Home made lathe and articulated arm

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EdMorgano

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Here are a few pictures from back in April/May when I built my latest lathe. This is about the 5th one that I've done adding improvements each time. Thanks for looking.​

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CDPeters

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Wow Ed. Very impressive. What's even more impressive is you've built 5! :icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum

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Kalai

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Hi Ed, that is a real nice looking lathe you built, it looks like you built a few other tools in your shop, did you build the belt sander too? What other tools did you build, also what do you use the articulated arm for?
I saw your post of your turnings too and they look great. I built one of the lathes that I have, it is made out of steel though, it has a 4' 8" turning capacity, I made it just for turning bowls.
Keep up the good work and aloha from Hawaii.

Chris "Kalai"
 
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Kalai said:
Hi Ed, that is a real nice looking lathe you built, it looks like you built a few other tools in your shop, did you build the belt sander too? What other tools did you build, also what do you use the articulated arm for?
I saw your post of your turnings too and they look great. I built one of the lathes that I have, it is made out of steel though, it has a 4' 8" turning capacity, I made it just for turning bowls.
Keep up the good work and aloha from Hawaii.

Chris "Kalai"
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Chris,
The only other machine that I've built for my shop is a CNC router with a 27"x48" capacity. The other machines, including the belt sander are either old machines that i built bases for or store bought.

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Henry W

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"...including the belt sander are either old machines that i built bases for or store bought.
Ed"

Nice work Ed. I guess I have a shop full of "store bought" equipment that until now I had not considered 2nd class. Seeing what you build, I am rethinking my assessment.

I 'll have to re-read your articulated arm stuff carefully. I'd like to try hollow forms, but don't have any tolling or the cash to purchase the 'systems' out there.

Henry W
 
LeftyTom

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Ed, what you gonna do with a lathe that sturdy? Planning to turn some stumps from Scott Smith! :gar-Bi
 
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EdMorgano

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LeftyTom said:
Ed, what you gonna do with a lathe that sturdy? Planning to turn some stumps from Scott Smith! :gar-Bi
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Tom,
I built it to be able to turn some big stuff in the future. The largest thing I've turned so far is a 16" diameter Ambrosia maple bowl that was about 4" Deep. The main problem I had was that I only have a belt drive and the slowest speed is 875 rpm. That was too fast for the rough blank before it was turned so I ended up hanging another motor off the side to slow the speed down to about 430 rpm. That worked great.
 
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