During this guide, we will be covering the art of manually hand spinning using conventional methods. This process involves the body of the spinner and the result of the process is heavily impacted by the skill of the operator (as with any hand forming process). At Excell Metal Spinning Ltd., our operators have over 200 years experience combined between them!
If you need more guidance on what Metal Spinning is, or you quickly want to learn more about conventional metal spinning, then read The Ultimate Guide To Metal Spinning (With Diagrams).
In the first attempt, we recommend practicing metal forming a flat-bottomed cylinder, roughly 50.8mm in diameter and 76.2mm high. This will require a 127mm diameter disc and a mandrel (commonly referred to as a ‘chuck’) that you will form the disc over.
You will also require a manual Metal Spinning Lathe that you will use to carry out the conventional metal spinning process. Refer to Figure 1.0 to observe what a typical hand spinning lathe would look like.
In our next guide, we will explore the different variations of chucks and spinning tools that highly skilled operators use during the metal spinning process.
In Figure 1, Wong, Dean & Lin (2003) identify a spinning lathe used by Manual Hand spinners.
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