AL STIRT BOWL DRIVER

Payment must be received within seven days. In your picture, we're looking at the headstock side of the gizmo not the side that faces the blank right? Did you win this item? Mike, I might have this all wrong, but I think that it is similar to a face plate. Visit your account to find out Want to receive updates about upcoming auctions? What items have you won or lost?

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He wasn't using a point on the tailstock as this would create a hole that would stymie micro adjusting of that end. Payment tsirt be received within seven days.

He indicated that a drive center on a large blank can lead to spindle galling. Want to phone or mail the auctioneer? Bill Grumbine indicated the same.

If at first you don't succeed, look in the trash for the instructions. If I am correct you would still have to use a tail stock to push the blank onto this driver.

Al Stirt, Untitled Bowl

Have fun and take care. The time now is 9: Al's plans allow the two bolts on the sides to be adjusted to secure against an uneven surface. All sales are final. Welcome to the New Lot Closing Notification Feature Subscribing to the Lot Closing Notification for an item will trigger our system to notify you about minutes before the bidding closes. Except the two bolts just push syirt the wood.

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I'm guessing the bolts are adjustable, like someone else said you are looking at the lathe side, the plate is stitt threaded, thats how you'd adjust the wood. Bidders who are known to us can pay by money order, cashiers check or personal check. With 4 sides you can't really change the grain, with 2 sides you can move the piece while the tailstockside doesn't move and this will change the direction of the grain, or if perhaps the bowl is a NE you can change the sides so they are even and so on.

Anyone have any experience with these to provide some input on usefulness or suggestions?

Sponsored Forums Private Forums Authors. Here is a picture of one that someone made but the two side bolts do not look adjustable. Did you win this item? All you need is a spare faceplate with two sharpened bolds sticking out and away you go, of course you can drill and tap thread in the faceplate and then can screw the bolds in and out at will, and lock them with just a locking nut, easy.

This item is part of the auction: If I recall correctly from seeing his at a demo, the 2 bolts do not adjust at least they're not meant to be adjusted per piece but could be and just act like a 2 prong spur enabling easy movement of the piece when trying to balance out the grain.

Al Stirt Bowl Driver?

The use of the two pin driver is very handy when going to turn a blank with the bark still left on, where you would want to get the best orientation for the balance of the piece and centering and the grain, placing the blank between a driver like that and the tailstock center you can move the piece around without restriction, both on the head and tailstock side, even after partial turning you can reorient the piece. Google Sponsor Google Sponsor.

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He was using positioning of the piece on the bowl driver AND sturt the tailstock end positioning to achieve this. Join Date Mar Posts 1, We will send you a notification when the item is about to go up for live bidding. Originally Posted by Jim Kountz.

Ask the auctioneer a question Have any questions about this bowwl Hi Mike, the driver that's shown is just another incarnation of the old faceplate driver, just like I have said before there's nothing new in turning, just rehash of the old. Leo Van Der Loo has shown pictures of several of these in the past, I believe even with 4 or more larger sheet metel screws sticking through to drive the blank.

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