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A question re eccentricity (re the blank, not the turner)
I'm wondering about making a simple device for holding blanks with
adjustable and repeatable eccentricity. Consider cutting a 2 in. length of 4 in. diameter steel or aluminum bar into two halves at an angle like a large set of wobble washers used in cutting dados. One half to be a faceplate with an angled face. The other half to hold the blank as a rotatable faceplate ring. Armchair machining is confusing, so would some engineer-turner or maybe somebody who uses wobble washers please explain, so I don't waste time. As the angle-faced ring is rotated on the angle-faced faceplate, does the angle of a blank fixed to the ring increase from in-line (axial) to maximum at 90 deg. then back to axial with further rotation? IOW, does 90 deg. provide all the adjustable eccentricity I can expect? Will this work? Has some turner already tried and used it? Who? Where? Why? TIA, Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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Hello Arch This might sound harsh but it is not meant to be. You out of wood ?? To much time on your hand ??? Or just plain bored ???? Sorry I do not really know what wobble washers are, except maybe when the wash load is not balanced with the spin cycle (G) But if I see this right, to get more than 90 deg. you could turn the blank around 180 deg. and..... I'm stopping with this, it looks to much like a smart aleck reply, which it isn't. Whatever Arch, you keep well and get some more off us confused and stir up some of that gray matter, like to read some more of your posts Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo Arch wrote: I'm wondering about making a simple device for holding blanks with adjustable and repeatable eccentricity. Consider cutting a 2 in. length of 4 in. diameter steel or aluminum bar into two halves at an angle like a large set of wobble washers used in cutting dados. One half to be a faceplate with an angled face. The other half to hold the blank as a rotatable faceplate ring. Armchair machining is confusing, so would some engineer-turner or maybe somebody who uses wobble washers please explain, so I don't waste time. As the angle-faced ring is rotated on the angle-faced faceplate, does the angle of a blank fixed to the ring increase from in-line (axial) to maximum at 90 deg. then back to axial with further rotation? IOW, does 90 deg. provide all the adjustable eccentricity I can expect? Will this work? Has some turner already tried and used it? Who? Where? Why? TIA, Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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"Arch" wrote (clip) As the angle-faced ring is rotated on the angle-faced faceplate, does the angle of a blank fixed to the ring increase from in-line (axial) to maximum at 90 deg. then back to axial with further rotation? IOW, does 90 deg. provide all the adjustable eccentricity I can expect? (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Arch, I believe the angle of the work increases until you reach 180 degrees of rotation, and then starts decreasing again. The maximum angle will be twice the angle of your original bevel cut. If you want to visualize this, imagine that you make the bevel equal 45 degrees. If you rotate the loose piece one half turn, you will get a 90 degree miter. |
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You might check out the Escoulen chuck for ideas. It uses a ball and
socket to achieve eccentricity. Be careful. Things can get pretty wild when turning the far end of a 12-inch piece. Slowly I turned... Randy Owen Lowe wrote: In article , (Arch) wrote: I'm wondering about making a simple device for holding blanks with adjustable and repeatable eccentricity. Consider cutting a 2 in. length of 4 in. diameter steel or aluminum bar into two halves at an angle like a large set of wobble washers used in cutting dados. One half to be a faceplate with an angled face. The other half to hold the blank as a rotatable faceplate ring. Interesting... certainly seems to be workable to me. The next step would be to figure out how to connect the two angled faces and also have the tailstock end one rotatable around a center axis. The connection would also have to be pretty secure once you get the wood out on the end whipping around. |
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Randy, I cobbled up a cheap 'n dirty version of the too expensive
Escoulen chuck using a trailer hitch ball and pipe nipple & cap welded to a faceplate. So far, a flop in progress, but pregnant with possibilities. Actually, I've had best results using an old cheap & worthless independent 4 jaw chuck with a short pipe nipple cut into 4 quadrants for jaws. I rounded the blank's end a little so it moves easily at angles in the chuck and the nipple's threads added a secure bite. I just wanted to simplify. Did I hear someone say, "cheapify?" Leo #1, Messing around my shop is never boring. For me, making things for a lathe is almost as much fun as making things on a lathe. Even tho neither ever works out, my old schnauzer doesn't care and life in the shop goes on. Leo #2 (not necessarily in that order) Thanks, as usual, you are right and I'm 90 deg. behind what's going on. Bill, I really want to turn at an angle to the lathe's axis, eccentric as opposed to off center. I may have my terms confused. I did make an adjustable off-center chuck by setting a small rotatable disc in an off center shallow hole in a larger face plate. The disc carried a small bolt-pinchuck arranged so that its turning radius swept thru the lathe's center to give me a concentric option. The disc was fixed with a long setscrew from the periphery. A Sorby infringement, but I'm not selling any. Owen, Thanks for the encouragement. If it works, I'll borrow your pen and burn my name in it. Every one else, Hope this thread hasn't taken us too OT from rcw's sacred mission of arguing the color wheel of lathe white vs blue vs black vs gray vs plaid vs polka dots. Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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"Arch" wrote: (clip) I cobbled up a cheap 'n dirty version of the too expensive Escoulen chuck using a trailer hitch ball and pipe nipple & cap welded to a faceplate. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Arch, let me tell you about the chuck I cobbled up afterI saw Escauen demo his chuck. I starts with vacuum chuck setup, using a large, thick wooden disk, mounted on the spindle. Turn the face of this wooden disk to a concave spherical surface, of (maybe) 10 or 12" radius*. Mount your work on a circular bowl shape chunk which can be stuck to the large spherical surface, being held on by vacuum. You can offset the axis by any amount that still covers the central vacuum port, and here's the beauty of it: Unlike the Escaulen chuck, this one orbits the part of the wood closest to the headstock, while the other end stays on axis, because every radius of the spherical surface describes a cone whose tip is 10 or 12" from the vacuum chuck*, and on the lathe centerline. This has the following advantages: 1.) The part of the wood that is farthest off axis is firmly held by the chuck. 2.) The part of the wood that is farthest from the chuck is spinning on axis, so it does not take much of a beating as it is being turned, and you are not "cutting air." 3. If you are careful to match the size of the work to the radius of the spherical vacuum chuck*, you can use the tailstock for additional support. 4. There is very little chance of having the whirling end of the work whack your fingers, or catch the lathe tool. *If you want to take the trouble, it is possible to make chucks of various radii, to match the requirements of different jobs. |
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"Leo Lichtman" wrote:.(clip) Turn the face of this wooden disk to a concave spherical surface, of (maybe) 10 or 12" radius*. (clip) Just in case I have creatred some confusion--the *radius* I am referring to here is the radius of curvature of the concave wooden chuck. (If it were a reflector, it would be the focal length.) It is NOT the radius of the wood spinning on the spindle. |
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Arch,
I think you are on the right track with the hitch ball. Too bad you aren't in the North Texas area; I enjoy "reinventing" things and this sounds like an interesting project. If the "Archoulen" chuck doesn't work out, you could use the components to make a pneumatic device to hold your turnings while you enhance them -- carve, burn, etc. Slowly I turned... Randy |
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I have got to start paying attention to which message I am "anchored" to
before replying. Should have posted the above a little higher in the tree. Slowly I turned... Randy |
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