I have had a swivilation

[PsyMan]

Now, I appreciate I am a noobie when it comes to spinning wood but I feel I am not an silly person, however, 4 months in to my new lathe with a swivel head and I have only just realised that you don't have to use the fixed points, you can lock it down at any point and turn wood. this is a revelation/swililation to me, why dont they print this on the front of the manual (which we never read). Now of course I am not bending over the bed for hollowing but simply turning it a few degrees towards me.

Every day is a school day they say, no more locking in to fixed points.

DOH

Simon

 

[jumps]

such revelations are always interesting - I will admit to one when reading the recent brass filial threads; simply hadn't put 2 and 2 together to realise HSS would work on softer metals like that. Now stored in the bleeding obvious part of brain for future use.

 

[Jonzjob]

I have turned aluminium quite sucessfully, but as I don't got no brass that size the thought never crossed my brain cell.

A swing head certainly makes life easier when you have to get inside thingies dun't it!! My CL1 ain't got any stops, just put it where you want.