Comments on: Turn a Roorkhee Leg with One Tool

By: xk140m

xk140m — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:32:25 +0000

I really like the music.
Please give us the name of that group or singer.
I had made one of those exotic easy rider tools a few years ago out of ordinary steel.
Have to sharpen it often but it works.
Thanks for the video.
Cliff in NV

By: Chiphtr6az

Chiphtr6az — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:01:41 +0000

Chris,
You have inspired me to make my fist two chairs. I have been blessed to have been taking a private class with David Fleming and am very close to finishing two study desks for my daughters out of air dried upstate NY lumber. One cherry and the other walnut. My question is from reading PWM article on the Roorkhee Chair under the leather upholstery the text says to use 3-4oz cowhide, however the Tandy Leather Company #9157-35 is for the 5-6oz craftsman oak tooling cowhide. Which is correct, or does it not make a difference?
Thanks,
Chip in AZ

By: hobomonk

hobomonk — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:37:28 +0000

Now that you’ve done the Roorkee chair, how about a footstool to go along with it?

Consider the Kaare Klint design that he made to accompany his circa 1930′s Safari Chair. The chair and the stool are still sold by the Rud. Rasmussen company in Denmark.

http://www.rudrasmussen.com/fileadmin/Dokumenter/Safaribrochure.pdf

C’mon Chris, show us a stool specimen.

By: andrae

andrae — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:42:07 +0000

Got it, thanks. As it happens, I’m working on some rectilinear table legs that I will be tapering with a plane, as you describe.

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:53:09 +0000

It’s a straight taper – nothing fancy. The taper is created in stages because of the short length of the tool rest. The tool’s motion is like that of a handplane when you are creating a taper – ever-lengthening stokes produce a taper.

Hope this makes sense.

By: andrae

andrae — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:23:55 +0000

In the video, you created the taper in about three stages, moving further up the leg from the foot. I’m guessing it is a parabolic taper and each stage is a slightly different arc section? I’ve never done any turning, so maybe this is normal procedure even for a straight cone.

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:09:42 +0000

Touche! I don’t pay for shipping either, and I’m a nobody.

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:04:09 +0000

Bill,

You got me there, Bill. I drove down to Lexington, toured the factory and bought the tools there. So I didn’t pay for shipping. I am such a tool!

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:32:38 +0000

You may have paid full price, but did you pay for shipping?

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:20:25 +0000

No more beer for you tonight, Mr. Black.