Sam turns 4 table legs. He shows the process for making the legs as identical as possible. This video shows some great closeup and excellent video work.
I know this is an older video post but I just found it - thanks for the thorough and clear explanation of the square to round transition. Very well done! Helped me out on four table legs this week.
Really enjoyed this video on turning a table leg especially the transition from square to round. It doesn't bear thinking about fouling this up on a valuable piece of wood. Also, I appreciated learning the use of nails on the story stick. Many thanks and merry Christmas from Ireland. Alan.
I would say go ahead and turn your legs. We all screw up. It is part of the learning process and sometimes I get tired of "learning". But we all go through it and making mistakes is part of the game. It also means making design changes cause of a mistake is another way of being creative. Sam
As always great teaching. I can see that your tailstock is half way off the lathe! How safe is that. I can also see that when you move the tool rest that a cone shape structure appears in view. Is that a light attached to the banjo? Excellent job. Merry Christmas Sam!!
Yes I do have a light attached to the banjo. Well you have great observational skill. I wanted to use my Powermatic cause my Delta is so noisy for the camera which picks up the motor sound. I just got the spindle between centers. Is it safe? I think so. Probably not an ideal situation but it worked and I was able to lock it down OK. I do think it is good you point this out. I need to show SAFE presentations and probably fell short a little on this. Merry Christmas, Sam
to cutting a straight down edge, on a square that require experiment.. corners are chipping very quickly.. nice video... thank you for your time to showing it..
Yet another helpful video, Sam. Thanks! Timely, too as I've been asked to turn some bed posts and had been giving this a fair bit of though. You've confirmed some ideas and given me a few more. Great!! I noticed how far you've come with video editing. Nice work, especially in cutting out unnecessary/unproductive footage. I like the voice-overs, too although I'd prefer lowered audio in the speed-up, etc. sections rather than silence. I've seen some videos which use two cameras to give a simultaneous straight on and over head view. That's really helpful when trying to sort out the very fine points of a technique. Thanks for all of the time and effort that you put into the videos, Sam. They are of great value to me. Best to you in the New Year. Jim
Jim I agree on the silence during the fast forward bits. I try to do a voiceover in those spots. The reason for deleting the sound during the time-mapping is that the editing program does not shorten it as well. I can shorten it and lower the sound: I will try that. Yes I have improved. Some of my earlier videos are "fun" to watch but a little embarrassing. Thanks for the suggestions, I will work on them. Sam
Not a dumb question at all. These are not glued up, they are one solid piece. If I remember correctly the cabinetmaker I made these for provided the wood. Sam
+Jeffrey Koenig I am not sure where I got mine but I found one from Grizzly. www.amazon.com/Grizzly-H5604-Center-Square-2-Inch/dp/B00012YCU6/ref=sr_1_2?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1448843357&sr=1-2&keywords=center+finding+square Sam
