Hi Folks,
So I'm a relative newbie to turning and have started with spindles. I was recently commissioned to reproduce a screen door built in the late 1800's and this door has 12 spindles, 6 between the two center rails 3 each in the pair of fans just above the center rails. The door was really fun to built, all through tenons, no glue just draw-bore pegged, and the spindles were the perfect way to force the learning process of turning.
So my question: what speeds do you like for turning small spindles (1/2" to 1" diameter)? I started slow, like 875rpms and moved up to something like 1300rpms and found I liked the faster speed. I was really wishing I had more than one set of calipers.... I was sizing in three different diameters on each spindle.
TIA!