Spindle carver?

[Stephen Cherry]

Has anyone used one of these machines? I think that it is called a spindle carver. Looks like it would be very useful, but it's scaring me just looking at the picture.

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[Loren Woirhaye]

Looks like a ball-end mill of some sort used for freehand detailing.

[Jeff Duncan]

Haven't used one myself, but agree about the appearance of impeding doom:eek:

There is a video somewhere on You Tube showing a guy using one to do the decorative parts on a rocking chair back. Watching him use it effortlessly to do the carvings made me think it's one of those machines you just have to get a feel for;)

good luck,
JeffD

[Mel Fulks]

I worked in a place that had one but it was seldom used . The one we had seemed bigger than nessecesary ,it was used mainly for blending cuts on small circular stair rail parts.

[jack forsberg]

The guy is French CanadianMichel Campeau and so is the video but you will get how it works


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf67YjpDy1s



Haven't used one myself, but agree about the appearance of impeding doom:eek:

There is a video somewhere on You Tube showing a guy using one to do the decorative parts on a rocking chair back. Watching him use it effortlessly to do the carvings made me think it's one of those machines you just have to get a feel for;)

good luck,
JeffD

[jack forsberg]

here is the one with the chair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f-elZ1VKOU

[Loren Woirhaye]

Oh now I totally want one of those.

[Loren Woirhaye]

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=13960

[Mike Heidrick]

That machine needs a skinstop.

[Don Orr]

Isn't this how they did the wheat carving in Disston saw handles? There was a link recently to a video/photo site.

Found the link.

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675063733_Henry-Disston-and-Sons_workers-stamp-and-punch_manufacture-cast-steel

[Stephen Cherry]

Thanks for the links guys.

[John Downey]

Doesn't look all that scary to me, if the burr is of reasonable size. Biggest danger is getting loose clothing tangled in it, that thing won't stop under heavy load the way my Foredom tool will.

I've seen a video of a Mexican carver working similarly using an unguarded 8" saw blade. That struck me as more scary because of the greater ability to grab the work, but the user seemed comfortable with it.

[jack forsberg]

the tooling is chip limiting by nature with its low rake angle and many knifes. You really need this a controlled cut.

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Doesn't look all that scary to me, if the burr is of reasonable size. Biggest danger is getting loose clothing tangled in it, that thing won't stop under heavy load the way my Foredom tool will.

I've seen a video of a Mexican carver working similarly using an unguarded 8" saw blade. That struck me as more scary because of the greater ability to grab the work, but the user seemed comfortable with it.