Making Lathe Bed

This is first video series of building homemade metal lathe i use iron beam 20 feet long 3x6 inch wide.

Making lathe bed. Yet the tool is so versatile that it s usually one of the first. For the moment i don t fix any of the mentioned parts in order to be able to continue working with them more comfortably. Aluminum is an easy material to work and can be made in various sizes. Consider the wood lathe.

The basic models cost more than 300 and even a used piece of equipment commands nearly that price. A large plate is then welded to this surface and is used to anchor the bed to the main pillar that supports the headstock. What materials to use to make a lathe bed cast iron. Once the bed was welded and surfaced i suspended it off the mill with an angle plate that would make paul bunyan feel like a little man.

I think that for a hobbyist it can be a good. A wood lathe bed is constructed like a hollow box. For these two parts of the future lathe i used pine wood making two equal pieces of 25cm x 9cm x 6 5cm. I can mill keyways make longitudinal holes or mill small areas.

This operation was to square up the end relative to the top of the bed. Installation of the attachment does not take more than a few minutes so quite short. To make lathe bed.