[gingery_machines] Re: I'm off to a good start, but I'd prefer to be off to a better one

 

Hi Randy,

I have NOT built the lathe, but seems like the favorite mods for bed are:

Consider making wider - 4" is popular.

Consider the mill bed design.

Make thicker &/or taller sections if you can melt more metal to fill them.

Screw a second plate to bottom of bed to form a box structure & stiffen bed. This plate is only as wide as bed, and may be 1/8 or 3/16" thick.

Thicker ways are also popular.

One CAUTION -- each mod requires many mating parts to be redesigned!!

I haven't seen a file w/ lathe mods, but there are many discussions in the message archives if you can get search to work. May take some sifting through messages, but I know there are a couple of mod lists in there!!

Hope it helps,
CT2

--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "primepowerpro" <randycook@...> wrote:
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> So far, I've built a charcoal foundry, done my first melt, make some nice Al muffins from old pistons, and built a flask for the lathe bed.
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> I'm about to start making patterns for the lathe, starting with the bed pattern. What generally agreed upon mods should I make at this point? If there's a FAQ on just this topic, feel free to flame me, as long as you provide a link to it. If not, then should it be longer, wider, heavier, or is it just right as it is?
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> Pine was recommended, but I have a full wood shop and plenty of other woods, so I was going to use my favorite, quarter sawn white oak, since it generally likes to stay straight and flat. Any hints on anything else?
>

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