Fox Country Furniture » Turning Techniques http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk Hardwood Oak Furniture, Handcrafted In The Peak District For 25 Years Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:54:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Video: How To Turn A Set Of Oak Door Knobs http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/videos/video-how-to-turn-oak-door-knobs/ http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/videos/video-how-to-turn-oak-door-knobs/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:31:08 +0000 Peter http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/?p=413 Here’s a new video I’ve shot, showing how to turn a set of 4 matching oak door knobs.

]]> http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/videos/video-how-to-turn-oak-door-knobs/feed/ 0 Turning techniques. http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/turning-techniques/turning-techniques/ http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/turning-techniques/turning-techniques/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:35:51 +0000 Peter http://www.foxfurniture.co.uk/?p=285 I’m not very keen on turning stair spindles which are long and springy on the lathe , but at least it gives me a chance to practice and demonstrate a technique which invoves supporting the part turned spindle with my hand to reduce chatter and allow an even cut.

Suppoting a long spindle by hand

This is a good method to use in winter as it keeps the hands nice and warm!

It may just about be visible in this shot that I am using a ring centre in the tailstock. I do this when turning spindles which retain some square section at each end. A normal single point centre will sometimes find its own path between harder and softer rings in the timber and end up quite a bit off centre, whereas a ring centre will prevent this.

The full set of finished spindles

It is a slow job to produce a set of spindles but very rewarding once completed. Please don’t bombard me with lots of requests to turn these things, I’ve done my set for this year!

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