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Hi Boys. I thought you might like to see my lathe that I spend a lot of my time at. it is the second lathe that I have built I wanted a big heavy lathe that I could build anything I wanted to build big or small It drives through two Toyota crown gear boxes powered with a three HP electric motor, the first thing I built on it was a cradle for my daughter & it has turned a lot since then, see what you think.
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I like it, that's heavy duty !
Thanks Angus! I've added your Wood Lathe to our Wood Lathes category, as well as to your builder page: Angus' Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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Nice job there Angus.
Should be able to turn a pen or two on it too without much effort :beer:
Regards
Doc :hattip:
Amazing build, Angus! :bow:
Looks very heavy duty. What do you keep in the repurposed attache case shown on the stand next to the wood lathe?
Hi Paul. The attache case is sitting on the tool rest stand which is swung around to the end of the lathe when needed, the case contains drills & measuring gear just to keep it within reach, & if you are anything like me I tend to put things down & spend to long looking for them, so I have got into the habit of putting them in the case before I go to do other jobs around the workshop,it saves me a lot of time later.
Very heavy duty indeed. Fantastic work, Angus!
Hi Chirstophe. I just checked out your site, You do some very nice work. I have been asked to build a bass recorder in Huon Pine, It will be my first attempt at musical instruments, If I come close to your work I will be happy.
I would love to have access to steel scrap like that, amazing! What country do you call home?Quote:
Originally Posted by Angus
Lastnquestion, what is the frame that carries the chain above the lathe, another device perhaps?
Hi Jere. The lathe has pieces I collected over the years from different jobs I was doing when fitting fishing boat engines & repairing equipment around the engine rooms, I stored them away for when I needed them. The brass control lever just below the chuck is the forward reverse lever from a boat we salvaged for the Gardner diesel engine & there are quite a few other pieces from other boats in there as well. The frame above the lathe carries my router & is driven by a separate engine through a gear box with the chain, for fluting timber & is shifted down to the attachment you can see just below it & carried at both ends It can be adjusted to travel any angle so it can can cut a tapered piece of turning. It can also be driven by the lathe for cutting candy twists. My home country is Australia & I live right at the bottom in the island state of Tasmania in a little sea side town of Penguin.
Now that is a lathe, more pictures please. I'd be especially interested on information that details what the spindle is made from? Is it a DIY spindle or and repurposed spindle from another machine.
On another note this might not be suitable for this forum but pictures of some of the work coming off this machine would be inspiring. If you put that much effort into the lathe I can just imagine what some top the items coming off the lathe look like.
Hi. The whole lathe is built from scratch. Spindle is made from 2" bright steel & thread size is 1 1/2" 6 TPI wit thread to take metal lathe chucks if I need to use one. I lived in Smithton far North west Tasmania at the time & I had access to big metal lathes at a steel fabrication place there & was able to turn the shaft & cut the threads & put no 2 morse tapers in the ends of the shaft. The lathe was built quite heavy as I have two smaller lathes & both vibrate far to much for what I wanted to do on them. I am getting to old now to stand for long , so my grand son & son in law are going to take them to Victoria Main land Aust. My son inlaw is an artist & sculptor I think he will come up with so good looking work from the lathes. A few lessons coming up there But he is a quick learner. I have turned cradles, Rocking chairs,& quite a lot of bigger pieces that are a bit to big to put up on here.
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I think we need a bigger photo. 640x480 is just a tease for something this elaborate.Quote:
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Inspiring! I expect I will be seeing your lathe in my sleep. So many of the posts here are of things that industry could build but do not and that with so many more (unlimited) resources. Makes one think🤔
Eric
Delivery trucks on their way to Angus's lathe:
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Hi Jon, origin of this picture? thanks very much for hosting this wonderful site, cheers
Jim in Sunny South Coast NSW Australia
What I would really like to see is a video of you running the machine and explaining what all those attachments do!
Wat an amazing machine and an even more amazing operator!
I hope your sil and son will appreciate that machine as much as you do.
Whoa. Big lathe. Big window for natural light. Very nice.
Angus, VERY Nice Build, You could make a full size model of a Mack Truck on that Machine!
philip
This is the most amazing lathe that I have ever seen !!!! Would love to find out more about it and it's capabilities--- -great build , thanks again - Tom
Hi folks. I haven't been on the forum for a while. We spent some time on the Mainland Victoria with our Daughters doing a few jobs they had lined up, that's usually takes quite a while. mechanical repairs on cars & farm machinery. Back in the workshop now & taken on another model boat, that takes me quite a while but good to be inside with a good fire during our winters down here in Tasmania. We had a lot of people calling in when I was full time wood turning to watch the lathe in action but had to keep them behind glass to look which was only about six feet from the lathe, insurance costs were to big to let them in but they enjoyed watching.The only problem is you don't get that much work done when you put yourself on display, They usually like to stop & talk & don't realize that they aren't the only ones that stop in for a yarn. glad you enjoyed the pictures of the big lathe, it's a one off. & as I have posted before it will go to my grandson & son in law now he has a big workshop up It, will take a while to learn how it works but they are both pretty quick learners.
Take care
Angus.
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Very interesting. Have you shown us anything you have made using the overhead tracking device?
It looks like it has many interesting features! I'd love to hear more about all it can do.
