The Lathe Wizard is our newest tool: a lathe attachment which enables you to decorate your work with flutes, reeds and spirals, or to produce square tenons on table legs. Offered in a 20" model for minis or a 36" version for larger lathes, it is fully adjustable and will fit most lathes with slotted beds. And, once assembled and set up, it can be easily removed and reinstalled.

The Wizard is essentially a router table for your lathe. It consists of two parts: a Basic Unit which allows you to cut straight flutes, beads, splines and tenons, and a gear-drive Spiraling Attachment for cutting spirals on your turnings in six different pitches, right- and left-hand. 

The Basic Unit is made up of four threaded posts supporting two hardened rods upon which is mounted a sliding Lexan™ router base with ¾" slots to accommodate a template guide. The front rod is equipped with adjustable stop collars and the router base has screws for centering the router. Since the four uprights are threaded, the slider rods can be moved up or down to handle different sized work and to allow you to decorate tapered turnings. The router can also be slid in and out on the base to produce square tenons or polygons. A 24-hole index plate and brass index stop arm are included with the Basic Unit.

The accessory gear-drive Spiraling Mechanism (inset photo,) equipped with a reversing device, can be used to make both right- and left-hand spirals of different pitches. The 20" model utilizes a lead screw of 12 threads per inch and the 36" unit has a 1 TPI lead screw. Three different output sprockets with assorted timing belts combine with two output shafts on the gear drive to produce a total of six different pitches. A separate indexing drive sprocket completes the attachment.

This attachment is simply a connecting rod between the Lathe Wizard's gear box output and index plate. As the gear turns, it causes the work to oscillate back and forth producing a wavy line. Guilloche (gi-losh') from the French "to decorate with lines," consists of interwoven curved lines and was a popular motif in Art Deco ornamentation.

Note: Due to the individualized nature of this product, you will need to call to place your order.