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My Homemade Metal Lathe Project
- eig 3y agoIf you want to see a video series of someone making this lathe design from scratch (right from casting aluminum), here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBuUOO3qn30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBuUOO3qn30 I was amazed at the accuracy and surface finish he could achieve with homemade parts.
- johnea 3y agoCareful with that lathe Eugene!
- underseacables 3y agoLiving my dream. I hope I can afford to start doing this some day. I work on small antique machines and would love to cast small replacement parts.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoI like the idea at least of the late Dave Gingery's books: start with a home-made foundry, progress to a lathe. I don't think I could suffer the janky gimcrack I would come up with though — I suspect even the bargain Harbor Freight lathes would put mine to shame.
- qup 3y agoOr, build your own lathe using the harbor freight lathe to make the parts. I share your sentiment though. It's kept me from starting his series (so far)
- hi-v-rocknroll 3y agoIf you enjoy absurd precision and accuracy, have a look at Dan Gelbart's older videos where he fabricobbles together a custom milling machine and grinder with air bearings that can work parts down to 1 micron. No lapping needed. https://youtu.be/sFrVdoOhu1Q https://youtu.be/sFrVdoOhu1Q PS: More power to the professors who go into business and reach "F everyone money". https://www.bctechnology.com/news/2021/2/11/Vancouver-based-Rapidia-(Founded-by-Dan-Gelbart)-Launches-Complete-3D-Printing-System-Enters-Strategic-Partnership-with-The-ExOne-Company.cfm https://www.bctechnology.com/news/2021/2/11/Vancouver-based-...
- bsder 3y agoYouTube is now blocked to those of us who use adblockers. Please provide alternative links.
- justinclift 3y agoAs a data point, Youtube is still working ok for me (using Firefox and uBlock Origin).
- bsder 3y agoI am also using Firefox with uBlock origin--I am on Linux. I now see "Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service".
- justinclift 3y agoInteresting. Using Linux here as well. Sounds like a selective roll out or testing then maybe. Either way, if/when it rolls out to me that'll be the end of my YouTube use. -- Hmm, is it something simple like needing to refresh the uBlock Origin filter list? I've seen that happen before for other stuff, so maybe that's it?
- ahazred8ta 3y agoSimon Winchester has a good take on the development of absurd precision -- https://www.simonwinchester.com/precision-praise https://www.simonwinchester.com/precision-praise
- jacknews 3y agoThere's also this: http://opensourcemachinetools.org/concrete-lathe/ http://opensourcemachinetools.org/concrete-lathe/