Homemade Lathe
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He would lose a lot of power using a dimmer. He would be better off using a 3 phase motor with a small inverter that accepts single phase in.
2 years ago 4
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How did you align the tailstock with the head stock?
1 year ago 2
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@1963forever I don't know why he has never posted what he used for the hub and spindle/axle. I think this looks pretty close, if not dead on.
NorthernTools
Axle = Item# 5712451 @ $13
Hub = Item# 57204 @ $30
$ = As of January 2012
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Most washing machines have a nice heavy duty 1/2 hp motor. I used one to power a 12" face grinder I built last year. I would like to try making a lathe also.
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What style of 3 jaw chuck did you use so you could attach it to something. Its hard to tell from the video what you did there.
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@laurenandrewr were did you find a chuck so cheap
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well... you clearly put a lot of thought into that comment.... if you made a better one where is the video?
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Very Nice!
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nice. i made a better one.
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Wow, that is one of.. No, THE Best homebuilt lathe i have ever seen. Do you have some pictures or video from the build? im not gona lie to you. I will probably try to copy your design. The size is just perfect. And i cant afford to buy one. But i do have a lot of parts to build one from.
Best regards/ Jimmy
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This is one of the best machines ive seen so far really well done,is the headstock a trailer hub? I was thinking of using pillow blocks for a head stock. All in all this is a wonderful job,and a very servicable machine.
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I've quite the same question that lenx82. How much did it cost? Any sugestions on how to learn machining at home?
thx! :)
levogiro 3 years ago
About $200 plus a 1/3 horse motor that you can find anywhere (garage sale - maybe?).
laurenandrewr 3 years ago
Very good ideea, nice finish! Can you adjust the speed of the lathe? From what is the table made of? I mean the table on what the cross-slide table is.
roninoneone 3 years ago
You would have to change pulleys to change speed. The pulley on the motor would be the easiest to change. I selected the pulley sizes to optimize turning speed. It is a compromise between a setting for heavy cuts and high finish speeds. Most cutting operations can be done with a two inch motor pulley and an eight inch spindle pulley. The lathe bed is a 30" piece of 8" X 3/16" steel channel.
laurenandrewr 3 years ago
That is very nice!
How expensive, and after which instructions?
I noticed the thing in the end looked offcenter, how did you achieve this?
pudidotdk 3 years ago
I had no instructions. I just experimented until I came up with this. If you want dimmesions, I can give you them.
laurenandrewr 3 years ago