywood is a reflection of workmanship?

I suspect it is not the workmanship of the worker but corporate $$$ mandates. I suspect the operators in a plywood factory are more likely to be off-the-street than experienced woodworkers.

Also, perhaps too many people on the earth now all wanting plywood, old growth timber gone, squeezing more out of small and low grade logs.

JKJ

Besides tooling, there is another factor

Keith Newton

The manufactures back then were still using virgin timber, as oppose to several generations of shrubbery compared to what they were logging.

But then again, maybe you need to buy a better grade if you aren't happy with what your getting now.

Re: Now this is a lathe

Plysheets

http://www.plywoodsheets.in

Re: It's a poor workman who blames his tools

AZ in Colorado Springs

Huh? Seems that his observation was more about the plywood than the tools.

Barry, I remember a thread a year or two back where you were none too complimentary about the thicknesses and quality of plywood in the 21st century ... (I agreed with you.)