Glen Lucas Irish turner ( Videios )

[Bodrighy]

If you take an ordinary face plate and put bolts into the holes with the ends sharpened and a post into the centre which is usually hollow you have what he had. He probably go his made special as he is working a lot faster, a lot bigger and a lot harder than most of us.

pete

 

[wizer]

Seeing as we're chewing the fat. How do we think the chuck spigot tool works? He doesn't actually show it in use. Does it just make a score line to work to? Or it it actually cutting?

 

[richburrow]

Thanks for posting this, just watched the clips and they are very interesting, also nice bloke!!!
He has made me think about how I gride my gouges
Tom, I have done a bit of wet turning and wet was the word!!!!!!!!
Fun though

 

[wizer]

Last time I did some wet turning I missed a cluster of shavings on the bed of the planer. Now I've got a lovely spot of rust as a memory of the event :evil: :lol:

 

[Paul.J]

Seeing as how he was turning a salad bowl is it ok to use a paste wax as a finish on top of the Walnut oil. :?: :?

 

[frugal]

Seeing as we're chewing the fat. How do we think the chuck spigot tool works? He doesn't actually show it in use. Does it just make a score line to work to? Or it it actually cutting?

Looking at one of the later videos, it just seems to sit there projecting out, so that he can use it as a visual marker rather than anything that scores the wood. After all he is just using it to get the spigots pretty much all of the same size so that he does not have to turn the chuck key too far, he is not trying to get sub-millimeter accuracy for snug fitting lids.

 

[glenn lucas]

Hi Folks,

Just got wind of this post. Thank you for your interest and comments on the videos. I will answer some of the questions asked in the thread but I am leaving for a few weeks to go to America in the morning and won't get to follow up if there are any more.

Face plate which drives the rough turned bowls- Made from a 6" vicmarc faceplate with 3 (M8)studs threaded in and a point ground on the end of each. The length can be adjusted and they are held in place by a locknut on the back. The pin is called a stub arbor 2MT available from APTC costs 5.45sterling
I made a slight taper on the end of it with a scraper at low speed as it is made from mild steel.
Needs to be a loose fit or the wood clamps on to it and makes it difficult to remove the bowl. Pin is for centering and security.

Somebody asked if I enjoy what I do. I love it but part of the fun now is making it as quick as It can be rather than stoping to admire the work.
I still take my time with one off pieces and study the form a lot more.
I enjoy coming up with new ways of making my life easier.
Having trained as a cabinet maker you put the effort into making jigs to speed up future work.
The new venture of a woodturning school means I get to work with and see some of my favorite turners. This really keeps me motivated.

The spigot sizing tool. This is home made ,In use it does not touch the wood but visually guides the spigot size and base size.
If it touches the wood it is likely to come around and get your fingers.
Only really useful in production.
I have an engineering shop equipped with lathes and milling machine to make up what I need.

Finish- The paste wax which I put on top of the oil is Mahoney's walnut paste wax. I never use this in production but it can bring a bowl to life if it has been on the shelf a while.

I hope this answers some of your questions .
I intend putting up some more short clips in the future on other projects and will be working on a DVD for next year which will go into a lot more
detail.

Thanks to everybody for their positive comments.

Some more pictures here if you have not already seen them. http://glennlucas.typepad.com/glenn_luc ... -work.html


Glenn Lucas

 

[wizer]

Thanks for posting Glenn