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- Mar 24, 2017
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First: Disclaimers
1. I don't know where this post should go so I am posting it in general discussion
2. I fully understand that some people are really against diy machines
3. I saw a whole post on another forum complaining about people using grant money to make a crappy machine. Therefore I feel obligated to say that I plan to take on all of the cost of this project
4. Buying a Chinese lathe would probably be cheaper and much easier than making one, I know
5. I don't expect to get super-duper accuracy from this machine
Disclaimers over.
Explanation:
I would like to build a "semi-diy"/"semi-homemade" lathe. What I am thinking of is using a steel tube frame with scraped cold roll ways. (Inspiration from the gingery lathe) Also in a hope to make the machine more rigid I plan to fill the steel tubing with cement. I plan to design my ideas in CAD and post some screenshots later.
I appreciate all feedback and would love to hear the input of the community.
Edit 1 (7 min after posting):
Also when I get a concrete idea of what I'm doing I would love to share my design specifics
1. I don't know where this post should go so I am posting it in general discussion
2. I fully understand that some people are really against diy machines
3. I saw a whole post on another forum complaining about people using grant money to make a crappy machine. Therefore I feel obligated to say that I plan to take on all of the cost of this project
4. Buying a Chinese lathe would probably be cheaper and much easier than making one, I know
5. I don't expect to get super-duper accuracy from this machine
Disclaimers over.
Explanation:
I would like to build a "semi-diy"/"semi-homemade" lathe. What I am thinking of is using a steel tube frame with scraped cold roll ways. (Inspiration from the gingery lathe) Also in a hope to make the machine more rigid I plan to fill the steel tubing with cement. I plan to design my ideas in CAD and post some screenshots later.
I appreciate all feedback and would love to hear the input of the community.
Edit 1 (7 min after posting):
Also when I get a concrete idea of what I'm doing I would love to share my design specifics
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