What can you do with a rose engine lathe? Ornamental turnings!

Saw one of those in operation on a Capt Eddie video. Neat what you can do. He has plans for a DIY for his.

-- Dewayne in Bainbridge, Ga. - - No one can make you mad. Only you decide when you get mad - -

WOW!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.

Holy smokes!

OMG! You just made my day…I had no idea that such a turning jig existed. Just spent about an hour researching rose engines. Found some great resources online. I’m off!!!! Thanks for this post.

-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com

Very cool work.

-- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos

Never heard of a rose engine, very cool tool!!!

-- TurnTurnTurn

Beautiful, Bob.

Lee

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So did you buy it Bob?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †

Hi karson. No, didn’t buy the lathe, just these few examples. The man had a really full shop of woodworking and metal lathe. This type if turning is beyond me but I sure appreciate seeing the equipment and projects.

-- Bob A in NJ

Do you remember what it sold for?

Are you going to try and get the NJ LumberJocks to your place this year. You didn’t make it last year.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Appomattox Virginia [email protected] †

Makes my poor little turnings really look pathetic. Thanks for sharing this.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I’ve never heard of this type of lathe, but it’s interesting, so I looked it up. For anyone else a bit clueless, here’s a def. from teaktocks.com:

A Rose Engine is a type of ornamental lathe. The workpiece is mounted on a spindle, as on a regular lathe. The spindle housing is designed to rock side to side while the workpiece is slowly revolving. (On some machines it can also rock backward and forward!).

I found a site with some interesting, if complex looking, plans for a small one: http://ornamentalroseengine.com/download/index.htm

Here’s a plan for a simpler-looking one made of MDF: http://www.spswoodturners.org/build-your-own-rose-engine

Man are those intricate!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

I’d (almost) sell my first born (If I had any) for a commercial rose engine.

It would be a nice transition between a manual lathe such as my Oneway 2436 and a 5 axis CNC which I was trained on.

The AAW yearly conference has a SIG (special interest group), typically the first night of the conference every year, and at least one demo rotation scheduled in the program during the day where they show off their work and pictures of their machines. Always very impressive.

-Dave

-- I'm not old. Just "well seasoned".

Thanks for inviting me, Bob! ;-)

-- Steven