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ECF on Round Surfaces

Overview

Design cut into the side of a piece

Design cut into the end of a piece

Barley corns

Barley corns are the part harvested from the barley plant. When de-husked, the corns look like the picture to the left.

Using an eccentric cutting frame, similar patterns can be produced on the end or side of a piece. Examples are shown to the right.

Oftentimes, when designs are cut into the side of a piece, the design is called a barley corn, and when cut into the end of a piece, the pattern is called a turk's head.

That convention seems to be fairly fluid, and barley corn often gets applied to designs cut into the end of a piece.

This document addresses cuts into a flat surface (e.g., the end of a piece). For a discussion of cuts into the side of a piece, see the article, ECF on Flat Surfaces.

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More Information

Published Articles

• The Eccentric Cutter from James Lukin's Simple Decorative lathe Work, 1905. Ornamental Turners International Newsletter, Volume 25, No. 1 - Summer, 2018, pg. 8
• A High Speed Eccentric Cutter by Fred Armbruster.
  • Ornamental Turners International Newsletter, Volume 6, No. 2 - Fall, 1999, pg. 1
  • Ornamental Turners International Newsletter, Volume 20, No. 2 - Fall, 2013, pg. 18
• Lindow Rose Engine Alignment Procedures, Section 2, pg. 4 & pg. 8

Books and Papers

• Eccentric Turning, by an Amateur (actually, Nathaniel Brown Engleheart). This is an excellent book with great examples and instructions on how they were produced. It is available as a re-print and that is probably sufficient for use.