Thread: homemade lathes

Ripper Bernie I received a Lathe shaft today 1"x 8tpi from Munruben with a face plate I have an old excercise bike flywheel the plans will come in handy for the build

Ray

Originally Posted by wheelinround

I have an old excercise bike flywheel the plans will come in handy for the build

Whaaaaaaaaaat? You're not going to cast your own flywheel in concrete al-la old school style?

Originally Posted by Toasty

Whaaaaaaaaaat? You're not going to cast your own flywheel in concrete al-la old school style?

He's not just a pretty face you know.

just thought i would mention here . when i built my lathe way way back i did some research first and found that there was a lot of add ons made to suit woodfast lathes so i made my shaft the same as theirs which was i think from memory 1'' --10 tpi
so i can buy anything that fits a woodfast and it will fit mine .
started with a number 2 morse taper blank shaft then cut the thread to suit so i have the morse taper hollow as well and it will take a drill chuck or morse taper drill bits

edit ( well i think its number 2 , long time since i did it and or used it )

G'Day

I've sown the seed now let usa see some pics

Cheers
Bernie

This is the one I made about 10 years ago; it is about to get an upgrade with a bigger motor & an EVS.

ok just ducked up to the shed in the dark climbed over every thing in me thongs and snapped a pic from the only angle i could get of the headstock .
when i drag it out of there some time this week i hope if i can get out of the tractor long enough ( we have 350 acres of hay on the ground at the moment ) i will clean it up and get some more pics of the speed change setup and so on .
the shaft is threaded both ends and the motor has forward and rev switch 1HP i think so i can turn out board as well

Here's the link to my home-made beast!!

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=78118

Originally Posted by BernieP

G'Day All

Some interesting ideas of yesteryears http://www.vintageprojects.com/machi...he-treadle.pdf
http://www.vintageprojects.com/machi...wood-lathe.pdf

Cheers
Bernie

I wonder how many model "T" Ford con rods I can find.
Just shows that nothing is new with the cam lock tail stock.

Originally Posted by

I wonder how many model "T" Ford con rods I can find.
Just shows that nothing is new with the cam lock tail stock.

I have access to 4 of them the owner of the vehicle will not be impressed tho

Thanks for the links Bernie

I'm yet to build one but when I do this info will come in handy

Originally Posted by wheelinround

I have access to 4 of them the owner of the vehicle will not be impressed tho

I have the same problem Ray.