What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis

spikedriver writes:

What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch
on the yarn.

Definitely not oak. I'd use cherry or maple. You may need a
steadyrest to do long thin objects. You can make your own. If you go
commercial, a wonderful one is the Oneway steady rest.

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jet makes a lathe for turning pens

don't know if it will turn something as long as knitting needle though

spikedriver wrote:
What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis

What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting needles
for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis

Any of the fruit woods, cherry, pear, apple. They are favoried for the small,
mechanical parts used in musical instruments, too. Also hard maple, willow, and
rosewood. Stay away from the 'furniture' woods, walnut and oak. Dan

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:31:20 -0500, spikedriver wrote:

What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis

Really, ANY wood-would work... but the smoother the wood, the less finishing
might be required.. You might make some of the early one's out of the 2x2"
poplar stock sold at the borgs to get a bit of turning experience...
Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

spikedriver wrote:
What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis

Dogwood. It was used to make shuttles for looms. The more it is used
the slicker it gets.
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Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

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without sunshine.





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spikedriver wrote:
What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis
Thanks for the advice.

The needles my wife wants will only be 7" long and double pointed.

I have access to tons of wild cherry and some rose and dog wood.

Again thanks a ton for the great advice.

I will report back with pictures if I can.

Dennis

On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:58:01 -0500, spikedriver wrote:



I have access to tons of wild cherry and some rose and dog wood.

Where do you live, Dennis?

What times are you and the family usually not home? *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

mac davis wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:58:01 -0500, spikedriver wrote:


I have access to tons of wild cherry and some rose and dog wood.

Where do you live, Dennis?

What times are you and the family usually not home? *g*

Mac

https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm

I did some for a customer last Christmas. I used Bocote, maple, mesquite and
cocobolo. They were all great for the purpose. I went ahead and did an extra
set for my mother who loves them. My client wanted something different than
the woods at the knitting stores. The maple needles were dyed in bright
colors. A steady rest and a good skew and you are in business. I used a
metric wrench set to size them in conjunction with a caliper. I roughed them
witht he caliper and did the final sanding until the wrench fit. There are
several sizes depending on the use. I did 2 sets 13mm some at 6mm and 8mm
seemed to be the most popular. Expect to break a couple of the early
attempts. Relax and enjoy the shavings.

Dennis Ewing
San Antonio, TX


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What would be a tight grain wood. I would be turning wood knitting
needles for my wife and her friends. Something that would not catch on
the yarn.

Thanks,
Dennis