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Rezi wrote:Why don't you ask someone to turn the items for you? You can't just 'get a lathe', there's a whole pile of other accessories you will need which all cost money. I'd offer to do it for you if I lived anywhere near you.
DaveL wrote:Well there are two ways to do this:
1 You know where my Workshop is, drive over and use my lathe.
2 Do some drawings of what needs turning, sort out some wood and drop them off and I will turn them. Hopefully the time frame is not to short.
Andyp wrote:How deep are your “friend’s” pockets? Do they want a cast iron lump to restore? How long are the spindles they plan to turn?
Do they realise that the lathe is just the start. They will need chucks ( one is never enough), tool rests and a whole host of paraphernalia.
There are experts on here of course but start having a look on ebay or gumtree for a Record with a long enough bed for those spindles. Parts and accessories will be easy to source and can be easily sold on when your “friend” wants to upgrade.
Trevanion wrote:.......You say that "he" may be turning spindles, do you mean stair spindles?.....
Mike G wrote:No, for chairs.
Dalboy wrote:Minimum equipment needed to do spindles.............
Richard is great, had a day of training from him, I learned a lot and still have the example pieces I turned that day,Dalboy wrote:A very well known and respected turner Richard Findley did a demo on u tube making a lamp. the spindle part gives an idea of tools and ways to achieve different shapes on it. Some of the tools he used are only to show different ways of producing different features.
It is quite a long video and may be taken down after a short time.
Richard Findley
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