Making wood squares round?

[Craig Fales]

I bent mine pretty quick too. Now I knock the corners off with a table saw(I hate it), and just use a dead center. Obviously I don't take much off with each pass, but I'm in no hurry.

A bandsaw is a much safer tool for this job. I built a jig for holding the square and can feed it through the BS easily. I turn mine after between a dead center in my collet and a live center in the tail stock.

 

[Rodney]

A bandsaw is a much safer tool for this job. I built a jig for holding the square and can feed it through the BS easily. I turn mine after between a dead center in my collet and a live center in the tail stock.

Right now all I have is a table saw, so that's what works. I use a L shaped push block with a handle on top so my fingers keep clear, but it still makes me nervouseek: .

 

[Alan]

I bent mine pretty quick too. Now I knock the corners off with a table saw(I hate it), and just use a dead center. Obviously I don't take much off with each pass, but I'm in no hurry.

That makes me feel better. I bent mine too, and thought I done something terribly wrong.

 

[pdcue]

I don't believe I've ever seen a drive spur with a straight shank. They usually have Morse tapered shanks as they are made to be used in a wood lathes tapered head stock for accuracy. I would imagine Chris Hightower has some kind of drive spur to use on his lathe though.

Dick

Shopsmith sells a spur with a straight shank -the shank
isn't very long - but would be ok just to roundify the square end.

Dale

 

[pdcue]

Right now all I have is a table saw, so that's what works. I use a L shaped push block with a handle on top so my fingers keep clear, but it still makes me nervouseek: .

It would not take much to build a jig to hold the square
securely. You can PM me for hints if you need any.

Dale Pierce

 

[Rodney]

It would not take much to build a jig to hold the square
securely. You can PM me for hints if you need any.

Dale Pierce

Thanks for the offer Dale, but I pretty sure I got it covered. I haven't knocked corners off in about 2 years, and by the time I need to do some more, I should have a band saw, along with some other toys.

Rodney

 

[Arnot Wadsworth]

I'm new to working on lathes. I've been doing tips, ferrules, and cleaning shafts for about 4 months now.

I now want to make some joint protectors. At the local wood craft store i found some ebony squares but i have no idea how to make them round so that i can chuck them up in my lathe.

Please, i would really appreciate some help here. Thanks,

If you are having a problem with the very basic job of turning a square into a round then you can look forward to some major problems in the future. I think you shoud consider another line of work until you go to trade school.

Good Luck

 

[BarenbruggeCues]

I used to knock the corners off on a saw but have since built an adjustable jig that attaches to the tool post holder on my lathe.....I chuck up a center drill leaving it hang out to the depth I want the center hole to be and just push the stock tight up to the chuck while it is spinning. I use a six jaw rather than a three so it doesn't catch the stock. I first make sure all the stock is cut to length and what ever pieces I'm drilling should be close to the same size square.
I can punch center holes on both ends in about 50 pieces in 15- 20 minutes.
I just have to make adjustments on the jig for the different size squares.
Then just start running them through the rounding lathe and let a high speed cutter chop off the corners. I just use a dead center at the head and a live on the tail. Really don't need much pressure to spin the stock and keep it moving. Close the door....walk away till it shuts off and reload.
My lathe is in a sound conditioned booth (I refer to it as the bomb shelter) so as to contain the noise and the mess.


<~~~hates building cues when I can't hear the DBack games............

 

[dave sutton]

i just found the center as close as possible and then put the square between centers. locked it down in the lathe and knocked the corners off with my router

 

[JoeyInCali]

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There's an idea.