The "New and Hot" section was created
to enable Turning Vendors to notify turners of new products
that they have recently released. This allows turners to stay
in touch with all the newest products.
This list is updated frequently, whenever a vendor
releases a new product.
New from Oneway
The 1236SD Lathe
Introducing the newest lathe from Oneway, the
1236SD. The "SD" on this lathe stands for "sitting down". Yes,
as you can tell from the above picture, the lathe bed, headstock,
banjo and tailstock all rotate allowing you to turn while sitting.
So, this lathe is suitable for people who turn
for long periods of time and can't (or don't want to) stand
on their feet that long and for the more obvious reason, people
in wheelchairs or other sitting devices who can't stand. This
really helps a group of people that we've often heard from
that have been trying to find ways to either start or to keep
turning!
Click here to get all the details about this
new lathe from Oneway
(including Press Release, Specifications and additional pictures)
New from Fred Lindsay
Sphere Turning Jig
Turn perfect spheres on your lathe using
this jig. It's easy to set up and easy to use!
Each jig is custom made for your
lathe
(from a 10" mini lathe to a 24" swing)
The jig uses a center
base making it self-centering.
Prices start at $160.and are designed to fit
your lathe. To learn more about this jig and to order it, please
visit:
Fred Lindsay Sphere Turning Jig
New from Teknatool
NOVA Ornamental Turner
With the Nova Ornamental Turner, ornamental
turning could never be easier. The Nova Ornamental Turner allows
you create simple or complex patterns and decorations to turned
boxes, platters, bowls or almost any woodturning project.
Check out all the details and options here!
New from Teknatool
NOVA Soft Jaws
Consists of 4 segments of high quality
soft nylon jaws which are able to be cut and customised by
the user to their specific requirements. It is designed to
allow woodturners make up a special set of jaws for a job and
store them away with the jigs and templates for the project.
Features and benefits:
Universal fitting - these accessory jaws fit onto EVERY chuck
in the NOVA range.
Easy to use - The four segments of quality nylon can be turned
to shape using standard tools. They can be turned, sawn, drilled
or tapped.
Markless holding - Being made of nylon, they also hold most
woods without marking.
Vibrant colour - The vibrant NOVA red colour makes it easy
to see profiles. By machining the profile after mounting, you
can eliminate any errors that may have added up from mounting
the jaws to chuck then to the spindle.
Maximum holding - You can get full diameter holding on your
specific work piece as you can turn out to the exact diameter
required.
Thick jaw body - user can profile any shape they wish limited
only by the fastening heads which are embedded 22.5 mm from
the face of the jaws. This gives the turner a great deal of
flexibility in what they can do.
To learn more about this new products, click
here!
New from Bill Kandler
Segmented Turning DVD
It's a 120 minute DVD that lets you see the entire segmented
turning process. Here is a brief description of what is covered
in those 120 minutes:
- Design (Segmented Project Planner)
- Feature Ring Construction
- Material Selection & Preparation
- Segment Cutting
- Ring Gluing
- Ring Flattening
- Mounting on the Lathe
- Stacking & Turning
- Finishing
The DVD costs $24.95 including shipping (plus
tax for CA residents).
Click here for more details and to order on-line
Click here to rent this video
New from Chick and Duck Mfg.
The Rim Chuck
The Rim Chuck is a wood lathe chuck that was
born out of the same frustration we have all felt. You turn
a beautiful vessel and then part it off to find the bottom
in desperate need of finishing. You sand it, you scrape it,
you try to turn it clean with a forstner bit but still it just
doesn't meet the standard you have kept through the rest of
the project.
The Rim Chuck wood lathe chuck fits the bill. Six pliable rubber
jaws secure your project with tenderness and toughness. They
hold from the inside or the outside, then put your work up
for inspection by the pickiest appraisers.
Click here to learn more!
New from Woodturner Tools
Bowers Tungsten Carbide Rasp
The New Bowers Tungsten Carbide Rasp, available exclusively
through Woodturner Tools, has arrived!
With input from expert wood turner Bill Bowers, WTT has manufactured
three new rasps designed to make the addition of scalloped
edges on turned bowls a cinch! The Bowers Rasp is a versatile
tool; just take a look at the right and left-handed twists
Bill added to his pepper mills in the photo below!
The Rasp is available in 3 different sizes —1/16”,
1/8” and 3/16”. The 1/16” Rasp is shown here.
FEATURES:
- Tungsten Carbide Coated Steel Rod
- 80 Grit
- 3/8” rnd x 4" Aluminum Handle
- 1/16” Rasp Shown
- Lasts forever when used exclusively on wood
New from Yo-Yo Spin
Make a Yo-Yo DVD
Yo-Yo's make a great gift, and turning a one-piece (no glue)
yo-yo from a solid block of wood or acrylic is a super skill
building exercise as well.
Davidson LatheCraft is proud to introduce a feature length
DVD video, with a run time of 118 minutes, covering all the
important aspects of exotic and collectable one-piece yo-yo
design and lathe turning.
$22.95 - shipping within USA & Canada included.
Click
here for more info and to order
New from FullPro Sound Protection
Soundvision Safety Glasses
Traditional safety glasses and sunglasses have
arms that break the seals of earmuffs and headsets, letting
in sound (average noise attenuation loss of 3-7 decibels*)
and creating pressure points against the skull.
SoundVision safety glasses attach to the outer
surface of earmuffs or headsets with Velcro-like straps and
thus preserve full, comfortable ear seals and full protection.
Check them out at:
SoundVision
New from Jon Siegel
Wood Tool Sharpening Machine
We believe this to be the only sharpening system
on the market made specifically for woodturners. It is a "belt
and buff" system with a unique incremental vee-block placement
device. Set up, grind and deburr in less than 10 seconds! This
system is so accurate that you may expect over 1000 sharpenings
before one inch of blade is consumed, which will make your
chisels last much longer. It is so fast and easy to use that
we promise you will banish sharpening procrastination and never
again suffer with chisels that are anything less than perfectly
sharp. Priced at $395.00 and includes free shipping in the continental
U.S.
Click here for more info on the Sharpening
Machine
New from Steinert - Germany
picOval - Oval Lathe
Here is the revisiting of some older technology
in a new package. Steinert of Germany has released an oval
lathe which is sold as a full lathe or separately as a chuck.
This unit is not for everyone and it's cost of ~EU 4000 (~$5300)
will put it out of the range of the average turner.
Click here for more info on the picOval Lathe
New from Steel City Tools
Variable Speed Mini-Lathe
Steel City Tools has now thrown their hat into
the Mini-Lathe market with their latest release. This lathe
has a 2 variable speed drive turning as low as 500 RPM using
a 1/2 HP Motor. It features a 10" swing over the bed and an
impressive 5 year warranty.
Click here to learn more about this Mini-Lathe
New from General
25-200 Variable Speed "Maxi-Lathe VS+"
Here is a new and very interesting lathe from
General (Canada) with a 12" swing and a pivoting headstock
all in a table top configuration. It has 3 variable speed ranges
starting at 400 RPM using a 3/4 HP motor and a digital speed
display.
Click here to learn more about this new General
Lathe
New from Rikon
20" x 36" Woodfast Lathe
RIKON's Woodfast Series Lathe is designed with
a 4 bearing spindle to provide greater performance. High quality
heavy-duty cast iron bed and heavy gauge steel cabinet for
rigidity, with sand bag shelves to increase weight when needed.
Versatile 24 position indexing head/spindle lock allows accurate
pattern work to be performed on projects such as straight fluting,
grooving, drilling, and marking out. Electronic variable speed
provides speed ranges from 50 to 3890 RPM's. The quick connect
switch box may be mounted in any of 5 locations for operator
comfort.
Click here for more info on this new Rikon
Lathe
New from Penn State Industries
Mini Cut-Off Saw
Trim pen tubes and small metal parts up to
1/2" thick with this mini metal cutting cut-off saw. We’ve
added special jigs to hold 7mm, 8mm, 3/8" and 10mm tubes in
the saw’s clamping mechanism - you’ll get precision
accuracy and perfectly square tube ends when cutting your pen
tubes with this system. Priced only at $54.95.
Click here for more information on the Mini
Cut-Off Saw
New from Sweazey Turning Tools
M42 1/2 Bowl Gouge
Proudly made in the USA, The Sweazey 1/2 inch
bowl gouge is produced from premium M42 cobalt high-speed steel.
This steel was chosen because of its superior wear resistance
and edge-holding qualities compared to the more common M2.
The heat treating process is accomplished in a vacuum chamber
(to prevent contamination) followed by quenching in nitrogen.
The steel is then tempered at 1000° F in a nitrogen atmosphere
to achieve a hardness of 66rc yielding a very hard (but not
too hard) material. The result is an exceedingly durable edge
able to retain its sharpness for a very long time.Starting
as low as $59.00 (without handle).
Click
here to learn more about Sweazey Tools
New from Ruth Niles
Stainless Steel Bottle Stoppers
If you like using metal bottle stoppers, these
solid stainless steel stoppers designed by Ruth Niles are the
best for 3 reasons:
1. They are certified FDA Appr'd for food contact. They are
made from solid non-magnetic stainless with nitrile o-rings.
They will never pit or chip. They are made in PA (USA) for
total quality control.
2. They seal tight, you can lay a bottle on its side with no
fear of drips. The angle and o-rings were designed to fit various
size openings.
3. The low profile allows your turnings to be the focal point
by sitting on the bottle not towering above it. This also allows
for more turning design possibilities and a stopped bottle
will fit in the fridge.
You can order these stoppers made with either a threaded or
a smooth tenon and can only be ordered directly from Ruth by
phone, email or direct mail.
For more information, click here to go to Ruth's
website!
New from Steven Russell
New Step-By-Step Bowl Turning DVD
In this double disk DVD (2 hours 20 minutes) , Steve
demonstrates all the steps necessary for turning two-step bowls
from green wood. Disk one begins with chainsawing the bowl
blank from the rough log, rounding the blank on the bandsaw,
lathe mounting options, turning the exterior, hollowing the
interior of the roughout, and preparing it for drying plus
much more.
Disk two covers remounting the dried roughout on the lathe,
truing the roughout to remove the warped surface, mounting
the bowl in a chuck, finish turning the exterior and interior
of the bowl, turning decorative elements, reverse turning the
foot, power sanding, and finishing the completed bowl. Sharpening
the Irish ground bowl gouge on both wet and dry sharpening
systems and numerous tips and techiques are also included.
If you're a beginner and looking for comprehensive instruction
on bowl turning, this 2 disk set is for you! The cost for this
double DVD is $45.00
To order this DVD, click here!
Coming soon from Teknatool International
Nova 1624 - 44 Lathe
The folks at Teknatool are releasing a new
lathe near the end of this year. It's very similar in appearance
and features to the old Nova 3000 Lathes. It has a built-in,
reversible 1.5 HP motor with 8 speed ranges starting as low
as 214 RPM. The swing is 16" and it has 24" between the centers
before optional bed extensions. Other features to note are
the full swivel head and the vibration dampening stand.
To learn more check out the
Nova 1624 website
