First segmented turning

[duncsuss]

I didn't know if they sold something like a faceplate but on a bearing so you could put it in your tailstock and be able to use it when the lathe is spinning to add support?

I've never heard of a "live faceplate" -- but there is something that can get you there: a live center which has the same screw threads as the lathe drive shaft. The most common use for them is to help keep a bowl centered when you're "turning it round" onto a vacuum chuck. There's no reason you couldn't put a faceplate onto it where they expect you to put the scroll chuck.

I forgot what kind of lathe you have, if it's got a 1" x 8tpi drive spindle you could use the one that PennState sells -- LINK I don't remember who makes the one for larger drive shafts, perhaps Oneway.

 

[Gixxerjoe04]

Have the harbor freight lathe at the moment, hoping to up grade to grizzly's g0766 in the next 6 months or so, whenever I get a 10% coupon and have money at the same time. So from the looks of that, it has a mt2 but the screw on the end is 1x8tpi and it's on a bearing? Seems like that would be perfect.

 

[duncsuss]

Have the harbor freight lathe at the moment, hoping to up grade to grizzly's g0766 in the next 6 months or so, whenever I get a 10% coupon and have money at the same time. So from the looks of that, it has a mt2 but the screw on the end is 1x8tpi and it's on a bearing? Seems like that would be perfect.

Exactly.

Even if you upgrade to a lathe that has 1-1/4" x 8tpi spindle, you'll probably still have a 1" x 8tpi faceplate that you could use with this live center. (Or you can find an adapter that screws over the 1"x8tpi threads to make it 1-1/4"x8tpi.)

 

[CWS]

A handy chart for cutting segments.

 

[Gixxerjoe04]

A handy chart for cutting segments.

I wonder, is there any chart that has a rule for the width of the pieces. Like if you want the bowl to finish roughly at half an inch, the width of the pieces should be like 3/4" or something along those lines.

 

[Sidecar]

@ripjack13 , Marc its right here above this message , the box wont let me do anything to it but look at it...........@CWS may know how to, hes smart

 

[ripjack13]

Ok...when I get back home I'll download it. Thanks.

 

[Gixxerjoe04]

Here's the software I downloaded to use, free 30 day trial then it's $37 to buy it, seems pretty useful.
http://woodturnerpro.com/downloads/...-version-3-software-version-2-1-software.html