I am making a small hall table and decided instead of just tapering the legs to turn them, nothing fancy, just a simple turned taper. The wood is Ash, legs are right at 33 1/4", and the raw size was 1 1/2" square, so turning that size down a bit. I am getting horrid vibration, esp. in the center of the leg. This is the first time I've turned anything this long. Am I hosing up and doing something wrong, or is this common on a long and somewhat thin spindle item, and the solution is a steady rest type deal? I'm starting to regret not just cutting a taper on the table saw !
Steady Rest For Long Spindles
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tom's got summa the kewlest simple jigs
i like this alot more than some of the fancy ones ive seen! ,
easy on easy off,and id guess the clamp gives you nice tight contact.!namaste, matthew http://www.tribalwind.comComment
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Originally posted by tribalwindtom's got summa the kewlest simple jigs
Originally posted by tribalwindid guess the clamp gives you nice tight contact.!
The wheels I have on this thing are way too spongy, though. I didn't have a good feel at the time for what I wanted. Some folks, I think, just use straight bearings for spindles, but that seems a little too hard a surface.
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Originally posted by wassaw998Only question I have is where's your banjo !
Uh, yeah, although it was pulled out of the way for the photo, it'd go on the left side in the setup shown. Or, you could flip the steady 180 degrees and put the banjo on the right, taking advantage of the easy-on easy-off. Actually, what I'd do first is reduce the footprint of the parts, replace the kludged clamping with fixture hardware, etc. etc.
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