Constructing a wood lathe

[aritoni]

Has anyone had a go at building there own wood lathe? I have searched some posts,but not much info has come up.Its for a mate of mine,doesnt have to be that flash.As a bonus,he has his own metal lathe.Any info would be greatful.
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[jasonB]

I machined up a backplate so I could mount a woodworking chuck onto my engineering lathe, that and a simple toolrest that fixed to the cross slide worked fine until I bought a dedicated woodturning lathe.

Jason

 

[jasonB]

Found one here

Jason

 

[tigerturnings]

I've been looking through the archives as I think I remember seeing a member's home made lathe posted some time ago, but haven't found it yet

However, I did find a link to this article which may provide some further inspiration.

Cheers,

Neil

 

[Johnboy]

This is the thread here but the pictures seem to have dissapeared. I am sure that if you PM Pekka he will repost some info.

John

 

[Pekka Huhta]

It all depends on what you want to turn. That one is perfect for chisel handles and small stuff, but I wouldn't try to turn anything much heavier than a small carving mallet.

Making one of those is really simple - untill of course you start fine tuning it and ending up carving all sorts of details on it

I just noted I had forgotten to explain that "knot bore" after my summer holiday. I should post a few pictures anyway. What a perfect reason to brag about my newest chisel handles 8)

If you need some info on the lathe, detail pictures or anything, just ask.

Pekka

P.S: I would be pretty careful not to use a metalworking lathe for any bigger woodturning sessions. It'll never be the same when that wood dust gets into all greased slides, screws etc. I did the same mistake when I used a milling machine to make myseld some wooden blocks and tackles for a boat. Counting the half a day of cleaning that machine out I would have been better off making the blocks by hand anyway.

P.P.S: The pictures seemed to be OK for me. Does someone else have a problem with them?

 

[Paul Chapman]

P.P.S: The pictures seemed to be OK for me. Does someone else have a problem with them?

OK for me as well :wink:

Paul

 

[DaveL]

P.P.S: The pictures seemed to be OK for me. Does someone else have a problem with them?

They are there tonight but yesterday they did not show, may be the server had its knickers in a twist. :roll:

 

[aritoni]

Found one here

Jason

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[PowerTool]

Aritoni - click on the word "here" in Jason's original post - it is a link to another page.

Andrew