Welcome to the new Ornamental Turners International Website
New Rose Engine Video's
Ed Davidson captured these Rose Engine turning video's from Steve White's house on March 28 and 29, 2008
Poly Resin Turning Works
David Lindow uses Pearling Tool
David Lindow and Steve White introduce their new Dome Chuck
David Lindow explains phasing and demo's domingDavid Lindow demonstrates phasing and basket weave
David Lindow explains basic techniques
2008 Symposium Info
(updated 1/14/ 08)
Steve White is the chairman for the 2008 OTI Symposium. The location of the event has just been selected. It is going to be held at the Westport Plaza. If you want to learn more about the location, click here.
To stay in touch with the developing plans, visit our Symposium page under the Community tab.
Make Your Own Rose Engine
OTI's own Jon Magill recently released a full set of plans on making your own Rose Engine. The initial release of these plans were made public in the AAW publication, American Woodturner.
Original Spring 2007 American Woodturner article on the MDF rose engine
- Click here for a comprehensive set of instructions for building your own Rose Engine Lathe
- Introduction and Overview (pdf) ...3 pages
- Rose Engine Construction Instructions (pdf) ...11 pages
- Rose Engine Detailed Drawings (pdf) ...13 pages
- You can also right-click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to your hard drive
- Online videos (3 versions of same video) showing Rose Engine Lathe in operation
- Click here for WMV (Windows Media Player) file format (31MB)
- Click here for MOV (Apple Quick Time) file format (50MB)
- Click here for the MOV file without music (6MB)
- You can also right click on any of these links and "Save Target As..." to your hard drive, to play later
The Lindow-White Rose Engine
The prototype of this machine was shown at the OTI Symposium held November 2006 in Portsmouth, NH. The machine is available for purchase.
The first batch of 12 machines has been sold out and a new batch is being built. Order yours now in order to get into the queue.
You can also get more details at their website: Lindow White Machine Works
