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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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Metal spinning tools
I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as
an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim |
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Beautiful! That's just the sort of thing I've been looking
for. Should have thought of Yahoo. Thanks. -- Regards, Eric Fretheim David Billington wrote: If you haven't already found it join http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/metalspinning/ if you don't mind yahoo group. Look through the archives and ask. There has been some recent info on tools and the archives have quite a bit. Eric Fretheim wrote: I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim |
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If you haven't already found it join
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/metalspinning/ if you don't mind yahoo group. Look through the archives and ask. There has been some recent info on tools and the archives have quite a bit. Eric Fretheim wrote: I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim |
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Eric Fretheim wrote:
I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim I haven't done spinning, but have looked into doing it. In fact, my wood lathe is converted from what was originally a metalspinning lathe--a Spinmaster: http://www.token.crwoodturner.com/shop/ The tools I've seen in textbooks are just steel shafts, with hardened tips ground and polished to various shapes. Buy a 36" length of 1/2" oil-hardening tool steel, cut into 3 pieces, and make your own tools with long wooden handles. I *am* a custom toolmaker, by the way. Ken Grunke La Farge, WI USA -- take da "ma" offa dot com fer eemayl ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Thanks for the advice. I'll keep your URL on tap in case I run
into trouble... I checked your gallery out. Very nice work! ---- Eric Fretheim Ken Grunke wrote: Eric Fretheim wrote: I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim I haven't done spinning, but have looked into doing it. In fact, my wood lathe is converted from what was originally a metalspinning lathe--a Spinmaster: http://www.token.crwoodturner.com/shop/ The tools I've seen in textbooks are just steel shafts, with hardened tips ground and polished to various shapes. Buy a 36" length of 1/2" oil-hardening tool steel, cut into 3 pieces, and make your own tools with long wooden handles. I *am* a custom toolmaker, by the way. Ken Grunke La Farge, WI USA |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:44:47 -0600, Eric Fretheim
wrote: I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? I made a basic forming tool by cutting a rod on an angle and grinding it to resemble the back of a teaspoon then polished it smooth. Another possibility is to mount a small ball bearing race in a split in the end of a rod. In both cases, the rod needs to be long and stiff enough to provide leverage to generate the required forces. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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See http://www.jamesriser.com/Machinery/...olForging.html
"Eric Fretheim" wrote in message ... I'm an amateur woodturner looking into hand metal spinning as an extension to my craft. I've pretty much established that my Jet can do the fairly small items I'm considering, once I've purchase a modified toolrest, but acquiring tools is another subject. The only manufactured spinning tools available for a home craftsman that I can locate are a limited selection of tools produced by Sorby. Can anyone point me to a custom toolmaker familiar with hand spinning tools, or should I just go to my local machinist and hope for the best? -- Regards, Eric Fretheim |
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www.metalspinningworkshop.com The Metal spinning workshop DVD will be
released in April 2005. 120 minutes New metal spinning DVD due for release This innovative DVD is the first ever-visual tutorial produced on the age old craft of Metal Spinning. Get one on one metal spinning lesson, tips, tricks & spinning secrets from Terry Tynan, a life long professional Metal spinner from the comfort of your own workshop or home. The DVD contains six chapters. Chapter 1 Making your own metal spinning tools Chapter 2 Beading, trimming, truing up Chapter 3 Converting a wood turning lathe into a metal spinning lathe Chapter 4 Posture Chapter 5 Speed, control, pressure Chapter 6 Metal spinning tutorials This chapter covers the four basic shapes in metal spinning, the dome/hemisphere, cylinder, cone, and flute Go to www.metalspinningworkshop.com to view the full details. |
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