How To Make A Wood Lathe With A Drill Press

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How to make a wood lathe with a drill press. YouTube woodworker Nick Ferry used a set of nuts and bolts as his dead. This system will help us to adjust the distance depending on the piece we are going to work. The largest bolt I was going to tighten to the slot in my drill press table to act as a tool rest.

Much of this wood lathe is built using scrap plywood and he even made wood gears for this project. Cut 3cm at the bottom of the tailstock and drill the center. I used a grinder and a file to make the end of a bolt rounded and smooth this would be my dead center.

The result was very good since it. Start by making two holes on the plywood then cut through the holes to make a longer hole. Put it in a vise and with the file make four points.

Insert first the nut and then the wood drive nut in the bolt. Then drill a hole that would snugly fit your bearing of about 14 inches deep. Easiest tutorial ever on how to convert your drill press into a lathe.

Once your lathe is up and running you can start wood turning immediately and begin making. I secured the pointed bolt into the center or the drill press table and it was going to act as a dead center for the bottom of the wood to spin on. Of course you need to know what type of JT is on the end of your ram and unfortunately unlike a morse taper a jacobs taper is not really good at being removed and reattached all the time.

Also drill a 16 inches clearance hole wider than your shaft width. One thing that might work is to find an adapter that will fit onto the jacobs taper on the end of your drill press ram and allow you to attach a 4 jaw chuck. About 5 minutes into turning the dead center began to squeal.