Some interesting books from back in the day. These were published by Delta to show clever uses of the various tools. They've been out of print for years, but are readily available at used book sellers like abebooks.com. The series called "Getting the Most Out of Your..." covered other tools, these are the best in my opinion and all have ideas usually thought of as lathe work only.
The ideas in the books would not pass the safety standards of our current litigious society. A good many of the pictures show unguarded cutters, but nothing you can't do safely if you're careful.
Here's an idea to "turn" on the table saw using molding cutter head.
Here're a couple ideas using a shaper. I used a variation of the first picture to make hundreds of reproduction rosettes for a 1900 hotel restoration. The method was much faster than conventional turning or using a rosette cutter which don't work very well.
I built a couple pool cue turning lathes using a variation of the shaper idea in the second picture except it used a table saw. Those "lathes" turned the shaft of a cue from a square maple blank in one pass. That customer was a pool hustler who gambled for big dollars, his dream was to make high quality cue sticks though. Now I see his cues are on eBay in the thousand$.
The ideas in the books would not pass the safety standards of our current litigious society. A good many of the pictures show unguarded cutters, but nothing you can't do safely if you're careful.
Here's an idea to "turn" on the table saw using molding cutter head.
Here're a couple ideas using a shaper. I used a variation of the first picture to make hundreds of reproduction rosettes for a 1900 hotel restoration. The method was much faster than conventional turning or using a rosette cutter which don't work very well.
I built a couple pool cue turning lathes using a variation of the shaper idea in the second picture except it used a table saw. Those "lathes" turned the shaft of a cue from a square maple blank in one pass. That customer was a pool hustler who gambled for big dollars, his dream was to make high quality cue sticks though. Now I see his cues are on eBay in the thousand$.
