20.5 inch wood on 20 inch lathe

[Glenn Lefley]

I would like to turn this, as got kiln dried. But it will only fit outboard on my lathe. Never turned there nor is my lathe set up for it. Has any one jerry rigged a tool rest for turning on the out side? Need input and suggestions. My lathe is a oneway 2036.

 

[Zach LaPerriere]

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I would like to turn this, as got kiln dried. But it will only fit outboard on my lathe. Never turned there nor is my lathe set up for it. Has any one jerry rigged a tool rest for turning on the out side? Need input and suggestions. My lathe is a oneway 2036.

Years ago I needed to turn a 16" ring to go around a table base. I had access to a $50 dollar garage sale 12" swing lathe. I just backed a heavy bench up to the lathe (also mounted on a higher bench). I even had to make a face plateout of a chunk of aluminum. All I had was the outboard thread.

I then ripped a 4X6 at an angle and topped it with a purple heart off-cut to serve as a tool rest. Worked remarkably well. I was so ignorant I turned the piece from a beautiful hunk of old growth doug fir that came off the Mt. St. Helens eruption of 1980. Yeah, it took more than a little bit of sanding. That ring has been kicking around the floor of a halibut longliner for 15 years and has held up remarkably well.

 

[Mark Wollschlager]

Or you could knock off a couple of the bits sticking out and fit it on the inboard side.
Unless you are dead set on full natural edge, it looks like you will be taking off stuff around the edges to get it balanced.

 

[Glenn Lefley]

Or you could knock off a couple of the bits sticking out and fit it on the inboard side.
Unless you are dead set on full natural edge, it looks like you will be taking off stuff around the edges to get it balanced.

Id like to leave edge, maybe pick out bark leave Burl edge. Never turned anything like this. Open to help and design help. from people who turned things like this. Get it in my hands early next week. It's 3 inch thick and kiln dried. 20.5 inch one way 18 inch the other. I was thinking putting a saw horse or build frame on outboard to use as tool rest or bolt a piece of bed frame across . I quess if made round would still have a lot of edge and then it would fit on lathe. Will have to google for pics what it would look like if do that. Or I guess better yet draw a compass line around to see what I would loose.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

I have seen (cartoon) of turning of blank off of propped up axle of truck....wheel taken off.....I think the tool rest was snow plow blade.....think outside the box

 

[hockenbery]

If you belong to a club there is a good chance some member would give you a couple hours on a 24” lathe.

Heck you might even get a lunch out of the visit.

 

[Gary Beasley]

I have seen (cartoon) of turning of blank off of propped up axle of truck....wheel taken off.....I think the tool rest was snow plow blade.....think outside the box

View: https://youtu.be/P4qB6n1cm04

 

[hockenbery]

I have seen (cartoon) of turning of blank off of propped up axle of truck....wheel taken off.....I think the tool rest was snow plow blade.....think outside the box

I have seen the Video and the guy. He calls himself the Crazy Canadien and he does all sorts of presentations at the woodworking shows.

 

[hockenbery]

@Gary Beasley you posted while I was. That’s the guy

 

[john lucas]

I have. I've done it 2 ways. The first time I slid my floor standing drill press over and rigged up a tool rest onto the table and then cranked it up high enough to work. It worked but I was turning a piece platter about 14" on a 12" lathe. The second time I did it was on a 16" lathe. I slid the headstock to the end and rigged up a stand made from a truck rim and a piece of pipe. Had to pile rocks in it to make it heavy enough and it still wanted to move around. Ideally in both situations I would have been better off rigging somewhat to bolt or tie it to the lathe to make it more rigid.
Here is the perfect solution but of course expensive and kind of hard to build. You'll have to click on the outboard turning attachment. I couldn't send just that part.
https://vicmarc.com/index.php?optio...ayout=0&latest=0&topten=0&recent=0&Itemid=528

 

[Dennis J Gooding]

..... You'll have to click on the outboard turning attachment. I couldn't send just that part.
https://vicmarc.com/index.php?optio...ayout=0&latest=0&topten=0&recent=0&Itemid=528[/QUOTE]

John if you are using Windows you CAN select a single picture from a group. Just left-click on the one you want and drag it off onto the desk top. I don't know if there is an equivalent way for Apple products.

 

[Marshall Sadler]

I have the large outboard for the Oneway 2436. It's a stack of cash and I probably wouldn't have it if I didn't come with my lathe. It is a great help for hollowing though. Powermatic makes a floor standing toolrest for their lathes so you could either buy it or copy it. Sam Angelo has a less expensive option. He filled a 5 gallon bucket with rock/cement and the bucket had a post coming out of the center to accept the toolrest. You can see it being used here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQsQTbwXZI

 

[diverjoe]

One of the members in my club made an outboard stand from a HF safety stand for putting under autos whil they are up on a lift. It was very heavy.
Joe

 

[RichColvin]

I bought a Powermatic outboard stand when I got my lathe. I’ve only used it once so far, but it was nice. HEAVY !!

 

[Marshall Sadler]

Just found this in the gallery, waaaay back in there.

http://www.aawforum.org/community/index.php?media/toolrest.1056/

 

[Glenn Lefley]

I love this site. So many ideas, from so many good turners.

I'm making one.

I think if I combine a few of these ideas I'll end up with something awesome. Thinking need to attach it somehow to lathe. Would dread a catch and it tilts rest into turning!

 

[John Tisdale]

I recently turned a 36" dia. Because of the log and profile I was shooting for, I had to turn "between centers" which, to me, means spur drive and live center with LOTS of pressure. The "sub-bed" is 4" H-beams and the Oneway 17" extension sits on top with risers to put the live center in line with the spindle. The log was very off balance and weighed over 1000-lbs - never got it much over 150-rpm.
A big commitment that requires lots of room - let me know if you would like more detail.

 

[Glenn Lefley]

I recently turned a 36" dia. Because of the log and profile I was shooting for, lI had to turn "between centers" which, to me, means spur drive and live center with LOTS of pressure. The "sub-bed" is 4" H-beams and the Oneway 17" extension sits on top with risers to put the live center in line with the spindle. The log was very off balance and weighed over 1000-lbs - never got it much over 150-rpm.
A big commitment that requires lots of room - let me know if you would like more detail.

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Last time I checked oneway site, I didn't notice an outboard setup like that for sale for my 2036.

 

[Marshall Sadler]

You could link two large outboard extensions together if your wallet was thick enough.

 

[Bill Boehme]

You could link two large outboard extensions together if your wallet was thick enough.

I don't think that they would provide the swing that John needed.

 

[John Tisdale]

I had to build it all myself. After a few seriously stupid solutions, Oneway suggested a 1/2" thick plate between the legs and body of the lathe that would extend out for the H-beams plus the risers that lift the 17" extension to be same level as the in board bed.
I didn't have the money to do their outboard system - the logs was 36" and 40"+ long.
Glenn,
Two approaches: 1) Modify the lathe and go looking for a log or, 2) when a log finds you...deal with it.
Sounds like you have a log that can deliver a masterpiece. After all, it's all about the log - we're just whittlers.