Hello Chris
You know I work on some unorthodox machines.
I have been working on a pedestal wood lathe, the arm for it is
two heavy flatbars with a spacer in between them. It has a
pivot point at one end.
It is 18in long and there is no give to it at all.
It looks like a good idea for a lathe bed with some wider spacers
it would be stiff and no viberation on it.
Keith
Deep Run Portage
Back Shop
" The Lizard Works"
--- On Fri, 3/4/11, Chris (CB) <boyercl@gmail.com> wrote:
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
Jim
This idea has come up MANY times over the years.
In short NO... :)
If you are goint to make the bed from some stock material
the best solution is some form of box tub.
Which form thickness, filler is always a fun debate. :) LOL
But tubing will produce a more stable lathe with less
vibration...
Yes scrapping whatever ends up being your bed "ways" will
need done.
It does not need done before making patterns..
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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