Dear fellow ww's
I thought that some of you might like to see a little jig that I have come up with for doing little tapered fluted columns. These particualr ones are going to be part of the tall case clock that I am currently working on. They are about .75" in diameter and about 15" long.
1. you have all seen pictures of such jigs, I just wanted to show this simiple one here that is easily expandable. All you do is change the aluminum angle to longer or shorter ones for different size columns.
2. Because the column is tapered one side of the jig is shorter than the other
3. To make sure you are centered I use a little wooden block that holds a small knife blade. line up the blade with the lathe center at either end and you will be all set
4. The little laminate trimmer is ideal for this type of a job because it is so light
5. I have a divider head on my lathe that I use to index the part. That is the most difficult part.
hope this helps those who may want to try fluted tapered columns
lou