weisyboy
15th August 2007, 06:51 PM
i have just finished the longest peice i have ever tried it was 1420mm long and only 24mm thick.
i was going to make myself up a couple of steadys to supot the center of the peice but i tried to make the first one and got so annoyed that i threw it in the bin.
i only have a gmc with a bed length of 1000mm. it is in two peices so i disconected them and moved the headstock end up the bench 500mm.
i mounted the peice and started the lathe on its slowest speed (850) it was still a little fast but i made do. i got my angle grinder and put the corsest disk i could on it and started the lathe and the grinder it worked a treat. roughed it down without anything stabaliing it and then i simple sanded it smoth by hand.
i was going to make myself up a couple of steadys to supot the center of the peice but i tried to make the first one and got so annoyed that i threw it in the bin.
i only have a gmc with a bed length of 1000mm. it is in two peices so i disconected them and moved the headstock end up the bench 500mm.
i mounted the peice and started the lathe on its slowest speed (850) it was still a little fast but i made do. i got my angle grinder and put the corsest disk i could on it and started the lathe and the grinder it worked a treat. roughed it down without anything stabaliing it and then i simple sanded it smoth by hand.