Make Your Own Wood Turning Lathe

Much of this wood lathe is built using scrap plywood and he even made wood gears for this project.

Make your own wood turning lathe. Be sure to cover up the motor and any speed control devices so the brass shavings dont ruin anything. Building your own wood lathe is truly a simple matter. Pick up your spindle blank and alight the awl hole with the point on the drive spur.

But it also shows how you can make your own allowing you to tailor your wood-holders precisely to the work you want to do. Mine is a 10 pound 125 horsepower motor and it has never slowed down while I am turning something. Mount the turning blank on the lathe.

How to Make a Parting Tool From A Sawzall Blade. Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup. Ive made a couple of turning tools with carbide cutters and some with HSS cutting blanks all turned out to be very useful.

The main thing is to make sure your motor can spin with both a lot of speed and a lot of power. Welcome to the channel Roman Ursu Hack romanursuhack. What does a broken 12 drill bit a cold chisel a 12 x 12 pc of steel from home depot a 12 pc of round bar from home depot and carbide cutting bits carbide inserts have in common.

Finally you have your tail stock. How to Make YourOwn Woodturning Tools. Considering that electric motors commonly come at 2400 or 2800 RPM as well as the cheaper low speed ones finding the right motor is part of the fun of creation.

So I thought I would make my own parting tool for woodturning. All you need is the desire to have one the gumption to do so and the intestinal fortitude to say I. Here you will learn how to do with your own hands homemade wood homemade electronics Christmas c.