Faceplate Turning

Mount turnings that cannot be worked between centers on a faceplate. The greater part of this type of turning is done with the faceplate mounting, although there are a number of jobs which require special chucks. All cutting in faceplate work is done by scraping. Any attempt to use a cutting technique on the edge grain of large work will result in a hog- ging, gouging cut which may jerk the chisel out of the hands of the operator. Use a band saw on all work to roughly cut the turning area slightly oversized to eliminate heavy roughing cuts in turning.

When using the faceplate, tighten the faceplate locking screw (A) Fig. 23 to avoid personal injury or damage to the machine.

MOUNTING WORK TO FACEPLATE

Fig. 63 shows direct mounting to the 4” faceplate along with attaching to the backing block. Because of the ease of setting up, use this mounting whenever the work permits. Hold larger pieces in the same way by using the 8” face- plate. When normal screw-fastenings interfere, mount the work on a backing block (Fig. 63). When screws are not permissible at all, glue the work to the backing block by fitting a sheet of paper at the joint to allow later separation without damaging the wood. Some work can be screwed or nailed from the face side into backing block. Mount work less than 4” in diameter on the single screw center (Fig. 64).

Fig. 63

Fig. 64