Fascinating demonstration. A quick question: Does the banjo music emanate from the lathe? What a nice touch. In the past, lathes had no such feature and work quickly became tedious. The sound quality of this "musical lathe" is quite good too.
Hey daniel, What type of copper were you using for this? Im thinking of trying some 101 or 110 but id rather find out if you know what works first. I bought some random copper sheets and tried to spin it. It was a pain and the ends of my half toroid cracked and it ended up being useless.
@Tab54o Never done any metal spinning but have worked with copper hammering etc. The more you hammer or work it, the more hard/brittle it becomes. Try heating it up to cherry glow and allowing to cool slowly to "anneal" it .. make it softer.... and then work with it. You'll become aware of it the more you work with it and become more intuitive about when to anneal it again. Multiple times is usually the key. Hope this helps.
Cool.
TheJimmax 3 months ago
Wow! Very impressive, nice job with that toroid!
a380rockerfan 3 months ago
mute
mrroboto8269 11 months ago
Beautiful toroids! Your form looks like metal as well- is there a reason for that?
HybridWaterMan2 1 year ago
Fascinating demonstration. A quick question: Does the banjo music emanate from the lathe? What a nice touch. In the past, lathes had no such feature and work quickly became tedious. The sound quality of this "musical lathe" is quite good too.
Ihateirans 1 year ago
@Ihateirans legendary
skunky1991 7 months ago
So these are for Tesla coils right?
vkorinfsky 1 year ago
Hey daniel, What type of copper were you using for this? Im thinking of trying some 101 or 110 but id rather find out if you know what works first. I bought some random copper sheets and tried to spin it. It was a pain and the ends of my half toroid cracked and it ended up being useless.
Tab54o 1 year ago
@Tab54o Never done any metal spinning but have worked with copper hammering etc. The more you hammer or work it, the more hard/brittle it becomes. Try heating it up to cherry glow and allowing to cool slowly to "anneal" it .. make it softer.... and then work with it. You'll become aware of it the more you work with it and become more intuitive about when to anneal it again. Multiple times is usually the key. Hope this helps.
Dominicaislandmon 2 weeks ago
so ive watched a couple of vids on this and i dont see why a wooden form would not work
panzuman 1 year ago
Very nice!
Wat is the base material for the forms?
TeslaCommander 1 year ago
IT IS REALLY GOOD ,
amandeep0123 2 years ago
Very well done - thanks for the demo.
VickersWarnick 2 years ago
Instructional videos available at the metalspinningworkshop website
stickman33 2 years ago
At how many RPM does your lathe works. I need spinning 1mm stainless steel.
I would apreciate your coments. Guillermo Aponte
GAPONTEX 4 years ago
It runs about 700RPM.
Stainless steal is really difficult to spin, because it`s REALLY hard... You have to try different RPM and lubricants to get good results!
I use cutting oil or wax for the toroids.
Cheers, Daniel
uhrenholt123 4 years ago
I'm a machinist, and I've never seen this until I saw this on youtube. I really want to learn this. Any advice on where to start? Books, Videos etc.
indyraza 3 years ago
2 forms for this part? Looked like it... Thanks, Mark
snowshooze 4 years ago
The result was cool! Thanks!
latheworks 4 years ago