That is one heck of a project. One piece of advise from someone who has been making chips for 34 years and that is DON'T WEAR GLOVES when operating equipment. I have seen people seriously hurt by getting caught up in machines. No long sleeves or loose clothing and if you wear an apron make darn sure the strings are tucked back behind you. And never reach over a lathe when it is turning. None of it is worth getting hurt over and a machine has no heart or feelings. It can and will hurt or possibly kill you. Again one heck of a project.
@@DebbyNovrinal if you want to experience a relatively safe version of what can happen, chuck up a long driver bit in a CORDLESS DRILL, long enough for you to be able to grab it with your hand. grab it while spinning and be ready to stop immediately. Now picture this with 20-40lbs of rotational inertia behind it and you've got what a small lathe can do to you. A large lathe might take around with it and cause many leaks you didn't have at the start of the day.
Your lathe is way cooler, better designed, and well built than the CNC lathe I built. Props to you and thanks for sharing your video. I really enjoyed watching you employ your amazing craftsmanship and talent!
I'm a Toolmaker by trade, over the past 40 years working in engineering I've used 50+ different lathes so objectively got a good sense of how good they are and what they can do...............gotta say yours looks fabulous and I'd love to give it a try and see what it'd turn like. Btw that's me on a Weiler on my channel.
I kept my build true to my style I don't know how to load pictures on here or I would. I still have a little ways tail stalk and done but it will never really be done. I didn't copy you but I used your work as inspiration
A lot of work has been done and a good result has been obtained. Good luck in future projects, signed up, I will watch the work. I have a lathe and a milling machine, a hobby to do something with my own hands (the magic of shavings :-)). They have already told you about gloves, I will not repeat myself, take care of yourself!
@@DebbyNovrinal Credit where credit is due. I've been machining for almost 30 years, splitting hairs for each job, I've seen sooo many things from a six thread micro screw to the space shuttle fuel pump, but your project lathe really really impressed me. As a matter of fact, I'm so impressed, I just subscribed and I'm binge watching all of your initial videos. Every part of this lathe build is awesome. and you used good hand tools only! what's more impressive than the machine is your ingenuity. In the way you're building your lathe in 2019/20 is just about the same way they built lathes in the 18th century!, you are making the king of machines! Good luck my friend, I hope to see more videos of this lathe making other projects!
Excelente trabajo Amigo lo mejor que he visto de tornos casero un abrazo estoy contribuyente un pequeño torno. CNC Espero hacer un trabajo genial como el tu yo Felicitaciones.
I have been following your progress on the build of this lathe. Wow! A good design and execution. A good quality build with thrust ball bearings on all rotating parts. Are you planing a gear box for screw cutting? Puzzled on a couple of things, why a short bed? You’re only planing for short work only? Once you have a tail stock there will be not much travel! Why did you not provide bearing support on the back end of the spindle? It is obvious the lathe is cutting very well with accuracy and no shatter, but what about heavy cuts like 50 thousand or more? Is your spindle hollow? Love the screw cutting capability and longitudinal automatic feed. Very impressed with the design and execution, much respect to you and your skills. Noticed you did not weld but used nuts and bolts on parts subject to heat distortion like bed rails, cross slide etc... such attention to details for a home made lathe, can’t wait to see the finish product and seeing you use it like it was intended.
I take the hat off my friend, verry good job. Your lathe is much better than the Chinees cheap ones. You should improve your product and sell it. Verry nice, you will have a good future.
Good video. I have a couple of questions on lead screws. I'm very new to using a lathe. Some time ago I was given an Atlas TH54 10" or 12" lathe (not sure how to tell). It was in need of some attention so I tore it apart, lubed it, re-painted it and rewired it. The lathe seems to run fine, but I found that a 54" bed requires much more space and a much bigger work table than I want to dedicate to it. So I decided to cut the bed down to 36" which gives it a smaller foot print and enables me to dedicate a space for it in my workshop. I cut the bed in my bandsaw and it worked out great. Question 1: Can a lathe be used without a lead screw if I want to turn down a shaft without using the autofeed? Question 2: Is turning down a lead screw end (about 5" of the threads) difficult in a lathe given the gap in between each thread?
thank you brother,for the question 1/2. the lathe can be used without lead screws and to reduce the lead screw it will affect the rotation in the automatic feed. Sorry if the answer is not satisfactory my brother because this is according to my experience while using my own lathe, every lathe machinist each have their own experience..
Assalamualaikum.boleh buat lagi vidionya dgn penjelasan secara detil.kalw bisa mesinnya dibuka lagi satu persatu komponennya biar kita bisa belajar ini sangat bagus melebihi pabrikan
Hi! Nice project you have. I'm worrying only, that you cannot make any threads with that thing (unless you use special tools). But I have thought the thread making this way: How about if in lathe is a screw, which can be changed, and the machine only just copy that thread? I'm not sure can you understand what I mean, but like this way. You want to make M6 thread. You just put to lead screw M6 threaded bar (1m, those can be found from many shops), change a nut, which is connected to moving part in lathe and start make M6 thread. If you want make M8 thread, you change the M6 bar and a nut to M8 bar and a nut. Anyway, nice job you done!
I've never seen anything like this before!! Amazing. what the purpose of this lead wheel? I think you should make a gear box system it will be very good project.
