How To Do Woodturning On A Lathe

Place a wire around your turning and line the wire up with your groove.

How to do woodturning on a lathe. You will soon tire of rattles and bearing noise. You are doing it right if sparks are produced during the process. The lathe itself should run quietly though when cutting there will be more noise.

The first step in learning the craft of woodturning is practicing with the roughing gouge. Do not use your roughing gouge to turn wood with this orientation. Place the cutting edge of the tool on the rest keeping clear of the rotating work piece check your grip and slowly begin easing it toward the work piece.

The lathe should have an induction motor not one with brushes and gears. You want to move in toward it perpendicular to the work piece until the cutting edge just touches the wood. You should do the 10-second sharpening procedure a few more times.

In addition you will need a parting tool to separate your wood off of the lathe. Technical data support page2 Lathe accessories. The roughing gouge is a very versatile gouge but it must be used properly and safely in order to get good results.

17th November 201818th November 2018Alec. What should I get. Turn the lathe on making sure it is at the lowest speed setting.

And more importantlywhat do I needI will try to give you a little guidance on just what you need to cover all the basic elements of woodturning this is by no. Projects 2 Shallow plate How to make a shallow plate bowl. You cut a groove in your wood with a skew chisel.