Videos on Ornamental Turning

What other videos on ornamental turning are available?

These videos provide invaluable insight into the world of ornamental turning:

• Ornamental Turners International (OTI) Symposium Lectures. Several attendees have setup video cameras during lectures given at the bi-annual conferences. Listing of past OTI symposiums and speakers
• American Association of Woodturners (AAW) Symposium Lectures. Attendees often videotape lectures at the annual conferences. The following demonstrations on ornamental turning may be available:

2007: Portland, OR. Speaker: Jon Magill. Presentations: "Build a Rose Engine Lathe" and "Using the Rose Engine Lathe."

• The Society of Ornamental Turners Workshop Visits 2004. DVD, 90 min. A visit to Jeremy Soulsby's magnificent workshop, September 2004. Interview by Mike Bain. Video by Harry Powell. Details numerous ornamental lathes and engine turning machines, including a demonstration of fixed tool cutting on a rose engine lathe. Also includes a visit to Mike Windsors workshop, February 2005. Demonstrates a machine used for diamond milling in the jewelry trade.
• The Art of Ornamental Turning, by S.G. Abell, past president of the Society of Ornamental Turners. Produced by the Society of Ornamental Turners. Filmed by D.C. Pearce & A.D. Hocking, Jan 1977. Part 1: The Ornamental Lathe & Accessories. Part 2: Demonstrations. Details an Abell's Evans lathe and related collection of accessories and tools. Approx. 90 min.
• Ornamental Turning Lathes, by Dr. Theodore R. Crom - Part II. VHS, NSTC format, 50 min. Part two of this series includes an in-depth interview with Dr. Ted Crom as well as a close examination of his collection of Holtzapffel lathes. Other historic tools are also spotlighted in this edition.
• Guilloché Rose Engine Machine, Dr. Theodore R. Crom - Part III. VHS, NSTC format, 20 min. In Part three of this series, Stewart Lesemann reveals one of Dr. Crom's prize pieces, a decorative rose engine. After a discussion on the engine's operation, Stewart demonstrates the techniques used to create ornamental designs and shows examples of the work that can be done on a such a rare device.
• Engine Turning, by Martin Matthews. DVD, VHS-PAL or VHS-NTSC formats available, 45 min. On this DVD, Matthews covers the following machines, The Straight Line Engine, The Rose Lathe, The Round Guilloché Engine Turning Machine, The Geometric Chuck & Security Printing, The Bow Lathe, Cam Machine & the Brocading Engine.He explains the development of the lathe from antiquity to the computer age, from craft decorated wooden items to the finely cut designs as seen under enamel and security printed patterns on stamps and banknotes, produced by the rose engine and other geometric machines. Martin Matthews, known internationally, is one of our most important contemporary horologists. He is the fourth generation of a Clerkenwell London family of watchcase makers whose remarkable skill, patience and expertise turns a sheet of silver into an elegant watchcase before your very eyes! His gentle manner and sense of humor come through as he explains the progression of engine turning, based on his research and from his own expertise in using antique tools. More Info | Purchase | Review
• Four Generations of Watchcase Making, a profile of Martin Matthews. DVD, VHS-PAL or VHS-NTSC formats available, 75 min. A 75 minute video of historical facts and step-by-step stages in the construction of a traditional period watchcase, with very limited information on ornamental turning. The South Eastern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society ( U.K. ) had the inspiration for this video and provided the initial support for its filming. While preserving an ancient craft for posterity this video, made in October 1999, has already received International acclaim. Martin Matthews, known internationally, is one of our most important contemporary horologists. He is the fourth generation of a Clerkenwell London family of watchcase makers whose remarkable skill, patience and expertise turns a sheet of silver into an elegant watchcase before your very eyes! More Info | Watch video excerpt
• Adapting Metal Cutting Techniques to Rose Engine Machines, by Steve White. DVD, 2006. Chapters include: Introduction; Woodworking Projects; Charles Field Machine; F.A. Hall Co. Machine, Rubbers and Rosettes; Working Other Materials; How-to Publications. 62 min. A "DVD and Catalog Reprint Collection Combination" has also been circulating since 2007 (via eBay). This includes two hours of video plus a slide show photo gallery of ornamental turned work. The first hour is the original 2006 video of White showing how a rose engine is used and modified for ornamental turning. The second hour is a presentation on the history of ornamental wood turning. Also included is a collection of reprints featuring Gudel Engine Works, Field Engine Turning & Chasing Machines, Plant & Sons, patents, straightline patterns and more (119 pages).
• Ornamental Turning with Roger Davies. VHS, 10 min. A demonstration of ornamental turning by Roger Davies, with introduction by Chistopher Proudfoot (Christies, South Kensington). Roger Davies narrates throughout as he creates a small box from european boxwood on Holtzapffel lathe #2354.
• Elliptical Turning, David Springett. VHS. 60 min. Demonstrates turning techniques to create elliptical frames, dishes, and boxes. Also shows how to build a home-made elliptical chuck to fit your lathe. David Springett's Elliptical Turning video web page
• Woodturning Wizardry, David Springett. VHS. 120 min. Detailed step-by-step demonstrations and explanations of three projects. Includes: Choice of wood; Mathematics; Jigs & chucks; Marking points on spheres; Turning spheres; Safety; Tool making. David Springett's Woodturning Wizardry video web page
• Profile of Peter Carl Fabergé, as seen on Biography with Jack Perkins. 45 min.
• The Tree of Music, as seen on Nature with George Page. Feature on African blackwood (mpingo tree). Produced for BBC-TV. 55 min.
• Vicmarc Oval Device (VOD300), Owners instructional video. Vicmarc Machinery, 2007. 9 min.
• Turned Boxes with Threaded Lids, Bonnie Klein. VHS or DVD. 90 min.
• Hand Thread Chasing, Allen Batty. VHS. 60 min.