How To Turn Green Wood On A Lathe
Some woodturners like to use a very small spindle lathe to turn.
How to turn green wood on a lathe. Preparing Wood for Turning. Discover and save your own Pins on Pinterest. Freshly-felled timber contains a lot of moisture up to 50 of its dry weight.
Learn more about my woodturning book. Wood may be turned on a lathe both when it is green or wet and when it has been allowed to dry out. Let the bowls air dry or place them in paper bags with fresh shavings.
However dont use a mortise with an end-grain bowl. 15072012 Eingebettetes Video Woodturning. You can also get started using a screw chuck mounted in your four jaw chuck if you have one that is sufficiently large for the bowl blank that you are mounting.
A variable speed lathe will typically turn the stock from about 500 RPM to a max speed of about 4000 RPM. Turn a thin walled bowl a medium thick walled bowl and a thicker bowl. Explore Mike Bs board Latheturning green wood on Pinterest the worlds catalog of ideas.
The choice of whether to turn green or dry wood depends on the woodworkers preferences and aims. Joseph Anderson April 18th 2016. Feb 11 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Martin Zimny.
Green Wood Turning thegeekgroup. On the lathe turn sample bowls to determine how the green wood will behave. The best strategy Ive seen is to rough turn let dry then finish turn.
