I can not dispute your design for your project as I have not
seen it. :)
I will say this. :) If I beams or the design of an I
beam were a "good" idea for a lathe bed I would think some
one would have used it to produce a commercial machine some
time in the last 200 years during the modern lathe design
process.
Wood lathes while sharing many similarities with metal
lathes do have quite a few differences.
On 3/4/2011 11:31 PM, keith gutshall wrote:
> Hello Chris
> You know I work on some unorthodox machines.
>  I have been working on a pedestal wood lathe, the arm for it is
> Â two heavy flatbars with a spacer in between them. It has a
> Â pivot point at one end.
> Â It is 18in long and there is no give to it at all.
> Â It looks like a good idea for a lathe bed with some wider spacers
> Â it would be stiff and no viberation on it.
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> Â Keith
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> --- On Fri, 3/4/11, Chris (CB)<boyercl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Chris (CB)<boyercl@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Building a lathe
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, March 4, 2011, 7:30 PM
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> Jim
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> This idea has come up MANY times over the years.
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> In short NO... :)
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> If you are goint to make the bed from some stock material
> the best solution is some form of box tub.
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> Which form thickness, filler is always a fun debate. :) LOL
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> But tubing will produce a more stable lathe with less
> vibration...
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> Yes scrapping whatever ends up being your bed "ways" will
> need done.
> It does not need done before making patterns..
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> On 3/4/2011 6:45 PM, james wrote:
>> I am starting the gingery lathe, but, think that I would want to do a
>> deviation. I am thinking of using a I beam for the bed and wanted to know do I need to have the bed and ways scraped beore making the patterns for head stock and carriage? seems to me the casting would be needing so much work that I could just fit everthing up, then do the casting and scraping.
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>> any and all advice is needed and appreciated.
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>> thanks
>> jim
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