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re last post... Can you use a lathe to cut Octagonal faces

 
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jokorum
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:13 am    Post subject: re last post... Can you use a lathe to cut Octagonal faces Reply with quote

hello again.. just logged in to see if I had received any replies ..

I am sorry. My question should have read ...Can you use a lathe to cut the octagonal faces on a bow at the frog end? if so, how and what would one need to do it?

And if one doesn't have a lathe, how does one go about drilling the screw hole and cutting the nipple exactly? etc

and then all the other stuff from the previous post..

Sorry. I didn't re-read to check for typing errors!

Forgive me!

Thanks again

ps.. please read the post previous to this. there are more questions. If you can help, many thanks
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John Cadd
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you have an awkward drilling job like the screw hole of a bow try this.Organise a support for the drill so that is drilling horizontally at the right height from the bench.
Stage two .Organise a support for the bow to be drilled horizontally ----same height from bench.
Then "organise" a way to line everything up to give you a straight drilled hole at the correct depth.
Whatever you do ,don`t try to drill it freehand.
Get yourself down to a good library to find a large heavy book about Jigs and Fixtures. Great fun.Good for the biceps.
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Jack H.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the facets are cut with a plane, by hand. All bows start out octagonal. they are rounded afterward to reduce the weight.
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Benedict White
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can turn any regular shape you want in an ornamental lathe. Whether you would want to or could afford one and the time to learn how to use it is another matter.
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