Wood Turning: Making a Barbers Pole on a Wood Lathe
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- My friends at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture asked me if I could help them out by making a reproduction of an antique wooden barbers pole for an exhibit they are working on. Always looking for a challenging project, I accepted the challenge. In this video, I will go through the process I used to turn a barbers pole out of a piece of mahogany on the wood lathe.
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Nice....let's see a picture of it hanging outside the barber shop all painted up....
Brought back some good childhood memories of my days with the old wood lathe when I was 10 yrs old... fun stuff!
Great job, Keith. You make look so easy. The museum will surely be pleased with the barber pole.
Dear Keith, it's nice to see a machinist do some woodturning. The barbers pole turned out pretty good. The rough spots in the tapered sections can be easily avoided by using a skew chisel instead of a square scraper. This will leave a flawless surface finish that requires no sanding.
Keep it up, I really enjoy your videos.
Maybe you can get a shave at the new barber shop after winter gets over. Good job!
Maybe NOT, he looks cool with a beard!
I bet when it hits 100 it comes off.
Lewie McNeely haha, you beat me to it!
Guy Barry I usually grow one but haven't this year yet BUT when it starts getting warm, it ALL hits the sink! Mine tends to hide part of the ugly but function is the main purpose with me. I'm fine with a clean shave and jarring other people.
Lewie McNeely I just enjoyed the joke really :) Been following along with Keith for a number of years, so it's nice to gently rib the gent on occasion...
I'm still waiting for him to finish the dial on that old safe restoration, and he has built not only a furnace, but an entire workshop since then!
If I had taken a vow not to shave until it was published I would be looking like Chewbacca by now ;)
Maybe this year...
Because in early days barbers were surgeons in letting blood, a barber pole is symbolic of the white towel and red for blood. Poles have been made in several configurations but this is very nice.
Liked the multiple camera angles.
Nice change Keith thanks for shearing.
A sanding tip for you: for the long flat spots ,it helps to staple the sandpaper to a flat piece of wood about 6 inch by 3/4 by two inches . You can then just apply to the spinning wood like a file.
Good to see you on the woodworking side, Keith. That was some dry mahogany. Nice job on the spindle....errrrr barber pole. It looked like you were having fun.
Keith,
Wow, That brought back memories from back in the 50's. My dad who was a journeyman machinist built a wood lathe for me to learn on. I had many wonderful hours turning bowls and lamps. Sure as a young boy of 7 to 10 years old, I got hurt a little bit now and them. But what a great way to grow up.
Gary 73-year-old Home Shop Machinist in North West Arkansas
THANK YOU...for sharing.
And that is how you do it!
As the woodturner who watches machinist videos too, this one appealed to me. Nice project. I guess there are several things that i would do differently, but thats the beauty of it, so many ways to get the job done.
I love woodworking, bowl turning etc..
Roughing a spindle from square to round is much more enjoyable if you start near the end and work outward, like sharpening a pencil. That way you are always cutting "downhill" relative to the grain. If you simply go back and forth in the middle of the blank you are cutting into end grain half of the time and it will beat you up as your tool tries to rip out those corners. You want to be cutting downhill across those fibers, not directly into their ends.
Always enjoy your videos! Thank you.
I'm sure they'll be proud of that pole. Greg
Fantastic result Mr. Rucker! Clearly not your first visit to the Rodeo!
Kieth, Thanks also for you Vintage Machinery tool site. I was able to find out some info on the E.H.Sheldon vise I scored at a yard sale. Patented on Aug. 28, 1900. I put a video on my site.
I am a long time subscriber to your channel and am a woodworker so this was a surprise break for me. I do enjoy watching the metalworking videos and especially enjoy your restoration projects.
Woodworking is something that I also really enjoy. Have not done much since starting the RUclips channel but once I get my wood shop all put into the new shop, I will probably start doing more.
Looking forward to that! :-)
I actually stumbled onto your site quite a while ago by watching your video of a bench build, I think. However, I enjoy your machine shop stuff too - I used to work in the machine shop at a farm equipment dealer...
Turning those corners can be one heck of a job, i personally knock the corners off with a circular saw to save time, not before finding the end centres. Great work Keith.
Keith, again, thank you of the inspiration. Its is a little ironic however that the first work you do in the new shop is in the unfinished woos shop section... My son , who is smarter then most computers, began taking shop classes a year ago. He is in advanced Woodworking II. I bought him an inexpensive wood lathe for Christmas what a joy to turn wood with him. He will be watching these videos...!
It is a bit ironic, but sometimes necessity rules....
I always like the feeling of your hand covered in sawdust when turning wood.
Dang, that looks awesome! I wish I had a lathe so I could make one for my barber, he's got like an old timey barbershop decor in his place and I bet he'd love it.
Thank you for showing me how to do this. After I watched it I went right outside and made. Backstory I told a friend I would make him on and my first one was by memory; don't do the memory ones they ain't right. Anyway I want to say thank you, your tool placement help.
Wow...very well done. Clearly that's not the first time you've done that. Very interesting to watch.
Thanks for sharing.
Joe
Great change of pace. The beard looks good and seems to be filling in as well. I've actually done a (very) little wood turning, years ago and you made it look a whole lot easier than I remember it being. I continue to be in awe of your wide variety of talents. Metal work, woodturning, electrician, and building as well as using your own forge for casting. A sincere 'well done'.
Borrowed phone
I enjoy this channel ,Keith and the machinery. Thiers just something about an old machine.
What i do when i turn pieces, of relative complicated forms, i just print a 1:1 detail and glue it to some cardboard. Helps a ton, frees up your mind, and, ensures accuracy. It's gotten me from beginner to quite complex turning in only one year of sporadically turning pieces mostly for restoration of old cabinets and tables. The best part about this, if you have figured out Sketchup printing you can then print 1:1 full pieces and thus offer a complete shaped piece of cardboard to the work piece, works especially well for stuff that's not mirrored, various compound curved pieces, elaborate passes from large to small diameters.
Nice beard btw! :)
Very nice work, it looked like you were having fun. Thanks for the video.
Probably one of the most relaxing things you can do on a quiet Sunday evening. Just get a cup of your favorite beverage, turn on some tunes on your headphones and make stuff. Plus, if you get in to stuff like bowls and such, you can also make a money on the side, some pieces sell for upwards of 200$ depending on what wood you use and how complex the piece is.
I have found that a turned pen is by far much more profitable wood turning project in terms of being able to sell a lot of them and also much quicker to make in terms of absolute time investment
aserta You should never run power tools with anything but the sound of the machine in your ears. Hearing protection - yes. Music or other distraction - you are asking for an accident.
Better not play music in your car then ;-)
Everyone's different.
+Aserta @$200 for a complex bowl you would be working for less than minimum wage. A decent sized bowl will contain $100 or more in wood cost alone considering hardwoods run $10/bfm and up. You'd need to get $500-1000 per bowl to actually make any money. That is why they are all made in Malaysia and the like where the wood comes from and they make $2 per day.
NICE one Keith I remember doing wood turning at school and how I enjoyed it but 55 years on haven't done any Since!
Thank you for doing another wood turning video! We have an old wood lathe from around 1890 or so with Babbitt Bearings so it is challenging! also have a modern Sears from the 1960's. Keep it up, we Enjoy!... Jeff
Really turned out great! Looks like mahogany turns well.
That project came out fantastic.
When times are tough some machinist will take on any job. Nice work well done
Keith Rucker turns wood with an Abom sized gouge. My ordered RUclips world is askew. Seriously though, I look forward to your forthcoming woodshop videos, as I also enjoy working in both metal and wood. Thanks, Keith.
Nice work, looks great. That new shop is the bees knees.
Keep making wood chips! I enjoy the videos and it's a great way to season the new concrete.
Awesome work Keith Right up there with Norm .. loved the video
Great change really enjoyed wood turning.
The one thing i find appealing about wood is the variation between the different types and no two pieces are exactly the same .
With metal once you machine it and polish it steel looks like steel , brass like brass and aluminium looks like aluminium etc.
Shame that they are going to paint over it though but i suppose as it is there to look like an authentic piece it has to be done .
Good to see you mixing it up Keith !
Outstanding video as always Mr. Keith! Let it grow!
Interesting project and certainly a challenge. A couple of tips:
John Jordan's number one tip is take a file and smooth your toolrest. Then lube it with a piece of paraffin or candle stick. Makes a world of difference in the surface of the piece.
From Richard Raffan: When taking a square down to round, start at the ends and cut toward the ends in short increments. This greatly reduces the risk of splintering a corner of the square piece in a long, dangerous chunk and flying off at the operator. (It's analogous to avoiding long, stringy chips in the metal lathe.)
If you take a piece of 2 inch diameter PVC pipe 3 or 4 inches long, you can test the roundness of your sphere by riding one of the open ends on your piece. You'll easily see the high and low out-of-round spots and trim accordingly.
Great vid 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 great to see my favorite metal guy working on wood...
A man of many talents!
Love the wood turning.. I think I need a pole myself!
Great video Keith, I enjoyed the overhead shots a lot. I was a big turner before I got into machining about 3 years ago. I think I will go dust off the wood lathe and make a bowl or something. It's really fun! Thanks again!
Very ccol! Nice shop to be finally producing products in!
Beautiful result!! As educational as your metal turning videos. Keep them coming. All the best wishes from Denmark.
Great work as always Keith
Thanks for the video! Made two of them for my girlfriend’s barber shop.
Great job! I originally found your channel from a wood band saw video! I enjoy both the metal and wood working.
Great work on the turning! Came out really nice. The whiskers are coming in nicely too, looks good. ~
Very nice turning job Keith!!
I also have done a good bit of wood turning. I like your Crescent lathe. I don't think I have ever heard of one before. I have seen jointers, plainers, and band saws. But that is the first lathe from Crescent I can remember having seen.
All the best!
Mike
Crescent only made lathes for about 10 years or so towards the end of their run. Quite honestly, there are not many out there.
Keith! WOW!! excellent video!
Good job, Kieth
Nailed it !
That was a really nice project. I didn't know about barber poles before, so that was interesting as well. :)
so is that the first job in the new workshop well woodwork side good to see some chips all though wood but some chips
Good stuff keep the jobs coming
Nice to see - years ago I did quite a lot of wood turning - miss it a bit now but sold my wood lathe. Used always get chips in my overall pockets!
Great camera angle. Sharp tools always the key to success. Lovely job Keith.
Always amazing to see what you get into. Nice work!
Hello Keith,
First time I see you working at a woodlathe and great to see, and this is almost more craftsmanship than on a metal lathe because of more working with your hands. Really hope to see more of this video's because I am a bit an wood fan and escpecially real wood.
Looking forward to the next video and many greetings from Roel !
Turning on a wood lathe is a lot more "artistic" than a metal lathe for sure. It is a lot of fun to boot!
What a fun project ..... I'd like to see the pole after it's painted.
Cool! It can be dangerous - I've stuck more than 1 chisel on the ceiling when I was learning how to turn. Now I'm motivated to try out my vintage Craftsman wood lathe I bought for $50 from scrapers a few years ago...
Another Superb Video Keith!
It looks great.
Thank you for sharing.
Dear Keith, with a beard you look so much more, hmmm, professional! Great look, don't shave it off! Welcome to the club of bearded men! My wife and little daughter so much love it...
Looks great really
Nice to see you butcher some wood for a change, Turned out just right!
Hi Keith Nice job, its pity you got some tear out (rough spots) that is usually caused by presenting the tool incorrectly. You definitely got better as you progressed rubbing the bevel perfectly. Without sounding like a safety sally I would advise wearing a face shield while turning and a mask when sanding (keep the dust out of your lungs). I am a wood turner and this is what my tutor advised me. Even spindle work can come off the lathe and every piece of wood is different inside.
I admire you for putting up a video on a wood project when you are a machinist. I have never used a metal work lathe in my whole life BTW I am 73.
Eric
Eric McRae yep, bevel needs to be rubbing, otherwise the tool is just acting as a scraper and leaves a rough finish. I'd have used a skew chisel for the long tapers - with a bit of care you can get a finish on mahogany that doesn't need sanding.
Man of many talents... nice video Keith!!! Hope everyone responds favorably to the nice woodworking..
Hi Keith, have you ever used a pattern makers lathe before? I'm a woodturner but I found one in a scrap yard a Oliver no31 build in Manchester England ! where I live! I found out its like using a metal lathe for wood especially for roughing out a cylinder!! a big Oliver pattern makers lathe would finish you're shop off very nicely, keep up the good work in both materials! I'll always keep watching! Richard
Richard - I actually have a pattern makers lathe. It is a big gap bed lathe made by Fay & Scott in the early 1900's. It has not been moved to the new shop yet though. I can turn 36" over the gap on the pattern makers lathe. Really cool machine and I can't wait to share it with you guys.
WOW, never knew barbers' poles in the USA had blue on them, the things ya learn!
Indeed.
In Europe, barber poles traditionally are red and white, while in America, the poles are red, white and blue. One theory holds that blue is symbolic of the veins cut during bloodletting, while another interpretation suggests blue was added to the pole as a show of patriotism and a nod to the nation’s flag...... web info...
Awesome work Keith . turning wood on a lathe looks like about the only wood work i could get into , i dont seem to be able to hit a nail in straight and my welder wont join wood too well... lol
I'll warn you - wood turning is addictive.
GREAT JOB. A PLEASANT CHANGE.
very nice Keith
Another nice video, you have skills, Edgar
Great job. Always enjoy your videos.
Darn nice job Keith. All I can make out of wood is sawdust and toothpicks. Good thing I'm a welder. Keep smiling.
Looks great!
Nice build...enjoyed!
Nice video Keith really enjoyed it. May be you can make a wooden bowl on future video.
Great job Keith happy new year to you and your family
you got-r-done! I couldn't have done it better if you did it all by yourself. Nice work!
awesome work.
Very Good Job!
I would love to try that
Thank you!
Nice job on the turning Keith, looks good. I like the wood working side along with the metal work. Keep the beard although I'm sure the wife may not like it! lol!
keith nice turning, one for the wood turners.
Beautiful job. I hope it gets an equally nice paint job. Please post picture when the pole is displayed.
I wrote this comment before I saw the result of turning the balls. I am an amateur and would have made a metal template. You
Obviously are an expert.
Hi Keith, turned (pun intended) out OK but have ever heard of a wonderful tool for woodturning called a skew chisel? The correct use of which allows you to start at 240 grit, or finer, and then just to even up the texture.
I actually did use a skew some on that project, but now that I think about it, I might have edited some of that footage out because it was on the "opposite" side that was done off camera. The skew is great but bad to "catch" with an inexperienced user. Quite honestly, it had been so long since I have done any wood turning, I was a bit scared to use one for fear of messing things up. I did get my courage up and it really made things easier, but again, as it turned out, it was in the footage that was edited out. Sorry.
Thanks for the reply and I sympathise about skew use, it must be 6 or 7 years since I last used my Graduate lathe and it would give me a "moment of concern" before using a skew again. :>)
nice job kieth
Nice job.
Great work!!!!
Thank you. I learned a lot !
Very good thanks for doing the video
Nice job!
good job Keith that wood be very hard to make in metal !!!