Thread: Improved oval turning device

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Built in 2009 an oval turning device and turned since that time several objects, but had a slack in the constructed from wood and metal spindle.
Tried to make some reinforcements by placing steel rings for the roller bearings, this was a bit of an improvement, but not fully satisfying.
My wish was always a full metal spindle, and I stumbled unexpected against a metal spindle from an old machine in a junkyard and found more useful stuff. I got it for free, after a little talk.
This is what I got my hands on, complete with two roller bearings of 50mm.






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Now the job to transform it into a useful spindle.


Had to make a new housing for the spindle, and assemble everything.


Yesterday the first test with turning a small object, the steel spindle is a real improvement, almost no slack anymore.


Was a nice project for filling the gab while waiting for picking up my work on the staircase.
Here a video of the running device. (without safety guard)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb-sPQSUo5U"]YouTube - 100 1998[/ame]

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Cheers, Ad