Lathe Handle //Beginner Metal Lathe Project 

well it's a lathe ru-vid.comUgkxN9zrzkkhnjUF5PQbuA_B1gYdsfCu9k6z but it wasn't what i would have anticipated. Headstock, tailstock, carriage apron are manufactured from aluminum now not cast iron. The spindle diameter for the bearings is too small allowing for a few play in the spindle so I am using some blue Loctite to take out the play.

love the fact that you let people know you're learning,and that you don't act like you know it all. makes my experience with watching relatable and allows me to learn along side you. keep up the good work man.

Loved that practical and useful job. I’m a beginner and now a subscriber. Please do more of those Useful and Practical builds 👍

Very few of those old Myfords around the US. I had the same backlash issues on my South Bend, replaced the cross slide lead screw and nut and it is nice now. Fine workmanship by you as always!

Great job and I particularly liked how you solved the problem with wrong sized stock

Nice job! Love your handle

thanks for not being one of those people that talks for twenty minutes and doesn't say anything. good video

hey man, pretty nice work. and a well presented video. I am gonna put that project on my list of cool things to make for my bandsaw too.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB MAKING THE REPLACEMENT HANDLE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

I love watching these videos, it always blows my mind that I know you, and watching you make all these hardware projects is so fascinating

Many thanks. I'm just a beginner learning and getting up the confidence for my first project.

Nice! I like it, good job.

Great video look forward to more like this!

really digging your channel….i like your choice of projects.

Looks good. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.

Outstanding pice of work. Just what I need to do for my lathe. 🤗

You got a handle on things... Nicely done - I had just icked stock today for handles. Thanks

Well done mr!

So awesome !

Very tidy job 👌

Nice work!

amazing work there buddy I have to make a drawbar for my southbend your handle shines light on the job I have to do thanks for sharing

When I first got started in the metal working hobby I read that what guys made mostly were improvements for their lathes and other tools. I found that was pretty much true. My first project was an outboard spider made from a 1" black pipe coupling. My second project was a set of stockmakers screws for the Mosin Nagant. I guess that as time goes by we can learn how to make more and more complicated projects. I found the stockmakers screws to be quite educational, because it introduced me to threading.

for the first time making that handle you really well!

That's pretty neat. Nice work. For mine, I took a similar multi-part approach, but rather than bolting, I shrink-fitted the ring onto the shaft, which gave a cleaner result. It's worth noting that your new handwheel will interfere wth your compound slide. there's reason why your old handwheel was small.

Looks and works Great. Very Nice.

Thanks for the instruction very helpful.

I always hated the cross slide handle on my Grizzly. Took care of that by replacing it with a LeBlond........ Nice work!

Yeah... came over from AvE too... Great vid. Very well done for a first attempt. A big thumbs-up !!

Awesome video!

Great video

I'm going to make one. Thanks for the great example.

AWESOME job just found your channel and i love it.

Thanks for posting this. I just bought a mill that came with plastic handles. One was broken when I got it. As I get the mill cleaned up and back together this will be one of my first projects.

Hi TD Nice simple project well executed Thanks for showing and sharing. Really enjoyed it. Gives us ideas on tackling our next project Keep 'em rolling aRM

nice work.

Thank you I appreciate you taking the time and effort to make these videos this is exactly what I am doing at the weekend. Subscribed and liked✌🏽👍🏻

Great work man! For once I'm glad a channel was in my homepage :'D

Fact is you got off your butt and had a go. Good enough for me to subscribe. Final product? That was good too. Well done. Looking forward to more projects.

Jeez mate well done,

always hated those tiny handles, great work on the new one that extra leverage makes all the difference

Nice job

Good job "thinking outside of the box". On figuring out how to do this project with the supplies you had. One day I'm gonna be like you

That looks great

You have talent my friend.

Sempre molto bravo👍👍👍saluti da Italia.

I’m now a new subscriber thanks for posting a great video looking forward to more videos god bless

New here, you make nice easy to follow along and understand video making, and I was drawn here because I love machine crank handles and I am a micro machinist meaning my handles have this too damn small issue. Your end result the handle came out well. Thank you.

Turned out nice.

Really enjoyed that, I have a warco gh1322 lathe and although the wheels are nice and big, you have inspired me to make some nice alloy ones.

Hi. I'm new to metal milling. I really enjoy your videos. Great job on the editing also. Thanks for your time and hard work just for us.

nice job, interesting. great workmanship.

Liked the video! I especially appreciate you showing an operation once, and then moving on. You didn't make us watch you drill and tap all three screw holes. And, NO MUSAK!!!! I'm a new subscriber now! Oh, btw, I like your knob profile better than the one in the book. (That sounds odd...)

Great video, going to try that on mine

Excellent upgrade.

Awesome video! I cannot wait to get a lathe soon and start making some chips!

Hey any improvement is a plus.I would give a A plus . nice fix!

love it I have just got my hands on a simat 101 and it DEFINATELY needs new hand wheels

Great video awesome project for a fast turning handle I can appreciate that very much I hope you kept the one with the two handles at some point you might appreciate why they were two handles on the Wheel

Cool project. I like your style handle over the the one in the book btw

Well done! Thanks for sharing.

Really enjoyed it.

Great job man. I’m actually going to pick up my very first lathe today! Super exited about it!

nice work dude great video thank you for sharing

About this Lathe Handle, I just found you it's August 2021. If you're reading your comments, send me a message. If all goes well for me, I'll be purchasing a new Lathe, probably in September. This is the first video I caught with you. Taking the flat stock, was a smart 🤓 idea to make your handle, nice effort 👍.

Thank you. I am going to have a go!

well done .

great video

brilliant, I'm going to have a go.

Nice very nice, I have to do that on mine, good work

Looks great

There is a video by Dale "metal tips and tricks" where he goes and visits an old timer and learns how to hand carve contours like what was pictured. I think you would enjoy it.

Got three or four boogered handles on a Craigslist lathe. This video is going to help. Thanks.

I like it, thank you for sharing.

going to use this for my apron half nut lever

Very Nice Work Sir...!

outstanding!

Nice job on the handle, I'm going to have to try making one soon. My cross slide handle was damaged while trying to move my lathe when I bought it.

Well done I've got to do the same on all my hand wheels before I go "nuts". John

Way cool need to make one Thanks

i need to do this for my dewalt table saw

Really good

Nice job!

some knurling on the outer surface of the disc would be nice for extra grip.

One youtuber to another. Nice work. Good job on the handle. You work with steel and I work with wood (and my kids). Love a bit of lathe work, wood or steel

Verry smart way! Also not wasted 80% of material if turned in one peace 👌🏻

Looks good. My 2c worth would be to suggest as an extra refinement, to do a similar mod to what i did with my lathe feed handles, namely to make a counter balance to offset the handle mass. Originally, before the mod, because i had a nice ball bearing lead screw, if i had any vibration from the cut, the mass of the handle would tend to rotate the feed wheel until the handle was at bottom of the circle, thus advancing the tool in some unintended direction and compromising quality of product... You can tighten gib screw to lock the axis of motion but this is a nuisance. Counterweight made and installed; problem gone. Same thing on my drill press x-y table. You want a bigger diameter slug of material so it is shorter so it doesn't hit your fingers when you crank on the handle though, or if there's room, fit it onto the back of the handwheel.

Great job, As someone already said " I like your handle best". I have an ML 4 Capstan lathe and an ML4 like copy !

Very nicely done. I can't help but to think that if you replaced the cap head screws with some button heads it'd really pop. Not that it doesn't now but... Thanks taking us along on your build, I really enjoyed the video.

Great job. Would love to have seen the capheads counterbored. But you didn't have much meat left in the middle, so it would have been difficult. All and all, a cool look to a utilitarian upgrade. 👍👍

Good job man

much more practical than casting the handle the traditional way. it looks nice and is just as functional. I have been getting tired of weird wrist Acton on my compound as well. think I will give it a wack. don't think I can shape a handle freehand like that though.

A good job.

awesome!!

Nice project!

nice job i must do the same for my lathe thank you

I think........:)Oh I think I will go for the Tumbs up :) Easier, But I watched all of it, and liked it very much. Thank you for sharing...

nice work from holland

Nice project, look good :-)

Hey, Think you did a pretty nice job. JIm