Lathe Bed - How It's Made

[Jeff.64]

Love the flat belt drive and the lack of PPE

That is 100% genuine hobby grade cast iron!

 

[455dan]

Can I get one made this way instead?

 

[Jeff.64]

I know I would, but I can't afford a $50-$80K lathe for hobby purposes.
I'm stuck with those spongy, scrap-metal cast iron, chinesium machine tools.
But, it is better than having no machine tools.

Even though a roundness plot of a part turned on my machine might look like a cross-section of a corn cob,
I am thankful for what I have.

 

[StevSmar]

Can I get one made this way instead?

Those lathes look beautiful. Quite a contrast to the Indian lathe bed…

 

[PNW_Guy]

Everybody talks smack about OSHA, but I wonder how many people are willing to work with cast iron in flip flops.

 

[markba633csi]

You can bet your beard on that
I sure wouldn't mind one of those Sunmaster lathes

 

[Nesse1]

I love watching Indian and Pakistani manufacturing videos. Those guys turn out some amazing stuff, in stunningly crude facilities.

One of my favorites is where they are casting a giant gear, and the guy feeding the metal into the crucible threw his wheelbarrow in with the scrap metal.

 

[Geswearf]

Everybody talks smack about OSHA, but I wonder how many people are willing to work with cast iron in flip flops.

Flip flops, hah! How about the bare feet? At least the machinist was wearing sneakers.

One of the foundry guys had a blackened foot - dirt or an injury/burn?

I love the precision gages these guys use.

 

[OCJohn]

Those lathes look beautiful. Quite a contrast to the Indian lathe bed…

Interesting scraping technique.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Everybody talks smack about OSHA, but I wonder how many people are willing to work with cast iron in flip flops.

Osha or not, I would have my feet and testicles well covered.

Wouldn't wear robes either.