FUNdamentals of woodturning: #1 The faceplate
Summary
TLDRIn this woodworking video, the host emphasizes the importance of face plates in wood turning, often overlooked in favor of scroll and screw chucks. He showcases various face plates, highlighting their use for different lathe sizes and projects. The host advises against using drywall screws, recommending flathead or Phillips screws of size 10 or 12 instead. He demonstrates attaching a face plate to a block of wood for bowl turning and using a waist block for off-center projects. Techniques like double-sided tape and cross-grain screwing for waist blocks are also discussed, providing a comprehensive guide to face plate usage in wood turning.
Takeaways
- 🔩 The importance of using the right screws for face plates is emphasized; avoid brittle drywall screws and opt for flathead or Phillips screws of size 10 or 12.
- 🛠️ Face plates are essential for wood turning, providing a stable base for various projects, and come in different sizes to suit the lathe and project requirements.
- 🌳 The video demonstrates how to attach a piece of wood to a face plate without drilling pilot holes, which is easier with wet wood.
- 🎥 The presenter showcases different face plates, including a one-way face plate and a large one suitable for large bowls or platters.
- ⚒️ A technique for creating a tenon on a bowl for attachment to a scroll chuck is demonstrated, highlighting the versatility of face plates.
- 🔗 The use of a face plate with a waist block is discussed, which allows for precise and reusable attachment of wood pieces for turning.
- 🔄 The video explains how to reuse a face plate and waist block by parting off the project and repositioning the face plate for new designs.
- 📏 The necessity of using cross-grain screws for waist blocks on face plates is highlighted to ensure secure attachment.
- 🎨 The presenter shares creative techniques such as using double-sided tape on a waist block for attaching small projects to a face plate.
- ⚠️ Safety is a key consideration when using face plates, especially when moving the face plate along a waist block for off-center turning.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video series called 'Fundamentals of Wood Turning'?
-The main focus of the video series is to cover essential aspects of wood turning, starting with the use and importance of face plates in wood turning.
Why are face plates considered an essential part of wood turning?
-Face plates are essential because they are used to attach the wood to the lathe, allowing for various turning projects to be securely held in place during the turning process.
What is the recommended type of screw to use with a face plate according to the video?
-It is recommended to use screws that are 10 or 12 in size, which refers to the diameter of the screw's shank. Flathead Phillips screws are suggested, and it's advised against using drywall screws as they are brittle and can break off in the wood.
What is the significance of the screw size when attaching wood to a face plate?
-The screw size is significant as it determines the secureness of the attachment. A screw that is too small may not hold the wood firmly, while a screw that is too large may damage the wood or the face plate.
Why might one need to drill a pilot hole before screwing into the wood?
-One might need to drill a pilot hole before screwing into the wood if the wood is hard or dry, as it helps guide the screw in and prevents the wood from splitting or cracking.
What is a one-way face plate and how is it different from a regular face plate?
-A one-way face plate is a type of face plate that has a specific direction for the wood to be mounted on it, usually indicated by a marking or design. It is different from a regular face plate in that it may have a more specialized use or design for certain types of turning projects.
What is a waist block and how is it used in conjunction with a face plate?
-A waist block is a small block of wood that is attached to a face plate using screws. It is used to provide a larger surface area for attaching the wood to the face plate, especially for projects that require a larger base or for off-center turning.
How does the presenter demonstrate the effectiveness of double-sided tape in attaching wood to a face plate?
-The presenter demonstrates the effectiveness of double-sided tape by attaching a small piece of wood to a face plate using the tape and then turning it on the lathe. The tape holds the wood securely in place without any slippage, showing its effectiveness.
What is the importance of using cross-grain screws when attaching a waist block to a face plate?
-Cross-grain screws are important when attaching a waist block to a face plate because they provide better holding power in the end grain of the wood. End grain screws do not hold well, so using a cross-grain orientation ensures the waist block is securely attached.
What is the technique shown for reusing a face plate with a waist block attached to it?
-The technique shown for reusing a face plate with a waist block attached is to unscrew the face plate from the lathe and move it along the waist block to different positions for various designs on the wood. This allows for multiple turning projects to be done on the same piece of wood without needing to reattach the waist block each time.
Outlines
🛠️ Fundamentals of Wood Turning with Face Plates
The speaker begins by reintroducing himself and mentioning his recent visit to Billings, Montana. He announces a new video series on the fundamentals of wood turning, starting with the importance of face plates. Despite having various chucks, he emphasizes that the face plate is an essential tool in wood turning. He showcases different types of face plates he uses, from small ones that come with lathes to larger ones for bigger projects. He warns against using drywall screws, recommending flathead Phillips screws of size 10 or 12 instead. He demonstrates attaching a face plate to a small block of wood, intending to turn it into a bowl, and explains the process without drilling pilot holes due to the wood's wetness.
🔩 Attaching Wood to the Lathe with Face Plates
The speaker proceeds to mount the block of wood on his lathe, discussing the use of a face plate for starting a bowl. He mentions previous videos on different mounting methods and acknowledges the lower quality of older videos. He advises against using end grain wood for waist blocks with screws as it doesn't hold well. He demonstrates finishing the bottom of a bowl and forming a tenon for a scroll chuck. He also shows another method of using a face plate with a glued-on piece of wood, ideal for preserving burls or unique pieces. The speaker concludes by detaching the finished piece from the waist block using a parting tool.
📏 Techniques for Using Face Plates and Glue Blocks
The speaker shares techniques for preparing a face plate with a waist block, including flattening the surface with a scraper. He demonstrates creating a recess on a glue block for attaching a project, ensuring even pressure distribution. He introduces a method of marking the glue application area with a pencil and using sandpaper to identify high and low points for flattening. Another technique involves using double-sided tape for attaching small projects to a face plate, which can be reused multiple times. The speaker emphasizes the importance of using cross-grain screws for waist blocks on face plates.
🌳 Creative Applications of Face Plates in Wood Turning
The speaker explores creative uses of face plates, such as moving the face plate along a waist block for off-center turning, which he notes can be dangerous if not done carefully. He also discusses the reuse of double-sided tape for attaching wood to the lathe. The video ends abruptly, and the speaker humorously includes a picture of a tree, signaling the end of the discussion on face plates.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Face Plate
💡Spindle
💡Scroll Chuck
💡Tenon
💡Waste Block
💡Double-Sided Tape
💡Screws
💡Lathe
💡Bowl Turning
💡Glue Block
💡Parting Tool
Highlights
Introduction to a series on the fundamentals of wood turning, starting with the importance of the face plate.
The necessity of not neglecting the face plate despite the availability of scroll and screw chucks.
Recommendation to invest in a quality steel face plate for durability.
Explanation of the different types of face plates and their uses, including one-way face plates.
Caution against using drywall screws on a face plate due to their brittleness.
Advice on selecting the appropriate screw size for attaching wood to a face plate.
Demonstration of attaching a small bowl to a face plate without drilling pilot holes.
Technique for mounting wood on a lathe using a face plate and the importance of alignment.
The use of a face plate for turning large bowls and the advantage it offers over other methods.
Demonstration of creating a tenon on a bowl for attachment to a scroll chuck.
Alternative method of attaching wood to a face plate using a glue block for delicate projects.
Technique for flattening a face plate using a scraper and sandpaper.
Using double-sided tape on a face plate for reusable attachment of small projects.
Safety reminder about the importance of using cross-grain screws when attaching a waist block to a face plate.
Creative technique for off-center turning using a face plate and waist block.
Conclusion and reminder to explore creativity and safety in using face plates.
Transcripts
hello once again I'm back in the shop I
spent a couple days in Billings Montana
and I need to make another video I'm
going to do a series of videos for
everyone I'm going to call it
fundamentals of wood turning the first
one I'm going to do on the face plate
something that we sometimes neglect
because some of us like like myself have
lots of scroll Chucks and screw Chucks
and different things but we can't forget
about the face plate and it's an
essential part of wood
turning so let me just start off with a
couple things that uh we shouldn't
forget and are really helpful when we're
trying to attach something to the lathe
I'm going to show you a few of the face
plates that I have and I use them quite
often this is a face plate that you
would typically get with some of the
smaller lathes and you're going to get a
face plate and a Spur drive and some
other small items that will fit on your
Lathe for the
smaller uh lathe you'll have a 1in
spindle usually so we have 1in threads
in there eight TPI
threads um here's another one that's
that's a nice small
one what I would recommend if you're
going to spend a little bit of money get
a nice steel one this is a a really
pretty face plate and again that's 1 in
uh threaded recess there this is a
one-way face plate and it's also got a
1-in uh recess there very high quality
face
plates and here is a big one so if I'm
putting a large bowl or a platter or
something and I want to start that I'll
use something like this and that's very
handy to have unless you're turning
really big stuff you don't need a 6-in
face plate like that probably not
necessary now one of the most important
things I can share with you are the
screws that you're going to
use on a face plate now the old saying
never say never well I'm going to say it
never use drywall screws on a face plate
you know drywall screws they're very
brittle and if they break off in the
wood you're going to have a heck of a
time getting those out so I like to just
use uh let's see what are these Flathead
Phillips and I'm not really sure there's
some sort of
Steel but the important thing is the
size you may want a 1 in or 1 and 1/2 in
that's that's okay that's going to vary
depending on the size of the piece piece
of wood and whatever you're doing at the
moment but I like the size to be a 10 or
a 12 this particular screw is a 1 in and
the size is a
12 and the size is
simply the diameter of the the shank of
that here's another bit little bit
larger one so that's very important 10
or
12 you can kind of play around and
experiment with that and I've got jars
of screws that I use for my face
plates here's a one of my boxes that
didn't make quality control and it's
full of different size
screws and the they're they're usually a
Phillips and they get worn out just toss
them
so I am going to put a face plate on
this block of wood right here now I'm
going to show you how I start with a
small bowl like this let me take the
uh outside apart I just cut that on my
band
saw and this piece of wood had a branch
coming out of it so someplace in here
there's probably some uh crotch figure
that should be pretty nice I don't need
an enormous face plate on that many
times I'll I'll be turning a really
large bowl and I'm going to use a bigger
face plate maybe something like
that and I'll show you on the lathe
exactly what I do let's attach this with
some screws I've got the center marked
on that so I'm going to just line this
up I'm going to look down through this
recess and just line that
up I'm going to take some of these 1in
screws I think that's all I need and you
may need to drill a pilot hole in
these I'm going to just I'm going to
just see if I can do this without
drilling a pilot
hole line that up that's about as good
as I'm going to get I'll put the rest of
the screws in
here now that I've got a couple screws
in there I'm going to uh wrench those
down nice and
tight I've got my face plate attached
let's go over on the lathe and do a
little
turning all right now I'm going to mount
this block of wood on my lathe and I'm
going to just turn this and put a Tannon
on the bottom of that so I can put it in
a scroll Chuck before I start start that
I want to mention that I have a couple
videos they're titled mounting wood on
the lath uh different methods of
mounting and I'll put a link up now a
while ago I promised myself I'm not
going to go back and redo a bunch of
videos here is one of the problems I'm
running up against is some of those old
videos the quality of the filming is not
very good I didn't do a lot of those
videos in high de so this may be a
little bit of a repeat but I'm going to
show you some new things I believe that
I didn't put in those other videos but
look them up mounting wood on the on the
lathe and I would appreciate it if you
would share these videos I think there's
a lot of people that would benefit from
this so let's put this on the LA and
we'll do a little churning and one
reason I like to use a face plate on a
block of wood like this to start my bowl
is because often times I will have a
really big piece of wood and for me it's
just easier to attach this with a face
plate instead of using other methods I
could use a screw
chuck some of those things that I would
do some of those different techniques
I'd have to bring up my tail stock with
this I really don't have to so I'm going
to lock my spindle make sure that's good
and tight on there
okay now just one more word on the
screws I used to put this face plate on
this block of wood I didn't drill pilot
holes because this piece of wood is
fairly wet and if it's wet wood the
screws go in a little bit easier
depending on the hardness of the wood
you're using you may have to drill a
pilot hole now I'm just finishing up the
bottom of this bowl and I'm starting to
form a
Tenon this is not a bowl turning video
so I've got this uh speed it up quite a
bit so we'll go on from
here so there we have it I've got my
tenon for my scroll chuck all made up I
use my detail Gall to do that I like to
get in there and I got a a dovetail
Tenon and I'm all ready so that's one
way to use that face plate and that's a
great way to start a
bowl so there's my bowl ready to reverse
I've got the Tenon and that's a little
piece of box elder that'll make a nice
little
bowl now this is another way I use a
face plate a lot this is a little Clos
form it's not quite a hollow form and
I'm not sure if I'll put a lid on
that but I've been working on this it's
uh dry it's finished turned to the final
thickness and I'm in the process of
coloring
it and this will look a lot better when
I get a little bit of a gloss on there
so I got it on a face plate and a glue
block and I've got that piece of wood
glued on there and this is a good
technique to use when you have a really
nice piece of
wood nice Burl that you don't even want
to take uh any of that wood off with a
Tenon so you can glue that on a glue
block you can do a little bit of work
and then you can take it off and put it
back on and it's always going to be Tred
up so that's another really good method
for
attaching um a piece of wood with a face
plate let me show you something
else now I need to add one footnote here
when I'm completed with this vessel and
I no longer need it on the waist block I
simply take a parting tool and remove it
that way and then finish the bottom of
my
vessel now here is another face plate
and I have a waist block screwed onto
that all right take
28 now here is a face
plate and I've got a little waste block
screwed onto that ready for some project
now I have several of these face plates
with a waist
block screwed on and I'm going to just
flatten this face and get it ready for a
project
now I've just taken the wing of this uh
bow gouge and just flatten that a little
bit I'm going to take a scraper and
fine-tune that so here's a spear Point
scraper I'm going to just uh really
flatten that face this has a little bit
more of a straight edge on it
[Applause]
just check that that's pretty good now
let me show you something I do on a on a
waist block like this I'm going to glue
this on to something I'm not sure what
I'm just reparing this I'm going to just
take my spindle gouge in the very
center and I'm going to develop a recess
in there so what I'm going to do is I'll
put glue on this area right here and I
try to put that at 1 in from here to
here and when I part that off whatever
that project is I know how far to go I
don't really need glue in the very
center of that and sometimes I'll finish
that base pretty well so I just glue it
on part it off and there you have it let
me show you one more thing
so with my pencil I'm marking that area
that I'm going to apply glue in the very
center I won't put any glue on that I
just have a little piece of
plywood with probably 60 grit sandpaper
on that so I'm going to just take that
and put it on the face of
that and what this does it tells me my
high points and my low points on the
face of that glue
block and that's actually pretty uh
pretty well flattened I'll just do a
little bit more on
that and you can mark that
again and just see where the high points
are and if it's really not very flat you
can take a tool and uh make that flatter
okay now here's another technique you
can use with a face plate and glue block
or waist block and you can reuse this
until you get down to the uh pointing
your screws and you need to make sure
you know where that is so you don't run
your tool into it I have a couple pieces
of double sided tape or double stick
tape all tape has two
sides and what I'm using and I get this
question all the time what am I using
this is uh Tessa
teesa and if you go on
eBay and search that you can find this
tape this is the best double-sided or
double stick tape I found works very
well it's a little bit expensive I don't
know what that roll is going to cost you
2530 bucks but it'll last you quite a
while so let me just take
the the facing off that tape
and there's
one there we have it so I'm all ready to
put a small project on that I have a
little piece of wood which is a really
nice Burl it's box elder and this could
be the lid of a hollow form or just a
very small bowl or something but just
for demonstration purposes I'll put this
on this double stick tape and the idea
whether you're using double stick tape
or glue is you can reuse this glue block
over and over again so I'm going to just
get this lined up as best I
can now what I'm going to do off camera
I'm going to put a clamp on that and let
it go for about 10 minutes with
double-sided tape bring your tail stock
up put a little pressure on that and
that really grabs pretty well but we
want to make sure and I'm going to put
just a little bit of pressure on there
with a clamp okay I put a clamp on that
for about 10
minutes and most people will advise you
to do
that if you're using double-sided tape
so I'll just get my gouge out and do a
little bit of chewing up on
this I'm thinking I'll put a small Tenon
on that and make a little bowl out of it
and yes I'm going to use my face shield
for this now you've seen me turn little
bowls before so I'm going to speed right
up through this and we'll continue on
with the main topic of face plates now
I'm taking a small parting tool and I'm
defining the area that will be my tenon
for my scroll check and I'm just working
my way around the outside of this little
bowl with a 38 inch Bowl
gouge and you can see my double stick
tape is holding very
well now I've decided to put a little
smaller Tenon on that that'll go better
with the shape I'm I'm going for so
let's take this
off just see how how well this is
holding on
there and I'm I'm not going to be able
to take that off just with my
hands often times I've got to take a
chisel or a putty knife or something and
and wedge that off but let's just beat
on that we'll just see how well that's
holding you get the idea that's not
budging I got to get a
chisel okay here's an old woodworking
chisel I just put that in there and
there we
go now I've turn bowls that are 6 or 8
in in diameter with
double-sided double stick tape so that
really works really well that's a little
bowl well there is my little bowl had to
finish that off camera
these are great little things to give
away to a kid if they visit your
shop it's not much but it's a really
pretty little piece of wood now here's
another thing about the double stick
tape if you are careful you can actually
reuse that and when in doubt bring your
tail stock up now there's a lot more to
using a face plate lots more it's just
depends on your
creativity and what you can apply and do
it safely now one thing I didn't mention
I need to mention is when you're doing a
waist block on a face plate it needs to
be cross
grain screws do not hold very well in
end grain this a little piece of you
know endgrain
wood and if you put screws in there
they're not going to hold very well
don't do that so don't use an ingrain
piece of wood and put screws in there
and use it for Waste block here's
another project
that I've got setting there I need to
finish and it's off center obviously
I've turned a little Bowl here I've just
started this this project and what I
have is I've got a waist block this
piece of plywood double stick taped to
this piece of wood and what I'll do is
I'll unscrew the phas plate and move it
along this waist block for different
designs on the face of this piece of
wood I can maybe put another bowl over
here a smaller one or or put rings and
you and I know that this has been done
it's been uh turned off center but the
center of it where this face plate is
has been moved and that's a really
really cool technique to do you got to
be careful cuz this can be really
dangerous well that's it on face plates
that video ended did rather abruptly so
here's a nice picture of a tree I'll
talk to you later
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