Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:35 am
Crna, what are you thinking lathe material wise?
Actually, if I remember right from reading it the lathe finishes itself, literally.Zeus wrote:Crna, since I believe you're going for a metal lathe, would you like Dave Gingery's books on making a lathe & mill? The offer's open for anyone.
There's a lot of casting involved, and you'll need access to a lathe and mill to complete it.
The Ron Jeremy of the machining world?mark.f wrote:Actually, if I remember right from reading it the lathe finishes itself, literally.
You can get spindles separate to match that chuck, then build the head stock around that...just a thought.Gun Freak wrote:Just wondering, why do you need one?
By the way I found a nice 2" chuck from harbor freight that would work for 35 bucks, not too big, but can hold bigger stuff than a drill chuck. May be difficult to mount though.
Most of the members (younger) probably don't know who or what he does.The Ron Jeremy of the machining world?
Thick wood base around 60mm and 30x30x5 RHS for the rails the tool rest and tail stock would ride on. So far the only all thread I can get for the lead screw is M12 and that to fine so would move very slowly.Gun Freak wrote:Crna, what are you thinking lathe material wise?
You should use pipe as a spindle so you have a hole clean through the head stock for working on longer pieces. What ever the bearings will allow.Crna Legija wrote:the head stock would be wood as well around 100mm thick. for the spindle i have a few 20mm id 30mm od bearings i would drill a hole in the head stock and line up as many as i can 3 should fit in a 100mm. This wont sound good for the engineers out there but i would then weld the shaft to the last two bearings and some how attach a chuck that.
Tsk tsk, kids today, no concept of culturejrrdw wrote:Most of the members (younger) probably don't know who or what he does.
Sorry not sure what you mean by that.You can get spindles separate to match that chuck, then build the head stock around that...just a thought.
Lies... I would have to disagree after this.jrrdw wrote:Most of the members (younger) probably don't know who or what he does.The Ron Jeremy of the machining world?
I knew you would spot him. He appears frequently in the video (among many other, err, "home videos". What is Sancho, before I click it?
Of course I do, it's a brand of rum.jrrdw wrote:Most of the members (younger) probably don't know who or what he does.
jrrdw wrote:Most of the members (younger) probably don't know who or what he does.