How To Set Up A Wood Turning Lathe

Turn posts on a lath.

How to set up a wood turning lathe. When turning posts or spindles on a wood lathe move the tool rest as close as an eighth of an inch from the stock for the best support. Turn the lathe on making sure it is at the lowest speed setting. Turning is a special branch of the woodworking tree which requires unique skills and equipment.

You want to move in toward it perpendicular to the work piece until the cutting edge just touches the wood. Easy to use and very repeatable. Glued to a sacrificial piece of wood which is then screwed to the faceplate.

How to Turn Wood on a Lathe - Intro to Woodturning - YouTube. How to Turn Wood on a Lathe - Intro to Woodturning. The first is to raise the lathe by using pads under the feet of the stand or by adding support pads to the stand under the lathe so as to add height.

Directly screwed onto the faceplace. Finally a sharpening system that worksI am so happy that I spent the cash and invested in this set up. And a variety of jam-chucks more sacrificial stock.

Ad China Precision Metal Lathe. 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. A frequent series of questions at the end of any of my classes or lectures concerns setting up a turning shop.

While the height may be lowered by cutting down the stand this may be seen as a drastic measure and it is often easier and better to raise the floor area around the lathe with a low wide and very stable box on which to stand. In that case you will use the tried- and-true faceplate likely provided with your lathe and attach your turning stock in a variety of ways.