Make A Homemade Wood Lathe
This will cost about 20.
Make a homemade wood lathe. This wood lathe is made from wood metal soldering iron miter saw glue electric sander and screws. Build a Wood Lathe from Scratch and Start Turning. MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFF Spindlessuch as this table legup to.
How to build a simple Wood Lathe. After this attach other components and youre good to go. Here is what youll need to make what I made.
Drill holes through the metal 4-inch by 4-inch by ¼-inch thick metal base plate around the center weld and dowel so that you can attach your stock wood piece to the base plate passing 4 two-inch wood screws through the holes in the base plate and into the stock wood piece to be turned with your new homemade wood lathe. Glue the tool rest on the base in front of the metal rod. I used a chisel as a crude lathe cutting tool.
4 of pine 1 x 8 x 4. This was great fun and allowed me to make a few small turned wooden items. Building your own power tools is a specialized skill but with the right planning and patience you can DIY everything in your workshop.
Poplar wood about 10 feet size. My lathe is similar to Matthias but I decided to add some different parts to ease assembly and make it more reliable. This costs about 20.
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