Claims . a Lathe Pattern Copier: Make Your Own
by：SUNNY
2020-07-11
Lathe pattern copiers are expensive and are not offered for many wood lathes. Pattern copiers are make copies of turned spindles from an natural. Here's how to fabricate your run.
You will need a segment of 1/2' aluminum tubing as long when your lathe bed or a small amount longer to make your lathe pattern copier. You will also want some 1/8' thick aluminum sheeting or you can get some aluminum cookie sheets. Procure a box of 10-40 bolts 1 1/2' long and wing nut and washer for every bolt. Reward yourself with a second box of 10-40 bolts 1' long with nylon-lined lock nuts each bolt. You will need (4) 3' angle irons with screws, as well. The remainder of the parts inside your lathe pattern copier could be made out of any scrap boards you will present laying around the buy.
The design of this lathe pattern copier incorporates multiple feeler 'fingers' perched behind the lathe throughout the aluminum pipe. These fingers are adjusted to match the exact depth of this cuts in your original turned spindle. When a person a new spindle blank on the lathe, every one the lathe pattern copier fingers you adjusted will be going to laying on top on the blank. As you cut into the blank, better get ready to break off cutting as soon as the fingers relating to that cut fall down and through the cut.
Make two, vertical support posts about 6' taller than the top belonging to the largest spindle blank hand calculators turn on that lathe. Note the outside diameter of the aluminum pipe and drill a hole of that measurement nearby the top of each support post. Screw down the posts (using the angle irons) on the table immediately behind the lathe. Insert the pipe through both holes to make sure it fits. This assist to locate the aluminum fingers of your lathe pattern copier so that could make contact with the spindle you are decent.
Make a quantity of wood blocks 3/4' x 11/4' x 6' extended. Bore a pipe-sized hole in one end of each regarding through the 3/4' thicker. With the blocks lying flat, cut through from the end into the hole having a 1/8' table saw utensil. With the blocks standing on edge, bore completely through each block between the hole and the end for the block. Use a drill diameter slightly larger as opposed to the shaft diameter of the 10-40 bolts. Insert one 1 1/2' 10-40 bolt through the hole fix bored and place a wing nut and washer on the end. The scheme is that the wooden blocks will slip onto the pipe as well as the bolts and wing nuts will hold them set up by closing up the 1/8' cut you made on the table stumbled across.
Drill another bolt hole of the same measurement about 1/2' from the opposite end of the block, centered with the block laying flat on the drill press table. Cut another 1/8' slot, 1' deep and centered over the 1 1/4' dimension, at right angle to the bolt hole. Remove one end of the pipe from the vertical support posts. You can now mount the blocks symptomatic pipe before replacing the pipe in the vertical support post of your lathe pattern copier.
Cut aluminum fingers regarding the flat stock a new 1/4' blade on the group saw. The fingers should measure 6' long and 3/4' wide. Both ends should be completely rounded (3/8' radius) on an edge, belt or disc sander. Drill a 10-40 bolt hole in one end of each finger centered 1/2' from the final. Sand the fingers smooth, removing saw marks and burrs.
Insert the aluminum fingers onto the ends belonging to the wood blocks, securing them in place with the 1' 10-40 bolts and lock almonds. The aluminum fingers should be without restriction to progress and straight.
Now place your pattern spindle at the lathe. Set the fingers to just drop through, barely touching the depth of each cut. Placed the first blank on the lathe making use of fingers you just adjusted sitting on top within the spinning clear. Start cutting and cease as each finger falls through.
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Bob Gillespie
Woodworker
2010 Robert M. Gillespie, Jr.
You will need a segment of 1/2' aluminum tubing as long when your lathe bed or a small amount longer to make your lathe pattern copier. You will also want some 1/8' thick aluminum sheeting or you can get some aluminum cookie sheets. Procure a box of 10-40 bolts 1 1/2' long and wing nut and washer for every bolt. Reward yourself with a second box of 10-40 bolts 1' long with nylon-lined lock nuts each bolt. You will need (4) 3' angle irons with screws, as well. The remainder of the parts inside your lathe pattern copier could be made out of any scrap boards you will present laying around the buy.
The design of this lathe pattern copier incorporates multiple feeler 'fingers' perched behind the lathe throughout the aluminum pipe. These fingers are adjusted to match the exact depth of this cuts in your original turned spindle. When a person a new spindle blank on the lathe, every one the lathe pattern copier fingers you adjusted will be going to laying on top on the blank. As you cut into the blank, better get ready to break off cutting as soon as the fingers relating to that cut fall down and through the cut.
Make two, vertical support posts about 6' taller than the top belonging to the largest spindle blank hand calculators turn on that lathe. Note the outside diameter of the aluminum pipe and drill a hole of that measurement nearby the top of each support post. Screw down the posts (using the angle irons) on the table immediately behind the lathe. Insert the pipe through both holes to make sure it fits. This assist to locate the aluminum fingers of your lathe pattern copier so that could make contact with the spindle you are decent.
Make a quantity of wood blocks 3/4' x 11/4' x 6' extended. Bore a pipe-sized hole in one end of each regarding through the 3/4' thicker. With the blocks lying flat, cut through from the end into the hole having a 1/8' table saw utensil. With the blocks standing on edge, bore completely through each block between the hole and the end for the block. Use a drill diameter slightly larger as opposed to the shaft diameter of the 10-40 bolts. Insert one 1 1/2' 10-40 bolt through the hole fix bored and place a wing nut and washer on the end. The scheme is that the wooden blocks will slip onto the pipe as well as the bolts and wing nuts will hold them set up by closing up the 1/8' cut you made on the table stumbled across.
Drill another bolt hole of the same measurement about 1/2' from the opposite end of the block, centered with the block laying flat on the drill press table. Cut another 1/8' slot, 1' deep and centered over the 1 1/4' dimension, at right angle to the bolt hole. Remove one end of the pipe from the vertical support posts. You can now mount the blocks symptomatic pipe before replacing the pipe in the vertical support post of your lathe pattern copier.
Cut aluminum fingers regarding the flat stock a new 1/4' blade on the group saw. The fingers should measure 6' long and 3/4' wide. Both ends should be completely rounded (3/8' radius) on an edge, belt or disc sander. Drill a 10-40 bolt hole in one end of each finger centered 1/2' from the final. Sand the fingers smooth, removing saw marks and burrs.
Insert the aluminum fingers onto the ends belonging to the wood blocks, securing them in place with the 1' 10-40 bolts and lock almonds. The aluminum fingers should be without restriction to progress and straight.
Now place your pattern spindle at the lathe. Set the fingers to just drop through, barely touching the depth of each cut. Placed the first blank on the lathe making use of fingers you just adjusted sitting on top within the spinning clear. Start cutting and cease as each finger falls through.
WOODWORKING ARTICLES:
http://www.perfectwoodworking.com/woodworkingarticles/
WOODWORKING TOOL REVIEWS:
http://www.perfectwoodworking.com/woodworkingtoolreviews/
Bob Gillespie
Woodworker
2010 Robert M. Gillespie, Jr.
