Rose Engine Specifications
Your Rose Engine comes with the following components:
Table Top Assembly:
Cast Iron Headstock - The headstock is the main component of the Rose Engine. It holds the spindle, index plate and carries the rosettes. It is a U-shaped metal casting which is milled to its final shape and then bearings are pressed into the races for smooth operating spindle action.
Plexiglass Rosettes - Twenty (20) rosettes of varying shapes are included with your purchase. Twelve (12) of these rosettes can be used at any time on the Rose Engine. Twelve (12) spacers are also included and are used to provide separation between the rosettes.
Drive Plate Pulley with 96 hole indexing - This 9" Blanchard ground headstock pulley connects to the drive system via a poly belt to turn the headstock. In addition, its 96 indexing holes allows for precise index cutting on the Rose Engine.
Main spindle - This finely machined part is the heart of the Rose Engine. The 1" diameter spindle holds the rosettes and presents a 1" x 8 tpi threaded stub for attaching your turning materials to the machine.
Indexing Pin - Used to lock the index plate in place.
Spring Assembly - Applies tension to the headstock so that you get a smooth operating rocking motion.
Two Headstock Mounting Blocks- holds the headstock above the table top enabling it to rock in relationship to the rubbers.
Cast Iron Tower -This tower holds the rubbers against the rosettes. It's a heavy duty piece to ensure solid performance by your rose engine.
Wooden Table Top - This wooden table top measures; 1 3/4" x 17" x 29". The Rose Engine comes mounted on this table top.
Drive System:
Cast iron yoke hand crank assembly:
3 cast iron pulleys - These are the drive pulleys for the Rose Engine. One pulley goes onto the crank assembly and the other two pulleys go onto the lower shaft where one of those is connected to the headstock.
2 round poly belts - The belts come as lengths and come with connector pins. You cut them the size needed by your setup.
1" shaft for lower assembly - Your drive pulleys attach to this shaft.
Two pillow blocks - Holds lower assembly to your stand.
Accessories:
3 Rubbers - This set of rubbers will get you started in rose engine turning. Additional rubbers are available separately. See our Rubber page.
Horizontal Cutting Frame - This cutting frame is a stand-alone system incorporating a drive motor on the cutting frame for ease of use and easy setup. It uses 2 carbide cutting inserts to achieve fine cuts in your work piece.
Not included with the purchase of rose engine:
Rose Engine stand - See Free Stand Blueprint Loan offer below for some ideas.
Cross slide- Readily available from Enco and other machine supply shops. As an alternative, we rebuild top-of-the-line Hardinge Cross Slides. Click here to see our accessories page for Hardinge Cross Slides.
Quick Change toolpost - Commonly used to hold the cutting frame to the cross slide.
We have also designed and manufacture a line of accessories that fit your rose engine. These accessories will enable you to turn new shapes, make certain tasks easier and extend the design possibilities of your turnings! Please check out our optional parts: Rubbers, Chucks, Cutting Frames, Rosette Sets, Accessories!
Free Loan - Rose Engine Stand Blueprints:
The rose engine is typically mounted on some form of stand. Owners get to choose what they want to use for their stand. We have had people make their own stand out of MDF or Plywood. Others have purchased metal leg sets (Click here to see a metal leg option from Lee Valley, a well known woodworking supplier located in Canada) .
We have also designed a stand that can be made from MDF or Plywood. This stand was stylized after an original rose engine stand manufactured by G. Plant of Birminham, UK in the early twentieth century. As a courtesy, we will loan you a set of full-sized blueprints for this stand. It makes the stand pictured in the top photo of this page. We request that you return the blueprints to us within 30 days.
We are also willing to mail out these plans at the time of your Rose Engine order so that you can build your stand and have it done in time for your delivery.
If you are grateful for this offer, please consider mounting a Lindow-White Gold Logo (self-sticking) to your stand.
You can see the logo sticker here!