spindle turning
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Spindle turning, or turning between centers, is a woodturning method referring to a piece of wood on a wood lathe that is being turned on its center axis.Clifford, Brian. [http://www.turningtools.co.uk/wtintro/grain/grain.html "Woodturning - Grain and other factors"], 1999. Accessed April 30, 2007.
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Method
For spindle turning, the wood is held on the lathe either by both ends (between the headstock and tailstock) or by one end only using a lathe chuck {{cite web|last1=Raffan|first1=Richard|title=A Woodturner's Guide to Chucks and Jaws|url=http://www.finewoodworking.com/woodturning/video/a-turners-guide-to-chucks-and-jaws.aspx|website=FineWoodworking.com|publisher=Taunton Press|access-date=17 June 2016|date=1 January 1900}}
Wood is generally removed by running a turning tool down the slope of the wood from a larger diameter in the wood to a smaller diameter.
Examples
Spindle turning is the method used for items such as chair and table legs, lamps, cues, bats, pens, candlesticks etc. i.e. long and thin objects.
See also
- Turned chairs, chairs made with their frame components turned into bobbins