Ornamental Turning
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Utah Woodturning Symposium – May 22-24, 2008 – Orem, Utah
Jon Magill and Bonnie Klein will demonstrate how you can give ornamental turning a try with a rose engine lathe kit you build yourself. A variety of sessions will cover constructing the lathe, learning the basics of using it, plus some fun and more advanced projects. Visit the Utah Woodturning Symposium website
Wizardry in Wood – June 4–6, 2008 – Carpenters Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London
The Worshipful Company of Turners will be staging a crème de la crème woodturning exhibition at Carpenters Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, London. There will be at least 20 of the top British professional turners displaying, with pieces from the WCOTs’ own Howe collection, and interesting items selected from the historic Pinto Collection. It is planned that modern turned pieces and exceptional items will be displayed from the Daniel, Smouha and St. Petersburg collections. The Society of Ornamental Turners will also be displaying masterful ornamental turned items. Visit the Wizardry In Wood website
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Current news
Nova OT Visualizer Software Now Available
Teknatool is now offering software that illustrates how certain OT patterns will look. Created by James Staley, Nova OT Visualizer can help you visualize barleycorn and other patterns by entering parameters such as the diameter of the work, number of cuts, skipped cuts, and cutter diameter. The software is intended to aid in working with the Teknatool Nova Ornamental Turner tool. Requires Microsoft Excel. Trial version available. More info
John Edwards Launches Ornamental Turning Website
Former president of the Society of Ornamental Turners, John Edwards has launched a new website dedicated to ornamental turning from the viewpoint of a practitioner. The site contains a gallery of ornamentally turned items made by the author, information about the craft of ornamental turning, a treatise on ornamental turning lathes and equipment, advice on ornamental turning techniques, a list of useful books, a catalogue of items for sale and wanted, plus links to other websites of interest to ornamental turners. View Edwards' site
Johannes Volmer Announces Improved Oval Indexer
Johannes Volmer has published an article detailing a new indexer for ornamenting oval turned objects. It is a elegantly simple mechanism, its parts are easily made of sheet metal, and the division accuracy is very high. The indexer can be applied to a traditional elliptical chuck, Steinert's oval turning device, Vicmarc's oval turning device and others.
American Woodturner Features Ornamental Turning
The Spring 2008 issue of American Woodturner, the journal of the American Association of Woodturners, features several articles on ornamental turning. "The Cutting Edge of OT" by Jon Magill details the cutters and cutting frames used in ornamental turning. "Build an Overhead Drive" by Jon Magill details the construction of a basic overhead drive for cutting frames and drilling spindles. "Rose-Engines & Kings" is a brief overview of the recent ornamental turning exhibit at the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia, PA. All of the articles are illustrated with numerous color photos. American Woodturner is sent to all members of the AAW and is also readily available at bookstores throughout the U.S. Join the American Association of Woodturners