Welcome to the new
Ornamental Turners International Website
Cabochon Embellishment using the Lindow-White Rose Engine
Featuring the L-W Pearling Tool
This new video by Ed Davidson uses the new L-W Pearling Tool to decorate an acyrlic cabochon. The download is ~70 MB.
Here is the link to part one but it's not OT related. But it's still a great video!
Turning a 3-D EPR Cabochon on a conventional lathe
The download is ~70 MB.
Make Your Own Rose Engine
Antique Brocading Machine Demonstration
In this video, Steve shows an antique brocading machine used to embelish watch backs and make jewelry. After describing all the parts, he shows the machine in operation.
Currently Available Cross Slides and Slide Rests Comparison Video
In this video, Steve shows all the cross slides that can be purchased today. He explains each one, it's plus and minus, weight and cost. He starts at the low-end Enco devices and continues all the way through the top end Hartidge cross slide.
Video 5 - Introduction to the Pearling Tool
Video 6 - Review of latest Lindow-White accessories
In this video, Ed Davidson walks the process of breaking down the LW dome chuck and converting it into a double eccentric chuck. This video makes it easy for you to take yours apart and to quickly and easily put it back together again!
New Booklet from OTI Member, Joshua Salesin
Vaccum Kiln Drying for Woodworkers
As wood turners and as ornamental turnes, we know that dry wood is critical to good results. Many of us will air dry our wood to get dry wood, others of us will buy lumber expecting it to be dry and finding out that it's not! So, how do we guarantee that our wood is dry and ready for putting onto your OT lathe or Rose Engine.
The answer to this question was offered at the last 2006 OT Symposium in Portsmouth by Joshua Salesin. His talk about vacuum kiln drying was well received and he continues to get questions on how to do it.
To best present this information in a format that is useful and can be retained, he's created a 62-page booklet and is making it available for purchase online.
If you'd like more information, check out the website:
New Rose Engine Video's
(Part 1 deals with generic lathe turning embellishments and part 2 takes the same piece of wood from the traditional lathe to the Lindow-White rose engine for further embellishment. This video is intended to compliment the recent article by Jon Magill called "Cutting Through the Layers", published in the Summer 2008 AW Journal.)
Make Your Own Rose Engine
OTI's own Jon Magill recently released a full set of plans on making your own Rose Engine. The initial release of these plans were made public in the AAW publication, American Woodturner.
Original Spring 2007 American Woodturner article on the MDF rose engine
- Click here for a comprehensive set of instructions for building your own Rose Engine Lathe
- Introduction and Overview (pdf) ...3 pages
- Rose Engine Construction Instructions (pdf) ...11 pages
- Rose Engine Detailed Drawings (pdf) ...13 pages
- You can also right-click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to your hard drive
- Online videos (3 versions of same video) showing Rose Engine Lathe in operation
- Click here for WMV (Windows Media Player) file format (31MB)
- Click here for MOV (Apple Quick Time) file format (50MB)
- Click here for the MOV file without music (6MB)
- You can also right click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to your hard drive, to play later
The Lindow-White Rose Engine
The prototype of this machine was shown at the OTI Symposium held November 2006 in Portsmouth, NH. The machine is available for purchase.
The first batch of 12 machines has been sold out and a new batch is being built. Order yours now in order to get into the queue.
You can also get more details at their website: Lindow White Machine Works
