RIDGID WL1200LS1 manual How To Handle Spindle Turnings, Making Long Taper Cuts, Plotting The Shape

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How to Use Your RIDGID Wood Lathe (continued)

Making Long Taper Cuts

Long taper cuts are made like long con- vex cuts, with the skew or gouge. How- ever, the angle between the cutting edge and handle is kept constant during the entire cut. The handle is not swung around. Always cut downhill. Do not cut too deeply at the center of the taper.

How To Handle Spindle Turnings

Plotting The Shape

Once the basic cuts have been mastered, you are ready to turn out finished work. The first step is to prepare a plan for the proposed turning. This can be laid out on a suitable sheet of paper - and should be to full size. Next, prepare the turning stock by squaring it up to the size of the largest square or round section in your plan. The stock can be cut to the exact length of the proposed turning; but, in most cases, it is best to leave the stock a little long at one or both ends to allow for trimming.

Mount the stock in the lathe, and rough it off to a maximum size cylinder. Now project your plan onto the turning by marking the various critical dimensions along the length of the spindle in pencil. These dimensions can be laid out with an ordinary ruler - or by using a template.

Make the pencil marks about 1/2-in. long - they will then be visible when the work is revolved under power, and can be quickly traced around the spindle by touching each line with the pencil.

After marking, use the parting tool to make sizing cuts at all of the important shoulders. When learning, you will find it best to make many sizing cuts to accu- rately plot the various diameters; but experienced workers can do with a few such cuts at the important shoulders. Plan each sizing cut so that it is in waste stock; and make each deep enough so that there will be just enough wood left under the cut for the finishing process. Once the sizing cuts have been run in, rough-out the excess wood with a gouge - then pro- ceed with the finishing process by making the various types of cuts required.

2

2-1/4

1-9/16

2-3/16

1-7/8

1-5/8

1-1/4

1-5/8

1-11/16

1-1/3

1

2-3/4

2-1/4

3-5/8

14-1/4

1-1/2 1-3/8

Tenon

NOTE: All Measurements In Inches

Sizing Cuts

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Contents +22 7851,1*/$7+ Table of Contents Safety Instructions For Wood Turning LatheSafety Symbols Before Using the Lathe Know and Understand the LatheUse Recommended Accessories Reduce the Risk of Dangerous EnvironmentTo reduce the risk of injury from unexpected lathe movement Inspect your latheDress for safety Reduce the Risk of Accidental StartingInspect Your Workpiece Keep Children AwayDon’t Force Tool Before freeing jammed materialMotor Specifications and Electrical Requirements Power Supply and Motor SpecificationsGeneral Electrical Connections Volt, 60 Hz. Tool InformationMotor Safety Protection Unpacking and Checking Contents Loose Parts Package Assembly Assembling Steel LegsetMounting Left Side Table Top Holes Used for Mounting Boards and Wood Lathe to Leg SetBoard/Side Support Particle Board Table Top Carriage Bolt M6 x Mounting Right Side Table TopMotor Mounting Plate Right Side Table Top Left Side Assembly Headstock Carriage Bolt M6 x Hex Head Nut Hex Mounting HeadstockBelt Guard Pan Head Thread Cutting Screw M5 x 0.8 x Pan ScrewMounting the Motor M6 x Hex Head Screw Carriage BoltHex Nut X 19 xAssembly Assembly Hex Hd Screw Tailstock Headstock, Tailstock, and Tool Rest AssemblyTube Large Tool Rest Assembly Mounting Rear Foot Pan Head ScrewNut Square Flat Washer M8 x X 19 x Nut Hex M6 xSpur and Cup Center Installation Hex Nut 3/4-16 Live Center Tailstock Ram Dia Wood Dowel FootAdjusting Tailstock Check Spindle RotationAligning Centers ScrewBed Getting To Know Your Wood LatheHeadstock On-off Switch Yellow Switch KeyBasic Lathe Operations Changing SpeedsSpindle Turning Diagonal Lines on Both EndsWood Tool Rest Faceplate Turning Basic Lathe Operations Indexing How To Use Your Ridgid Wood Lathe Woodworking Chisels and How to Use ThemSix Commonly Used Chisel Types Selection Of Chisels Theory Of TurningHow to Position Tool Rest for Circum- ference Cutting When You Can Cut, and When You Must ScrapeDiameter Approach Circumference How to Position Tool Rest for Circumference Scraping Rest Face EdgeUsing The Gouge Using The SkewSupport Using Toe Edge does not cut Using Heel Cutting Edge AdvancedWrong RightUsing The Scraping Chisels Using The Parting ToolSpear Round Flat Point Nose Nose Hand Positions Roughing Off Finish CuttingMaking Standard Cuts Cutting a Shoulder Smoothing a CylinderParting Tool Pencil Mark Pencil Skew Wrong Right Bevel Cutting Vees Cutting BeadsCutting Coves Concaves Pencil MarksCutting Coves Making Long Convex CutsHow To Handle Spindle Turnings Making Long Taper CutsPlotting The Shape Tenon Sizing CutsUsing a Template and a Diameter Board Using a Template Diameter BoardDuplicate Turnings Use of PatternsLong Spindles Faceplate & Chuck TurningsPlanning The Work Planning Various CutsDeep Recesses How To Make Fancy Faceplate TurningsPreparing a Plug Chuck Turning Cylinders RechuckingTurned Boxes Turning a RingLid Lids Body Backing Block Face Plate Using The Lathe To Sand Turnings Sanding, Buffing And PolishingCoves Wood Fibers SandpaperWiring Diagram MaintenanceRecommended Accessories MaintenanceGeneral TroubleshootingTrouble Probable Cause Remedy Motor LOW VoltageStarting switch Burned switch con Repair Parts Ridgid 12 Wood Lathe Model No. WL1200LS1Wood Turning Lathe Model Ridgid 12 Wood-Turning Lathe Model No. WL1200LS1 Always order by Part Number -- Not by Key NumberRepair Parts Always order by Part Number -- Not by Key Number Description Call