Christmas 2017

14" Bandsaw – Wood turning setup

All setup to turn the wheel and cut a crown.

As mentioned in the previous post I had to swap over the setup to have the wheel on the right so it's spins down onto the wood chisel which is supported by the 'tool rest'.

14" Bandsaw - wheel video clip

14" Bandsaw – wood turning jig setup

Time to setup the saw motor with a V-belt to drive the first wheel for wood turning and cutting a crown on the circumference.

The V-groove drive ring is screwed on, now to mount the wheel on the jig shaft.

14" Bandsaw - Continued with the drive ring.

Cut out the middle using a new ALDI Workzone jigsaw with awful results. Hmmm...should have used a jigsaw 'scroll saw' blade to follow the cut line.

14" Bandsaw – Turning the wheels

Yesterday…after fitting the V-groove pulley (doughnut) so the wheel can be spun up from the motor, I turned the first wheel for run-out and also cut the 5 crown on the rim – this will become the upper wheel. For this session I removed the doughnut from the first wheel and fitted to the second wheel. Now we repeat the wood turning procedure for the second wheel, the doughnut remains on what is now - the lower wheel.

This is the first wheel put aside, time to mount the second one on the wood turning jig clamped to the workbench.

What's going on ???

Meadowbrook Mansion is usually a quiet place !!!