A Laboratory Course In Wood-Turning | by Michael Joseph Golden
The practice of wood-turning is an art relative to which there is little published, and there is, in consequence, little chance for arriving at conclusions as to the best method for performing any given operation; so there is a wide diversity in the methods by which different operators arrive at the same results. Some use one tool almost exclusively, while others use a large variety of tools. The following exercises are designed to give the operator command of the more commonly used tools, using each for the operations for which it is especially fitted.
| Title | A Laboratory Course In Wood-Turning |
| Author | Michael Joseph Golden |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Year | 1897 |
| Copyright | 1897, Harper & Brothers |
| Amazon | A Laboratory Course In Wood-Turning |
Michael Joseph Golden, M.E.
Professor Of Practical Mechanics, Purdue University
Illustrated
Introduction- The practice of wood-turning is an art relative to which there is little published, and there is, in consequence, little chance for arriving at conclusions as to the best method for performing any giv...
- The Wood-Lathe
- The Wood-Lathe, shown in Fig. 2, has as its principal parts the shears, the head-stock, the tail-stock, and the rest. The head-stock is fixed at one end of the shears, and the tail-stock and rest are ...
- The Rest
- The Rest, shown in Fig. 5, is used to support and assist in guiding the cutting tool, and is adjustable along the shears in the same manner as the tail-stock. The distance of the tee from the work is ...
- The Fork-centre
- The Fork-centre, shown in Fig. 6, is used in the live-spindle to make the work revolve, one end of the wood being driven on the fork-centre by a mallet, and then the Cup-centre, shown in Fig. 7, is br...
- The Face-plate
- The Face-plate, shown in Fig. 8, is used when the work is of such character that it cannot be held between centres. It is attached to the live-spindle by the screw on the end, and is used in turning c...
- The Gouge
- The Gouge, shown in Fig. 9, is the tool of greatest use to the wood-turner. Any piece to be turned is first rapidly dressed to a rough approximation to the desired form by means of the gouge; and most...
- The Skew Chisel
- The Skew Chisel, shown in Fig. 10, is used in finishing straight outlined work, such as the cylinder and cone, and for making convex curves and beads. It is bevelled from both sides to the cutting edg...
- The Parting-tool
- The Parting-tool, shown in Fig. 12, is used for cutting off finished work. It has, however, a greater use, in conjunction with the calipers, in regulating the outline of work, by making a narrow groov...
- Sharpening Turning-Tools
- When sharpening these tools, one is liable to spoil the shape of the cutting edge unless great care is exercised, and as the shape determines the ease with which the cutting edge is guided, an irregul...
- First Exercise
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 x 3 x 8 . Exercise To turn a smooth cylinder and mark spaces across it 1 inch apart. Use the fork-centre in the head-stock and the cup-centre in the tail-stock. Find...
- Finishing With The Skew Chisel
- In using the skew chisel, the rest is set higher than when using the gouge - the height is determined by the stature of the operator, the rest being so set that it can be most conveniently used. The ...
- Second Exercise
- Material Poplar or pine, 3x 3x 8. Exercise To turn a piece of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 41. Turn a smooth cylinder 2 1/2 inches in diameter in the same manner that the cylinder was ...
- Third Exercise
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 x 3x 8. Exercise To cut the beads and fillets shown in Fig. 44, on a cylinder. Turn a smooth cylinder 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and mark it off to the dimensions show...
- Fourth Exercise
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 8. Exercise. - To cut compound curves of the form shown in Fig. 52. Fig. 52. Turn the wood to a smooth cylinder 3 inches in diameter, and mark it to t...
- Fifth Exercise
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 x 3 x 8. Exercise To cut the material to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 63. Fig. 63. First turn the material to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 64, u...
- Sixth Exercise
- Material Hickory or ash, 2 x 2 x 8. Exercise To make a chisel-handle of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 69. It is sometimes necessary to turn a number of pieces to be precisely alike of s...
- Seventh Exercise
- Material Gum or cherry disk, 5 1/2 diameter, 1 thick. Exercise To turn the disk to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 7? Fig. 73. Fasten the disk to a face-plate with 3/4 - inch screws, p...
- Eighth Exercise
- Material Gum or cherry disk, 3 1/4 diameter, 7/8 thick. Exercise To turn a rosette of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 80. Fasten the disk to a screw-plate of the kind shown in Fig. 89, and...
- Ninth Exercise
- Material Gum or cherry disk, 7 1/2 diameter, 1 thick. Exercise To turn the material to the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 82. Fasten the disk to a face-plate with 1-inch screws, and then turn...
- Tenth Exercise
- Material Walnut or cherry disk, 3 diameter and 2 1/4 thick, and a piece of same stock 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 4. Exercise To make a cup of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 87. Prepare a chuck by...
- Eleventh Exercise
- Material Cherry or maple, 2 x 2 x 8. Exercise To turn a cup of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 93. Place the material between the lathe-centres, and turn it to the form shown in F...
- Twelfth Exercise
- Material Maple, 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 5. Exercise -To turn a sphere 3 1/2 in diameter. Care must be taken in the preliminary steps to have the dimensions as given. Turn the material to the form and...
- Thirteenth Exercise
- Material Pine or poplar, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 5. Exercise To turn a ball 3 inches in diameter. Turn the material to the form shown in Fig. 98, making the two principal dimensions, those of length an...
- Supplemental Exercise (First)
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 x 3 x 8. Exercise To turn a plain cylinder 3 inches in diameter, and then to cut two angular grooves in it, as shown in Fig. 103. Turn the cylinder and mark the divis...
- Supplemental Exercise (Second)
- Material Maple, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2x 12. Exercise. - To turn a plain cylinder 3 inches in diameter, and then to cut it to the form shown in Fig. 104. Fig. 104. The cylinder is turned, the divisions...
- Supplemental Exercise (Third)
- Material The turned piece made in the second supplemental exercise. Exercise To turn a dumb-bell of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 105. Turn the handle first, using the 1/2-inch skew chisel...
- Supplemental Exercise (Fourth)
- Material Poplar or pine, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 8. Exercise To turn a piece of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 106. Fig- 106. Turn a plain cylinder 3 inches in diameter, mark on it the lines...
- Supplemental Exercise (Sixth)
- Material Cherry, size determined by the handle selected. Exercise To turn one of the handles shown in Fig. 107. Use only the principal dimensions - that is, the length, largest diameter, and size ...
- Supplemental Exercise (Ninth)
- Material Black-walnut disk, 6 1/2 diameter and 1 thick. Black-walnut disk, 3 3/4 diameter and 1/2 thick. Black-walnut disk, 2 diameter and 1/2 thick. Black-walnut, 3/8 x 3/8 x 4. Exercise ...
- Supplemental Exercise (Eleventh)
- Material Cherry, 3 x 3 x 8. Exercise To turn a vase of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 115 and Fig. 116. Turn the outside and fit it to a wooden chuck in the same manner that similar oper...
- Supplemental Exercise (Twelfth)
- Material A sphere turned as in the ninth exercise. Exercise To turn a ball inside the one already turned. Fig. 117. Over the wooden chuck used in turning the ball fit a wooden disk, and turn a...
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