Cheaper Than A Tenon Turner
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:04 pm
If you don't have a lathe, this thingy is cheaper than a tenon turner, but you need a really steady hand: http://www.pennstateind.com/store/dplathe.html
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flix wrote:Hey, Frank,
Have you used this or know of anyone who has? It's sure tempting for po' folk like me...who would like to get into stem making but don't have the bucks (and have a drill press, that is).
I have a metal lathe, but I just happened to notice this item in one of my recent catalogues. I have heard of some guys who turn their bench drills on the side & use it that way.RadDavis wrote:I don't think there's any way that would work for turning tenons.
If it did, then everyone who has a wood lathe could turn tenons on it.
LOL. Shaddap, Jack!JHowell wrote:Hang on, hang on, I need to make some popcorn.
Jack, you owe me a new keyboard. This one is soaked in coffee.JHowell wrote:Hang on, hang on, I need to make some popcorn.
It's possible, but it's far from ideal. I used to turn tenons all the time on my wood lathe, until I found delrin - it's way more precise and repeatable. And faster.Frank wrote:I think it must be possible to turn tenons on a wood lathe, since Kurt does not have a metal lathe, to my knowledge. Otherwise, how does he turn tenons?
Dude.. delrin! You shouldn't have much trouble using it to get around the fact you're short a lathe.flix wrote:Hey, Frank,
Have you used this or know of anyone who has? It's sure tempting for po' folk like me...who would like to get into stem making but don't have the bucks (and have a drill press, that is).
Thanks for the link,
--Michael
Great God almighty! Kurt is free at last!KurtHuhn wrote:
Actually, that would be a little hypocritical of me considering that some time in August I'll be dragging home that South Band 9C that Jack posted.
OMG!! Now the man will really be impossible to live with. He's crossing over to the dark side.KurtHuhn wrote:Actually, that would be a little hypocritical of me considering that some time in August I'll be dragging home that South Band 9C that Jack posted.
Dude! I have delrin, but, how do you drill it on a drill press accurately? I'll get around to trying it some day, when I've got my gumption level up to snuff...hazmat wrote:Dude.. delrin! You shouldn't have much trouble using it to get around the fact you're short a lathe.flix wrote:Hey, Frank,
Have you used this or know of anyone who has? It's sure tempting for po' folk like me...who would like to get into stem making but don't have the bucks (and have a drill press, that is).
Thanks for the link,
--Michael
This little vise might work: http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/store ... __pen_viseflix wrote:Dude! I have delrin, but, how do you drill it on a drill press accurately? I'll get around to trying it some day, when I've got my gumption level up to snuff...
Huh! And just as I was seriously considering selling off the metal lathes and using my drill press.KurtHuhn wrote:It's possible, but it's far from ideal. I used to turn tenons all the time on my wood lathe, until I found delrin - it's way more precise and repeatable. And faster.Frank wrote:I think it must be possible to turn tenons on a wood lathe, since Kurt does not have a metal lathe, to my knowledge. Otherwise, how does he turn tenons?
Should Rad and I start the next round of The Great Lathe Debate now?
Actually, that would be a little hypocritical of me considering that some time in August I'll be dragging home that South Band 9C that Jack posted.
Neo-tribal pipe making?jeff wrote: Huh! And just as I was seriously considering selling off the metal lathes and using my drill press.
Beaver?? I'm training borer beetles to chew out the airway and wood worm to work on the chamber. I can wait.KurtHuhn wrote:Neo-tribal pipe making?
You could rough shape with a pedal-powered grinding stone - or use a trained helper beaver to gnaw away the wood.