How To Make A Homemade Wood Lathe

I needed to turn down a piece of wood and needed a lathe. With some odds and ends in the garage I made a home made wood lathe. I used some common items, a 1/2 Craftsman dril and other accessories. Although I used a Dremmel tool in the video I ended up using various wood chisels not stated in the video.

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[bohdanmon]

Thanks Madinventor. Some of us don't have machines to do the job correctly. Perhaps that is whats wrong with allowing other countries to take that chance and just try.

[bohdanmon]

I assure you that the speed was low and if you noticed the Dremel was secured by screws.

It worked for me.

[bohdanmon]

Maybe resting a Coors on your stomach and watching the mindless box is a better way to spend an afternoon. Yes, I could have whittled it but the whole idea was to get those brain cells sparking. It works for me. I feel sorry for your brother.

[woodentoolcompany]

Interesting set up. I agree..Red Green would be proud of this guy! He would probably recomend a little more duct tape though.

[bohdanmon]

Coming from masters of wood as yourself, thank you!

[RichardOhKaNoi]

insted of using a dremel tool i would have used a rasp and then a smooth file

[jo3tag]

Red Green would be proud!

[442hoeky]

Thanks for the video. Somehow a couple of the wood "hooks" on my coat rack disappeared (I think they came of with coats and took little trips to who-knows-where). It's a custom coat rack and I wasn't about to buy a lathe to create a couple of fancy knob replacements - this is perfect!

[shortyjk95]

lol

"now ill use the dramal"

dremel*

[Weaponnator]

WTF!!!! MISTAKE, MISTAKE, MISTAKE, the lathe is fine I also use

this type of lathe setup ( The Poor Mans Pakistani Lathe) it works

well, BUT DONT USE A DREMEL TOOL, Use metal files smooth or coarse

these work very well, Try It........"Tip of the day."

[damononopium]

@woodentoolcompany needs a few more parts for a chicken defeather. try using a rasp instead of a dremel.

[vincent7520]

@tgbailey1 My bad about the gloves. You are perfectly right : I got overwhelmed by my own argument : I never wear gloves either, and always fold up my sleeves around my arms.

I wouldn't call it a Red-Neck solution : most Red-Necks I met in the US or at home are great professionals and do things very seriously with the appropriate tools. They're even able to make their own tools !…

Have a good week end !…

[tgbailey1]

@vincent7520 Just a comment. I hope you don't wear gloves when working on your actual lathe. I have worked in a few machine shops and the general rule is to no wear gloves when working on rotating equipment (lathe, drill press, mill, etc...). Reason being is the glove is an easy item for the equipment to grab and hold on to. I have actually seen people lose fingers on a lathed because their glove got caught. Face shield, goggles are a must though!!  Personally, I like this Red-Neck solution

[bowen1100]

it would of been easyer and faster to make a giant pencil sharpener

[OpenSesame001]

Nice Job... Might need some tweaking but you Got'er done..