Ooooohhhh! Oooooohhhh! Mr. Kotter! Mr. Kotter!

We just had a class on turning ovals and even spirals on a lathe at my last
woodturning meeting. It is done by using different centers on the ends of the
piece.

On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:06 AM, Bob Burgess wrote:

> Cassells Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, edited by Paul N Hasluck, was first
> published in weekly parts - I  believe he did not write all the articles, so
> there are likely to be errors..
> 
> 
> 
> It is not possibly to turn oval handles on a lathe - this can only be done
> on a copy lathe, which usually has a rotating cutter, like a round nosed
> router cutter, in place of a chisel or gouge. The cutter follows a master
> pattern of the handle, and goes in and out from the centre line as it moves
> along the blank.

James Thompson, the Old Millrat in Riverside CA

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