duplicator

[Diggin Jiggin]

George, I remember watching him do that also. I was looking at those online this weekend. I'm not sure which if any of the models would fit on a delt midi or if they are worth the money or what bits they need?

I've been messing around with the offcenter stuff and it's very hard without a duplicator. You need to unchuck the piece and do each side separately, and without a duplicator its hard to get the 2 sides to match. After 2 or 3 I finally figured out if I take the same number of passes on each side and try to take the same amount off each time they come out pretty close, but sometimes with swimmers close is not good enough...

[capesams]

life is short...spare time gets short....well worth looking for a second used mini lathe to come by...and grab it...leave one for hand chisels/drilling..one just for a dupy....once your set up, you get full use of spinning/plug building time.

[Rockfish9]

I have a penn state dulicator, the tool rest is 12" long and can be used as a manual tool rest, just slide the cutter out of the way...

Unless I'm through drilling with the lathe, I leave it set up.

Even with the duplicator I "knock down" the edges with my roughing gouge and eyeball the size before using the dupe cutter.. saves time and wear and tear on my dupe cutter

[Diggin Jiggin]

Thanks Rockfish9, thats good to know.

And yes CS, 2 lathes one with a dupi and one without would really be the ideal solution.

[Striperknight]

Originally Posted by Diggin Jiggin

George, I remember watching him do that also. I was looking at those online this weekend. I'm not sure which if any of the models would fit on a delt midi or if they are worth the money or what bits they need?

I've been messing around with the offcenter stuff and it's very hard without a duplicator. You need to unchuck the piece and do each side separately, and without a duplicator its hard to get the 2 sides to match. After 2 or 3 I finally figured out if I take the same number of passes on each side and try to take the same amount off each time they come out pretty close, but sometimes with swimmers close is not good enough...

I have the Penn State one and it does the Job. Its a good duplicator
if you are on a budget. I push the cutter to the side and round out the
wood with a gouge.