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Homemade lathe: how to make your own hands?

To make a homemade lathe at home, you do not even need drawings. But on this device you can make cute coasters, pens for different tools and much more.

A homemade lathe can be made by picking up an electric motor, a wooden block, a wooden board, a 9/32 head from a tool set, an M12 bolt with two nuts. After you have purchased all the necessary components, you can proceed with the assembly of the structure.

As the motor is suitable electric motor, removed from the old sewing machine, because there is a pedal that regulates the speed of rotation. As a workpiece for the cartridge is suitable head 9/32, which is fixed to the shaft with the help of cold welding or epoxy glue. The electric motor can be fixed on a wooden bar, screwing it with screws or by means of cold welding. It is possible to use a two-component instant glue, which is well lubricated by the bottom of the electric motor, and a wooden block is applied to it. In order for the parts to stick together well, they need to be fixed in the folded state (until the glue polymerizes). After the parts are firmly glued together, they must be installed on a wooden board, which will be a bed. The tailstock is cut from a wooden bar, which is L-shaped. It is mounted on the board-stand opposite the electric motor and fixed with screws. The M12 bolt is screwed into the improvised tailstock, on both sides its position is fixed with nuts. The end of the bolt must be made conical. This can be done with an electric drill. The bolt is clamped in it, and then with the help of the file the cone on the bolt is brought. And here the self-made lathe is ready for work.

You can try it by turning a wooden workpiece. To do this, it needs to be given a six- or octagonal shape, nankner on the one side a hole for the tailstock bolt, and on the other, drill a hole that is slightly smaller than the diameter of the head 9/32. The workpiece is inserted into the cartridge and pressed by the tailstock. Then the engine starts, which rotates the workpiece. Now you can start processing it. For work, do not forget about safety. Processing of the workpiece should be carried out in protective glasses. Categorically you can not stop the rotating workpiece with your hands!

Homemade construction for turning metal

Homemade metal lathe differs from the previous design by a more complex device. It has a rigid metal frame of channels, which is its bed. At the left end of this frame is fixed a fixed headstock, and on the right end a support is made. In such a machine, there is already a spindle with a mounted chuck or faceplate attached to it. Rotation to the spindle is transmitted by means of a V-belt drive from the electric motor. If in the previous case the cutter had to be held by hand, then when turning the metal, this can not be done. Here there are such loads that you can not simply hold the cutter by hand. Therefore, the self-made lathe is equipped with a support that can move along the longitudinal axis. It is equipped with a toolholder that can move in a direction transverse with respect to the movement line of the support. You can control its movement with the help of a handwheel, on which a ring with divisions is installed. Handwheel rotates by hand.

Ability to install the CNC

You can make a homemade CNC lathe using two stepper motors and any stepper motor control board in 2-3 axes. This is very suitable for turning woodwork. Given that such a machine in the store will cost a decent amount, it makes sense to do it yourself!

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