Been Playing With Multi Axes Concepts

Been Playing With Multi Axes Concepts

Post by charlie » Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:37



Dabbled with multi axes turning quite a while back and, while it was
interesting, it was a hit or miss things.  Sometimes I'd get a piece
that was interesting - but usually the results were so-so or just plane
ugly.  Trying to evolve a multi axes piece appeared to me to be
impossible, with what II'd figured out about the process at the time.  I
tried making connections between Cause & Effect - with limited success.
I kept thinking I HAD TO turn to full ROUND on each axis - round cross
sections.

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Turning/Turning14.html

After a while I found something else to try - and dropped multi axes
turning.

Then Barbara Dill started writing articles on her structured approach to
multi axes turning and provided some key AH HA! insights

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Turning/MultiCenter/MultiCenters1....

To see her paper on her structured approach to multi axes "between
centers" turning, go here and download the PDF file, print it up and go
through it.  It's here:

http://barbaradill.com/paper.html

Recently, as a result of a collaboration of Barbara Dill, Peter Rand
(who's doing some very artistic multi axes pieces) and I,  I started
playing with Google's SketchUp to create virtual 3D models of two axes
fundamentals.  In the process,put together some  web pages on multi axes
concepts and have startedto develop a way to DESIGN two axes pieces in
SketchUp.  That stuff is here:

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Turning/MultiCenter/DillRandCollab...

Comments, suggestions for improving this info, etc. are welcomed.

charlie b

http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Turning/MultiCenter/DillRandCollab...

 
 
 

Been Playing With Multi Axes Concepts

Post by coffelt » Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:53


Thanks, Charlie, that is most interesting!
I've some overdried cherry limbs which
are getting in the way. Look out limbs!

Old Chief Lynn

 
 
 

Been Playing With Multi Axes Concepts

Post by charlie » Sun, 13 May 2012 18:20:40


You might want to start with some 3/4 x 3/4 or 1 x 1 stock.  Easier to
keep track of your centers and less risky.  Making contact with the
bevel and THEN coming up to the cutting edge  will save you some ***
catches - not dangerous but disconcerting.

Multi axes turning hasn't been explored much so there's plenty of space
for exploration.