Don't need lathe tools just an angle grinder *LINK*

Re: Don't need lathe tools just an angle grinder

Mike Stafford

I don't want to clean up his shop after all that dust has settled everywhere.

But he is a man after my own heart since he started sanding with 60 grit.

(I usually start with 24 )

I'm coughing from just watching....

Barry Irby

In his safety gear, he did not show a dust mask. I can't breath just from watching.

OTOH, nice rustic bowl. Nice use for "crappy" wood. That piece was so cracked even I would not turn it.

Thanks for posting. My son has a buddy who does chainsaw carvings. I will tell him about these tools, but I am sure he already knows.

Now I have to go clean up my shop.

If you want to see what can be done.. *LINK*

john lucas

MY friend Brad Sells starts with a chainsaw but all of the finer shaping is done with various angle grinders. He has some cutters he designed and had build just for him. Amazing work. Brad does wear dust protection. His chainsaw is hydraulic. It doesn't make any noise except for the chain running over the blade and has huge amounts or power.


http://bradsells.com/

Re: Don't need lathe tools just an angle grinder

lyle Jamieson

Don't try this at home. The lancelot will hurt you in less than a heart beat. The Arbortech is much more controllable.

Re: Don't need lathe tools just an angle grinder

Mike Stafford

It scared me to watch.....

Arbortec is just as dangerous

john lucas

No it's not. I heard that statement many times. I have a Lancelot and borrowed an Arobortech. I ran those two side by side all day long trying all sorts of different cuts. One doesn't kick back any worse than the other. My son and I rigged up a sort of Myth Busters situation where we mounted the grinders in a fixture and presented the cutters in the worst way into the wood and measured the kick back. They were virtually identical. I had my doubts early on because the blades are running at the same rpm and the same diameter so it seemed to me they would be equally dangerous. The Lancelot has smaller teeth and the Arobortec has fewer larger. I think the Arobortec is a better cutter because the teeth stay sharper. It also doesn't throw small sharp shaving back at your arm like the Lancelot. The lancelot does require sharpening every now and then but is considerably less expensive than the Arbortec.

Now the Arbotec mini is far far safer. While we were running the other two tests I also ran tests on the Holy Galahad which is safer than the Arobortec or Lancelot. You can't get into tight places with the Holy Galahad but for general shaping it hogs of wood pretty fast and you can take very delicate cuts. I tried to make it run on me and had to work at it. The Lancelot or Arbortec will run easily if you stick them in vertically like trying to cut with the nose of the Chainsaw which we all know is dangerous. If the Holy Galahad gets away from you and hits you it will most likely just tear up a lot of skin, not cut deep with huge lacerations like the Lancelot or Arbortec. I had some images of a guy who was using an angle grinder with one hand. It got away from him and ran across his throat. By some miracle it bounced over the carotid artery or he would be dead. Very gruesome photos. I finally tossed those when it turned out no one wanted an article on Grinder safety.

I wanted to do a safety article on those tools but at the time all 3 magazines didn't want any liability issues. I still plan on doing a video on using those cutters safely. After my tests I went to my friend Brad Sells who uses angle grinders all day long for his work and we talked about safe use. Brad gave me some good tips.

Re: Arbortec is just as dangerous

George Balock

What caught my eye was the lathe in the background on the opening shot and it looked like he was working on a lathe bed for most of the grinding.

Re: If you want to see what can be done..

George Balock

Gorgeous work. One of the things about working on a lathe is that round is the predominant shape that you start with.

Re: If you want to see what can be done..

Barry Irby

I could never do anything near Mr. Sells" work. I'm too old to start now, but even if I were younger, a lot younger, I would still never be able to do that stuff.

Love his work, and was intrigued by Hydraulic saw

Keith Newton

I've got a nice 7.5 hp industrial power unit that I thought would be great to power a chainsaw for those late night jobs in winter when I don't want to smoke up the shop, but yikes, those things are pricy. Do you know what brand saw he uses?

Re: Don't need lathe tools just an angle grinder

Clint Searl

I did this one mostly with a Lancelot.

not round

John K Jordan

Clint,

I really like that, beautiful job!

JKJ