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Homemade Lathe Design Issue
- Thread starter Biloxi Boy
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don't forget to post pictures of your progress
Well did you actually build it yet? And if so, what was the total cost (materials only, of course
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Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Not built yet. I plan to go to Lowes this week to find track. I will post a photos, along with itemization and source sheet. I am under $100 in purchases -- no power spindle with chuck, pillow block bearing, set of collets, and set of drive bits.
Cool, keep us posted.
hows it going?
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Truly sidetracked -- need to order channels.
Earlier you had asked about toggle clamps. I use several in my woodworking. The ones I use can auto adjust for various heights of stock. Armor (sp) makes very good ones. Trouble is, depending on where you need them, they could interfere with what you are trying to do. There are several videos YouTube that will give you ideas on for to use them. Good luck.
Biloxi69
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I have a creation that I may sell. I’ve learn a lot from it and it served me well. I was in the same boat when I first started out. Wanted to do my own tips and started to brainstorm. I’ve since upgraded to real lathe. SSDIVER design is great. I like his design. Mine is similar but not as fancy. I’ll post some pics when I’m back in town.
When I got trapped in the house a few months back I started with the simple strap down my drill ideas which soon became a quest for distraction. I call it my Frankenlathe since I pieced it together and brought it to life. Now that I have a few new tools and my dining room has become a work shop I’ve been playing around with some other projects.
Cue rest
And magnetic chalk holders.
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I like the chalk holders.
SSDiver2112
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Thanks, I just finished some new ones. I use curly maple instead of oak this time and layered it different too.
Floydbeth
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Nice lathe !!! Did you make it? Can you help me locate the parts?https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmbrun7q88839zz/IMG_6781.MOV?dl=0
Hopefully the link to the video will work. I have the rail going into the motor base with screws holding it in place. This way it can be disassembled easy for storage.
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SSDiver2112
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Home Depot, Amazon, EBay. I used a sewing machine motor. Made a mistake and mounted it backwards so it spun the wrong way, so I wired a switch to reverse the direction if needed. The chuck-spindle assembly took the longest to get here (China). The idea was to keep the costs down but if I did it again I would get a small lathe chuck and a stronger motor.
It does work well though for cleaning and tip maintenance. I still need to get a cheap shaft to experiment on to see if I can change a ferrule. I have my doubts at this point if it will be accurate enough, but I have to try to see how to fix.
Not bad for a first try and it works.