Metal Spinning Using Wood Turned Molds with Jim Kelley

There is a group of woodworkers & turners that meet every "Turning Tuesday" at Codger Lodge in Lubeck WV. The camaraderie includes donut disposal, bragging rights, storytelling, a little woodworking, lunch, and then maybe some more woodworking.
This particular Tuesday, Jim Kelley talked about metal spinning with wood turned molds.
If you'd like to learn what product Jim uses on his woodturning tools to make the forming a whole lot easier for the metal to be shaped, please check out Briwax Natural Creamed Beeswax here: www.woodcraft.c...

[@AfricanSouthernCross]

Excellent tutorial....amazing what man can do with ingenuity....thank you for posting, much appreciated ....from UK 🇬🇧

[@ashadowawhisper]

A couple of years ago I bought a metal spinning starter kit from Penn State Ind but they don't sell it anymore or any of the tools/disks. As a woodturner and lamp maker this would be an awesome product for Woodcraft to offer for us woodturners, it is a great skill/material to add to your skill set.

[@hswing11]

Showing is a lot better then telling.

[@hbpgames7592]

, Ugh my dream shop so envious

[@anandgoswami476]

Hello sir my name is Anand from india I have 6 year experience in this field I make all kinds of metal , should you need to metal spinner

[@ikifkif]

you mentioned about different tools for turning copper, can you elaborate? thanks

[@samuelsazo8138]

What an amazing art, with function. I need an artist for a copper sphere, part of an environmental project. Can you help me?

[@artashesmkhitaryan3482]

Wery thanks!!!

[@hardrock8520]

How can double wall be formed for alcohol stove

[@scoobydog411]

Great show. Yes it's a dying art because Everything now is made out of plastic. Plastic is left over from the Oil Industry

[@careyholman]

I'm metal spinning on a wood lathe, and the banjo keeps slipping -- it seems cinched down tight, but when I apply enough pressure to move the metal, the banjo slides instead. Any tips for getting around that?

[@WoodcraftSupply]

Any accumulated debris on the underside of the cam? Sometimes grime can accumulate on the cam and cause the banjo to slip. I have also heard of bent cams that cannot be tightened properly. Also check the threads on the mechanism, making sure they are clean, and may need to be readjusted.

[@careyholman]

@@WoodcraftSupply - I think it's tightening like it's supposed to for wood turning, but the extra pressure created by metal spinning is just too much. It's a brand-new lathe. I checked for gunk, etc. It seems rough under there. I'm going to try a rubber washer on the thing that grips the underside of the ways. Maybe that will fix it. We'll see.

[@robertroberts2795]

metal spinning is a soft touch. You cant move it much to begin with.

[@janespensandvik3131]

@@robertroberts2795 Bullshit

[@robertroberts2795]

@@janespensandvik3131 Do you press as hard as you can to begin with before you have seated an metal on the chuck?

[@workmenv7800]

Can you spin 304 stainless steel 1.8 mm thickness sheet 8inch dimeter

[@donsayre8318]

I have Spun .040 Titanium and Inconel. I had a Man behind the Lathe with a Rose Bud Torch, to Heat the Metal Hot enough to be Workable.

[@sonnykaye2483]

What causes wrinkling?

[@WoodcraftSupply]

Surface tensioning while forming. This can be reduced by less pressure and add some talc powder.

[@robertroberts2795]

pushing to hard or over working the metal if it work hardens

[@microwave-vh2uc]

Did metal spinning for a job years ago.. Worst job I ever had

[@robertroberts2795]

dont waste your time with wood mandrels unless to learn or inexpensive things.

[@janespensandvik3131]

Moron.

[@robertroberts2795]

@@janespensandvik3131 fuck you ignorant dip. you get a much better class of work out of steel or even bronze

[@robertroberts2795]

@@janespensandvik3131 jerk wad

[@janespensandvik3131]

@@robertroberts2795 Thank you. Moron.