Send Us Your Questions about Turning
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FineWoodworking.Com needs your help with a new set of videos about woodturning. Send us the question you’ve always wanted to ask–What gouges and skew chisels to use. How to use turning tools. What woods turn well. How to sand and finish bowls and spindles. Whatever is on your mind. <!—-><!—-><!—->
We’ll select up to 10 of the best questions to use in the video series. Master woodturner Mike Mahoney will answer the questions on camera.<!—-> <!—->
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David Heim
Managing Editor
FineWoodworking.Com
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David,
When I bought my lathe for turning spindles, I bought a copy attachment for it as it was dirt cheap at the time. The attachment uses a cutting tool that is basically just a point. Whilst the follower mechanism et al work well, the pointy cutter does not - it leaves a nasty rough finish.
I would like an article about lathe copy attachments - how to configure and use them best but also how to modify or even vary the tooling for better results.
Lataxe
One of the more vexing problems with turning is setting the workpiece in a 4-jaw (or equivalent) chuck so that it runs true. This doesn't matter as much with large spindle work as it does with small, precise projects. I think a short presentation on using a chuck would be of interest.
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