Thread: Router on lathe

With regards to the pounding, why not round off your timber normally first and then mount the router?

I strongly recommend that if you do this, do NOT turn the lathe on!

Either rotate the blank by hand, or set up a second motor that'll run it at around 6RPM and not 600RPM. Rose engines are typically hand-turned, but there are some that are motor driven. They only run at low rev though, because usually only a fine router bit is used and even though it typically only cuts a mm or two deep, it still doesn't cut very fast laterally without risk of breakage.

I mean, you don't whizz a hand-held router over a wooden panel at 60MPH without expecting disaster, so why would you expect the lathe to whizz it past at that speed safely?

And if you're hand-turning the lathe, then there's no problem with pounding the router. But rounding it with a roughing gouge first would be far quicker...

Most definetaly follow Skews advise. Do NOT run the lathe.
Jim

Thanks - I get the message! Probably saved some part of my body!

Bruce

Trend made a router lathe for ornate table legs etc. Apparently, after a bit of finicky set up, one was able to rout corkscrews etc...

Must have been too tricky 'cause they discontinued it...

Hi Beverard,have a squizz at this site it may give you some assistancce.

http://www.twistedtimber.net/howto/twistwood.html

Not saying it's the ducks nuts but it might point you in the right direction!

Cheers

Thanks - that's what I was looking for.

Bruce

Here's a low-speed auxiliary drive I made for dripless/runless coating on the lathe. The motor is from a rotisserie, 5rpm. The driveshaft is a wood dowel, square at one end to mate with the rotisserie motor, and a very long taper at the headstock to engage the outboard end of the headstock spindle - substantially self-threading so you don't need to find a weird threading die or turn the threads by hand. Match the rotation of the rotisserie motor to the spindle threads; the rotisserie motors seem to be made both CW and CCW (or ACW if you like). Set the lathe speed at highest to reduce passive load from the lathe motor, but don't turn the lathe motor on; in fact, probably best to unplug the lathe motor. Something like this would also work for a rose engine or your immediate application.

Joe