With several people using the home made type duplicator now I have a simple jig that will take the nerve wracking aspect out of the turning process which is turning square stock with a hand pressure tool. The edges. I know that it looks like a small amount of material being removed but it makes a big difference with this type of duplicator. It will save you time because you don't have to go so slow in the beginning to get the stock round. I do all my stock this way at once when I buy it. So when ever I need stock I just grab it and it is pretty much round already, octagon actually but much easier to use. 2 fast passes and I am round. No slow going to get to that stage. I do any length from 8' to small individual pieces. Now I know I am using an industrial grade band saw with a big table but you can bolt on a larger work surface easy enough. You might not have to. I made my jig out of aluminum but you can do the same with wood. Tilt a table saw at 45 and you have a V block. Make it long so the stock will be supported well. I have tried just using a table saw to cut off the edges of the stock. It will work but I found it to make a hell of a mess and dust bowl in my cellar not to mention kind of dangerous to the fingers.

Use some 2 sided tape and stick the jig to the table in positon so it doesn't move around. You will have to adjust it so not to take too much off. Make it so the jig actually is being cut by the blade, push jig into blade, by about a 1/4 inch so the stock is supported all the way thru the cut and won't pull down at the end and scare you. Then just push the stock thru and flip 3 times keeping in the v block on the original square edges.

You will still have the original 4 sides of the stock left, although smaller, if you use the square stock to locate your belly holes, eyes, and lips and such. I don't use that method but you can do it. I know it doesn't look like a lot of stock but does make a big difference and if you do all your stock at once it saves a lot of time in the long run. Good luck. P.

One more look at the v block. Very simple stuff. You can see where I pushed the block into the saw so to support the stock thru the end of the cut. Very safe and simple.

is that one mine :D

Friggin' machinists :smash: :laughs:

Paul you are the man, you are always thinking.. that's awesome

Exellent stuff P. :btu: Thank you.:hihi:

Bandsaws of that size should be outlawed, and shouldn't count. :doh::D

:hidin:

More fun with bandsaws ,,, thanks Paul ..

Thanks Paul great idea. Now another jig to make.

Its called a corner jig and you can buy one here.

http://www.hutproducts.com/tools9.html

You could also use it to cut the flat on a canal special. That is ofcourse if not hydro oriented!:)

Its called a corner jig and you can buy one here.

http://www.hutproducts.com/tools9.html


There you go.:claps: priced right.

cool... i use a router table when i use maple- same idea though :kewl:

Very Cool Idea
Just be real careful with your fingers on that one.
safety first.

I use what I guess would be called the "caveman" method...
I set the stock up, turn my duplicator base side to, push it tight to pattern, as a stop.. using my gouge, and the top of the dupi as a rest, and pressure from my holding the gouge to hold the base down.. (safer than it sounds).. I rough out the blank.

Next I swing the duplicator around, and make my passes till done, then go to coarse and medium sandpaper..

almost done, ready for fine sandpaper, and marking of the eye/hook holes etc...

runs about 3 minutes start to finish....

I threw about 50 through the table saw last night, what a mess! I have no space for a bandsaw so it'll have to do. Karl F has a good idea too, I may have to partially adopt it.

pretty neat Karl

clipping the corners is very time consuming to me, I just go at it with the lathe and it cuts off fairly quickly.

pretty neat Karl

clipping the corners is very time consuming to me, I just go at it with the lathe and it cuts off fairly quickly.

I can do 7' ers very fast all 4 sides in less than a minute and then put away till I need to use them. Do everything I have all at the same time. To set it up and do a few here and a few there is too much of a pain, all at once saves me lots of turning time. The table saw is way to messy and dusty. P.

I know it goes quickly when ya do long lengths Paul, I used to do it on my table saw and I just don't bother anymore unless I turn maple or birch.

I threw about 50 through the table saw last night, what a mess! I have no space for a bandsaw so it'll have to do. Karl F has a good idea too, I may have to partially adopt it.

I'd be lost with out my bandsaw,,,small bench Delta about half the price of sealer .

I know it goes quickly when ya do long lengths Paul, I used to do it on my table saw and I just don't bother anymore unless I turn maple or birch.

I'm just bustin your b's Bruce. You know more about wood than I will ever know. P.

using my gouge, and the top of the dupi as a rest, and pressure from my holding the gouge to hold the base down.. (safer than it sounds).. I rough out the blank.

Bailey take that pic of you holdin the gouge. :huh: :D