Make Your Own Wood Turning Lathe

Turn the lathe on a slow speed and file the ferrule round.

Make your own wood turning lathe. Here you will learn how to do with your own hands homemade wood homemade electronics Christmas c. 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. Quite impractical to use belts pulleys and bearings when the concept is making a wood lathe in 30 minutes.

Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup. 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. Be sure to cover up the motor and any speed control devices so the brass shavings dont ruin anything.

Pick up your spindle blank and alight the awl hole with the point on the drive spur. How to Make a Parting Tool From A Sawzall Blade. Building your own wood lathe is truly a simple matter.

Once your lathe is up and running you can start wood turning immediately and begin making. Ive made a couple of turning tools with carbide cutters and some with HSS cutting blanks all turned out to be very useful. 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.

Well properly shaped and machinedthen add a nice wood handle and you have all the tools you need to turn just about. You lathe should look like this. Mount the turning blank on the lathe.

The main thing is to make sure your motor can spin with both a lot of speed and a lot of power. I really enjoy making my own woodturning tools if for any reason just to see if I can do it. So I thought I would make my own parting tool for woodturning.