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Ornamental Turning Book of Knowledge

This site is where we are cataloging our knowledge of ornamental turning, and adding links to locations where the ornamentally turning artists can get more information.

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Acorn Box with Screw Lid
Amplitude Adjuster
Armbruster Mark II Rose Engine
Artists Ornamentally Turning Art
Automation
- ELFOS - Control System for Multiple Stepper Motors
- LinuxCNC
- Pololu Tic to drive the spindle
Automaton Lathe

Backlash
Barleycorn - see Using an ECF on Round Surfaces
- See also Eccentric Cutting Frame
Barrel Chuck
Beall Pen Wizard
Bezel Chuck
Books for ornamental turners
Boules de Canton - see Nested Spheres
Boxes
- Acorn Box with Screw Lid
Brocade Machine

Cable Welding Jig
Ceramics made with an ornamental turning machine
Charpignon/Armbruster Lathe
Chinese Balls - see Nested Spheres
Chuck
- Barrel Chuck
- Bezel Chuck
- Collet Chuck
- Crescent Chuck
- Dome Chuck
- Eccentric Chuck
- Ellipse Chuck
- Geometric Chuck
- Leveling Chuck
- Oblique Chuck
- Oval Chuck - see Ellipse Chuck
- Paper Chuck
- Pencil Chuck
- Pillar Chuck - see Pencil Chuck
- Rectilinear Chuck
- Rose Chuck
- Spring Chuck - see Barrel Chuck
- Straightline Chuck
- Tympan Chuck - see Paper Chuck
Collet Chuck
Crossing Plate - see Crossing Wheel
Crossing Wheel
Cross Slide
Curling Finish on Brass
Curvilinear Slide / Curvilinear Apparatus
Cutters
- for Cutting Frames
- for Drill Spindles
Cutting Frame
- Eccentric Cutting Frame
- Ellipse Cutting Frame - see Elliptical Cutting Frame
- Elliptical Cutting Frame
- Epicycloidal Cutting Frame
- Omniversal Cutting Frame
- Rose Cutting Frame

Dial Indicator
Division Plate - see Indexing Wheel
Dome Chuck
Drill Spindle
Drilling Frame - see Drill Spindle

Eccentric Chuck
Eccentric Cutting Frame
- Using an ECF on Flat Surfaces
- Using an ECF on Round Surfaces
ELFOS - Control System for Multiple Stepper Motors
- ELFOS v3 User Manual (link to that web site)
Ellipse Chuck
Ellipse Cutting Frame - see Elliptical Cutting Frame
Elliptical Chuck - see Ellipse Chuck
Elliptical Compensator
Elliptical Cutting Frame
Engine Turning
Epicycloidal Chuck - see Geometric Chuck
Epicycloidal Cutting Frame
Erbschloe-Musterman Lathe

Geometric Chuck
Geometric Cutting Frame - see Epicycloidal Cutting Frame
Geometric Slide-Rest
Goniostat
Grailing - see Graining
Graining
Guilloché

Holtzapffel Rose Engine Lathe
Horizontal Cutting Frame (HCF) - see Cutting Frame

Illuminated Magnifier
Inclinometer (Wikipedia)
Indexing Wheel
Internal Cutting Frame (ICF) - see Cutting Frame

JaHo Ornamental Turning Device
Jeweler's Chuck - see Bezel Chuck

Kaleidoscopes

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Machinist Square (Wikipedia)
MADE Lathe
MagEyes
Magnetic Switch
Mandala Rose Engine Lathe
Materials used in ornamental turning
MDF Rose Engine Lathe
Medallion Engine
Microcontroller
Motors
- Brushless Motors (YouTube video). This covers the various terms used when describing and specifying brushless motors
- Stepper Motor

Quick Change Tool Post

Segment Stop
Sharpening
Sorby RS3000 Ornamental Turning Device
Spherical Chuck - see Workholding
Spherical Slide
Spindle Extender
Spiral Apparatus
Spring Chuck - see Barrel Chuck
Startup Activities
Straightline Chuck
Straightline Engine - see Engine Turning or Guilloché
Straightline Turning - see Engine Turning
Stepper Motor

Teensy Microcontroller
Threading
Touch - see Rubber
Turk's Head - see Using an ECF on Flat Surfaces
- See also Eccentric Cutting Frame
Tympan Chuck - see Paper Chuck

Undulator
Universal Cutting Frame (UCF) - see Cutting Frame

Vertical Cutting Frame (VCF) - see Cutting Frame

Watch Maker's Chuck - see Bezel Chuck
Workholding

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Disclaimer: eMail comments to me at OTBookOfKnowledge @ Gmail.com. The process of woodturning involves the use of tools, machinery and materials which could cause injury or be a health hazard unless proper precautions are taken, including the wearing of appropriate protective equipment.