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Hey guys, i have a question regarding turning bent Rhodesians on the lathe. When I make a bent Rhodesian I purposefully design it do that the shank won't get in the way of me being able to turn the top of the bowl and cut the Rings. I've seen a lot of pipes where the shank extends well above the Rings. Is there a trick to doing that on a lathe, or does that require the Rings and top portion of the bowl to be shaped by hand?

If anyone could shed some light here I'd be thankful.

Thanks!


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I've seen a modified Allen wrench as a cutting bit to get to those tricky rings. Never done it myself, but it's a place to start.

You have to make a tool to do the rings. I used a long handled Allen wrench like Jessie mentions. You have to ground down the short end of the wrench and put a cutting edge on it. I hold mine using vise grips and approach the bowl head on from the tailstock end of the lathe. It works very well.

wdteipen wrote:You have to make a tool to do the rings. I used a long handled Allen wrench like Jessie mentions. You have to ground down the short end of the wrench and put a cutting edge on it. I hold mine using vise grips and approach the bowl head on from the tailstock end of the lathe. It works very well.

I do more or less the same thing.

andrew

Kurt's trick, as far as I remember. Works well!