ORNAMENTAL TURNING

from the viewpoint of a practitioner.  

containing: a Gallery of ornamentally turned items made by the author, information about the Craft of Ornamental Turning, including a treatise on Ornamental Turning Lathes and Equipment, advice on certain Ornamental Turning Techniques, a list of useful Books, a catalogue of items For Sale and Wanted and Links to other websites of interest to ornamental turners.

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HOME PAGE

update    17 May 2012  I shall be away for the next week or so.  If you need to contact me, just send an email and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

NEW - FOR SALE - Extremely well-equipped Holtzapffel Ornamental Turning Lathe outfit - click here for details

Well-equipped Evans Ornamental Turning Lathe outfits - choice of two - click here for details (1)              click here for details (2)

FOR SALE - ROSE ENGINE ATTACHMENT - This is a Jet mini-lathe complete with Modern Rose Engine System made in Tennessee, USA.  click here for details

Full details of my NEW book: 'HOLTZAPFFEL VOLUME VI, a compilation of rare and previously unpublished material related to Ornamental Turning' may now be seen by clicking onto my other website -       

 [click here: http://www.ornamentalturning.info]

  FOR SALE -  CD of instructions on 'The Eccentric Cutting Frame'    [click here]

FOR SALE - CD of instructions on a wide variety of 'Ornamental Turning Techniques'    [click here]

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Currently featured turners:

                            Dewey Garrett                                                            Dewey Garrett     

                Walter Wenninga                                    Joshua Salesin                        

            Gorst Duplessis

for more pictures by featured turners [click here]

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Contact Information

telephone: 01732-355-479    e-mail:- ornamental.turning[at]talktalk.net  

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DIARY:  

Meetings of    The Society of Ornamental Turners  -click here for details-

the author's Holtzapffel #1869 Rose Engine and Ornamental Turning Lathe rebuilt by John Bower c.1848

16th March 2009     Welcome to my new 'Armbruster Mark II' Rose Engine! 

As smooth as the best Holtzapffel Rose Engine but more versatile: this Rose Engine has a '5C' collet system within the mandrel, so it is quite easy to adapt any chuck to fit it; it also has a combined amplitude adjuster and dog-leg drive to allow a pumping motion from rosettes without 'crown' (flank-cut) profiles.

Well done Fred - and congratulations to everyone who has (or will have) the privilege of owning one of these magnificent machines.

recent updates     

10th August 2011  FORUM - Q:  Do you know anything about a Carving Machine called the Dentifractor?  It is a machine described in Holtzapffel Volume 2, page 955, Appendix L.  [click here]

15th July 2011  Q: As a newcomer to ornamental turning, how do I sand and polish my work without destroying the facets of the patterns?

6th May 2011    Q: As a newcomer to ornamental turning, how do I choose what shape rosettes to make for my rose engine? 

                             Q: How can I make a spiral effect on my rose engine? 

 

Last modified: May 17, 2012