spinner fab

I've heard of guys making bowls and spinners by rolling metal into a
form that's turning on a lathe. I gather they use some kind of roller
against the metel to force it in as the lathe turns, but beyond that I
don't understand the process. I don't, for instance, understand how
the metal is held in place while being forced into the mold. The
mold, if I'm recalling correctly, was simply a wood block with the
proper depression cut into it.

Perhaps I should ask "Tinman".

Corky Scott

Date: 4/15/2004 9:57 AM Central Daylight Time

I've heard of guys making bowls and spinners by rolling metal into a
form that's turning on a lathe. I gather they use some kind of roller
against the metel to force it in as the lathe turns, but beyond that I
don't understand the process. I don't, for instance, understand how
the metal is held in place while being forced into the mold. The
mold, if I'm recalling correctly, was simply a wood block with the
proper depression cut into it.

Perhaps I should ask "Tinman".

Corky Scott

There's a guy who sells a book about that on e-bay. I have bought some of his
books and he seems quite handy.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

It is called spinning and is really not too hard to do on annealed materials. You do of course have to have a pretty
large throw available on the lathe...

--
Dan D.



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I've heard of guys making bowls and spinners by rolling metal into a
form that's turning on a lathe. I gather they use some kind of roller
against the metel to force it in as the lathe turns, but beyond that I
don't understand the process. I don't, for instance, understand how
the metal is held in place while being forced into the mold. The
mold, if I'm recalling correctly, was simply a wood block with the
proper depression cut into it.

Perhaps I should ask "Tinman".

Corky Scott

Guys,

Here's all you need to know about making spinners

http://prl.stanford.edu/documents/pdf/spinning.pdf

, now just do it.

Stan Kapushinski

"Blueskies" wrote in message
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It is called spinning and is really not too hard to do on annealed
materials. You do of course have to have a pretty
large throw available on the lathe...

--
Dan D.



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wrote in message
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I've heard of guys making bowls and spinners by rolling metal into a
form that's turning on a lathe. I gather they use some kind of roller
against the metel to force it in as the lathe turns, but beyond that I
don't understand the process. I don't, for instance, understand how
the metal is held in place while being forced into the mold. The
mold, if I'm recalling correctly, was simply a wood block with the
proper depression cut into it.

Perhaps I should ask "Tinman".

Corky Scott