I don't have a lathe but I needed to make some tapered round legs. This is how I did it. Leave a thumbs up if you like it, subscribe if you want to see more Follow me on Instagram @badwolfwoodworks Thanks for watching
BLOWING MY MIND!! I can’t thank you enough! I’m currently trying to change a desk for space issues, but need to keep the design. I need two legs, these EXACT legs! You had me at that base line! Glad I stayed!
Hi, By any chance could you share some basic steps or insight on how to built the jig you used? I think a lot of us are impressed with you handy work. Amazing and simple. thx Manish
I was thinking about making a jig like this to turn pen bodied and pipe stems, I just couldn't get it right in my drawings. this is awesome! Thank you!
Genius!! Sooooo Cool. I was thinking I could use a drill to spin a piece of wood and then I thought how would I keep it straight, cut it, and spin it at the same time? You just answered all my questions. Thank you!
I got to try this. I think, however, I'll will use some sort of added support right after the blade on three feet and longer pieces. I'm concerned about the piece "whipping."
Do you think if you used this jig, spun the leg the same way except instead of running through a table saw, you could hold a palm sander to the area you want to taper, would that work?
Just a beginning woodworker here, so I don't know much. But could running that spinning wood through your blade adversely effect your saw blade or the saw itself by putting lateral pressure on the blade? Possibly torque something in the mechanism that the blade is mounted on?
When you were making your taper jig, you drilled a hole in the top of the leg. What is the name of the hardware you pressed into the hole afterwards? 0:37
This is awesome! i'm new to wood working. I've watched it a couple times and I can't tell how you are getting the tapered angle for the legs? Is it coming from the angle of the fence? Also what do you call the little cap with the threads that you hammer into the wood, so you can attach the bolt?
Hi Tedd, the pivot point for each end is offset. on the rear its 3/8" from the blade which gives a finished 3/4" and on the front it is adjustable but in this case its set at 3/4" to give 1.5" thanks for pointing this out as its true its not real clear in the video. if you have any more questions let me know oh and the little insert is called a "4 prong Tee nut" thanks for watching!
Just finished making a jig similar to this. Wondering how you are able to use your drill and spin it over the blade without the bolt wanting to self tighten onto the t nut? Mine either self tightens or is too loose and the piece just wants to move when I get halfway through a cut.
forster46 the bolt is the kind with threads only part way along the shaft. I just tightened all the way into the t nut. So when the drill turns it just turns the whole thing. Hope that makes sense
Shogun-Jimi yes! that was very irritating! was using my S7 samsung phone and i couldnt get it to focus at all. not sure how to lock it but im going to figure it out before using it again
I use a note 3 - and it was doing the same thing. I installed an app to solve the problem. it is called Open Camera. but I have recently upgraded to the s7 and it did not seem to work. So, I went back the old phone.
Shogun-Jimi the pro mode on the S7 allows manual focus, i guess maybe that would solve the issue. ill have to play around with it some more. i think i tried that app at one time, i might look at some others too. i have a gopro i planned using for vids but didnt use it on this for some reason
Hi Zoe, i havent had any problems with kickback. the blade really isnt cutting very deep. the work piece is attached to the jig by a screw in the back and a threaded insert in the front. the insert is what has the small tabs that stick into the work piece. a bolt is then threaded into the insert and used to spin. thanks for watching
What ever happened to this guy? He could’ve taken his RU-vid channel far. I mean, he’s got like 4.9k views. And 2k subscribers but only 2 how to videos? Why? He has talent and I bet he’s made some pretty cool shit! Hand-made jigs & whatnot is what I’m interested in.
Honestly I got burned out with woodworking and kind of moved on to other things. Never expected this video to do as well as it did. I have been wanting to get back into woodworking, specifically making musical instruments but don't really know if anyone would be interested in that on this channel so don't know if I'll film anything
thomas collins on the bottom there are screws you can loosen that allow the front block to slide along the keyway so you can change the distance from the blade. If you wanted a 2" top you would slide over the block so the center was 1".
