Crazy Homemade Copy Lathe 4. She works!!!!! 

I like the engineering you have done on this. Using those wheels to get it down to size was very good thinking. Lee

I am glad that you are producing videos again. I have been waiting patiently !

It doesn't matter what it looks like or what it's made out of - IT WORKS - that's all that matters! Great job.

I'm enjoying your videos. Hope you're doing well and still having fun being creative

I agree completely that this is working great. Considering that this is a proof of concept and not a finalized design I think you have hit a home run. For a small production shop this opens a lot of possibilities. Have a Merry Christmas.

I enjoyed it. Love to see the larger cutting head.

I use a duplicator made by veil in Canada that has an angle grinder attachment similar to what you are using. If you can slow down your lathe for your final pass it will make the cut much better. I usually spin at 600-700 rpm on a 5x5 blank to rough and then drop down to 70 rpm for the final pass. This also helps get more intricate detail without dealing with tear-out.

Since the copy pin is quite high, You could start off by attaching a straight piece on top of it that can be incrementally pushed backwards by about the size of the cutting teeth, gradually revealing the profile of the template.

Thanks for sharing that

Really cool. I need to build one. First need to get lathe. Any suggestions for a second hand lathe?

Awesome!!!

pretty cool!

hey, i love the way you solve the problems, greetings from Argentina! what kind of disk is the one that you show at the end as a future improvement?? thanks!

Blinking marvelous. I thought they were pepper grinders.

Great tool! I wonder how it would work if, instead of going back and forth like using a traditional lathe tool, you did a series of almost full depth plunge cuts, just moving over the kerf of the blade each time. Then do a couple of light sweeps for finishing. Like to see how it works with the moulding head.

Nibble nibble. Lol Great seeing it actually put together! I'm too lazy to execute my brilliant ideas...

Nice Idea.I think a router should works better than a angle grinder in term of side cutting.

This is the first video I've watched did he say why he's using and angle grinder over a router?

Update? you alive bro?

Do you know about these Chainsaw Disks you can get for the AngleGrinder? The ones StumpyNubs recently cut his Hand with...My guess is, that thing would make cutting way faster. Also im a little frightened by all thos small kickbacks :D

Looks like insanity

Hmmm... I think the Lathespindle needs to run slower.. At least on the last pass. It would give a better surface quality...maybe a VFD on the lathe motor... That cutter head of a wood shaper looks overkill for this angle grinder and i dont think it is made for such high RPM. Max. 6000.... i am guessing. Please be careful. It looks dangerious, what you have in mind. We want to see more of your great builds and a man with all his limbs intact.. Greets from Germany..

I saw a similar ones with a router attached to this on a couple channels I follow. I want to make one to replicate corbels. They are selling down here for $200-1000 each.

You could sure use an extra pair of hands, eh?

Awesome!