Congratulations! Good to see you've got the girls in the shop already. It won't be long until they're pushing a broom or filing parts to help you make things.
Amazing work! I really admire the effort you put in this machine! Totally worth it! So many things to learn and master during a process like this one! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for continuing this project. Been wanting to do one myself (when I move out of my apartment in a few years) and no one seems to have ever completed one! Thank you.
You may have already figured this out by now but the best tool bits for turning aluminum at the slow speeds you are using would be high speed steel, the carbide bits you are using require much higher spindle speeds to get good results. Like your Vid's though!
Love the video! You have your hands full! Literately! Congrats to both of you. I wish I could come see you at maker fair but i don't know if Ill have the time we will see.... Best Matt
Many thanks. I am fortunate to have thousands of people that consistently watch and engage with the content I produce. Thanks to everyone subscribed to Makercise! That being said, I appreciate every view and new subscribers. Please share my content with like minded individuals if you think I earned it. Thanks for commenting and greetings to Russia. :)
Hi Cressel, just found your channel while searching how to build a metal lathe and have watched your whole lathe series already haha. I found it very interesting so its now on my build list, thanks for the info and links. I'm based in Ireland so it might be an idea to put up affiliate links to amazon.co.uk too increase your possible return. Subed! oh and congrtz too :)
I aligned the hole I drilled by eye with the spindle. I guess I was close enough. Fortunately, the belts track toward each other. The misalignment is slight enough that the belt-to-belt friction is sufficient to keep them tracking Ok. The chafing wears on the belt edges though. I expect adding a crown to the pulleys will help.
I consider this project a hobby, and I highly recommend the project if you feel it would be enjoyable. I have found it very rewarding. I do not recommend it to someone who wants a good lathe with minimal investment. There are much better quality lathes available for less money than I have spent to get this far. It would be hard to beat the experience you will get from building one, especially without a good local mentor. It is hard, however, to actually quantify the cost of the lathe since things like tools, consumables, shipping cost, and materials all go in the same budget category. I would estimate between $150-$300 in just material for the lathe. McMaster-Carr and hardware store purchases of things like cold roll steel, pulleys, and fasteners are the bulk of the cost. Shipping bumps up McMaster-Carr order cost because I have been ordering as I need stuff versus a big comprehensive order. I try to find stuff locally, but it is silly how limited a selection of stuff is locally available. Simple things like shaft collars are hard to find. I got my motor from a $5 treadmill from a garage sale, but otherwise I haven't done much scrounging. This estimate includes $0 cost for the aluminum that I got from an engine block a friend gave me. This also excludes the many hundreds of dollars in new tools like a welder, chop saw, taps, drill bits, countersink bits, foundry sand, foundry supplies (including lots of expensive brass plumbing fittings), crucibles, electronics (kiln and controller), cutting fluid, machinist square set, surface plate that I have purchased in conjunction with the project. Many of these tools were ones I would eventually have aquired regardless. The lathe was just a convenient justification to make the purchases. I would say I have spent close to $1000 on tools, materials, and miscellaneous stuff in support of this build.
hi, long time watching your video. They are very good. Congratulations on the birth of daughters. My question is, I live in Russia, and we have inch threads and details. I can replace the lead screw on the metric? If I put a metrical about 10 millimeters, and then I can do what accessories described in the book №6 Ginger? for lathe. I do not know much English. As a result of writing through the Google translator.
Thank you for your kind words. I understand hardware with specifications in inches is difficult to find locally. A 10mm threaded rod is a good replacement for the 3/8-16 lead screw. This will definitely work. The bearing journals were hard for me to build even with access to inch hardware. Many materials Gingery used in the 80's are no longer available locally. I have only skimmed book 6. I assume you should be able to build the change gears and other accessories using metric hardware. Google translator is usually good enough to get your point communicated, but let me know if I misunderstood. Thanks for checking me out on Facebook. I'll copy my reply there for the benefit of those who may see your post there. Good luck if you build the series.
good call cutting off those tabs at 3:05. you would have definitly broke a bunch of tools and might have damaged your lathed even. Yeah interrupted cuts are sketchy =p
No logra mantener un movimiento lineal y tengo la impresión de que va a saltar de su lugar. Un poco más de precisión sería da desear visto de los medios en tu posesión.
motor 2.5in pulley => 5in pulley - 2|2.5|3.5|4in step pulley => 4|3.5|2.5|2in step pulley - spindle 1in pulley => 3.75in|1in pulley => 3.75in pulley to lead screw. I think this answers your question. Let me know if my translation is faulty.
Congratulations! Good to see you've got the girls in the shop already. It won't be long until they're pushing a broom or filing parts to help you make things.
Haha yeh can't wait. I've already got my 4-year old son starting to do simple tasks to help. He love vacuuming.
That is not an "excuse" - that is a darn good "REASON" - congratulations.
RE: reducing chatter:
You have a LOT of overhang, a long shaft, on that large diameter. Get the part MUCH closer to the headstock to reduce chatter.
Double Congrats on the babies! I have 5 myself ranging from 22mo to 23yrs old! Lathe looks good! cant wait to see more!
Amazing work! I really admire the effort you put in this machine! Totally worth it! So many things to learn and master during a process like this one! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for continuing this project. Been wanting to do one myself (when I move out of my apartment in a few years) and no one seems to have ever completed one! Thank you.
haha, true. Probably a lot more started than finished. Good luck to you.
As usual...the best videos on the gingery lathe on RUclips. Thanks for keeping me excited about my project. And congratulations on the babies.
Congratulations, Chris. Wonderful family, happy for you. Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations on the twins! My wife and I had twin boys in November of 2014! Twice the formula, twice the diapers, twice the fun! Take care
You may have already figured this out by now but the best tool bits for turning aluminum at the slow speeds you are using would be high speed steel, the carbide bits you are using require much higher spindle speeds to get good results. Like your Vid's though!
hey!!! conglatulations!!! thoose babies are you best project ever!!! greetings from brazil!
Love the video! You have your hands full! Literately! Congrats to both of you. I wish I could come see you at maker fair but i don't know if Ill have the time we will see....
Best Matt
Thanks. It would be awesome to meet you if it works out.
Congratulations! That is the best excuse(s) ever!
Damn that's looks amazing! :)
May I make an Idea for another Head Stock. Make one that will use tapper bearings, this will make it a lot stronger and less friction.
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho no torno que está ficando excelente e parabéns pelos bebês.
Congratulations :)
I love your lathe project series - amazing!
thats really great. why so few subscribers? congrats from Russia!!
Many thanks. I am fortunate to have thousands of people that consistently watch and engage with the content I produce. Thanks to everyone subscribed to Makercise! That being said, I appreciate every view and new subscribers. Please share my content with like minded individuals if you think I earned it. Thanks for commenting and greetings to Russia. :)
coming right along
congratulations. do you get much sleep? have you ever thought of casting cast iron?
thanks for the exelent videos
No not much sleep. I am working up to cast iron. I really like making videos wish I could do more. Thanks for the comment.
Love this series! Subscribed!
Hi Cressel, just found your channel while searching how to build a metal lathe and have watched your whole lathe series already haha. I found it very interesting so its now on my build list, thanks for the info and links. I'm based in Ireland so it might be an idea to put up affiliate links to amazon.co.uk too increase your possible return. Subed! oh and congrtz too :)
I've got the same trubble got ting videos up
i was really looking forward to next video! Congratulations on kids :-)
congratulations!
Very cool! awesome as always. I am curious how did you make sure the intermediate pulley shaft was parallel to the other 2? thanks!!
I aligned the hole I drilled by eye with the spindle. I guess I was close enough. Fortunately, the belts track toward each other. The misalignment is slight enough that the belt-to-belt friction is sufficient to keep them tracking Ok. The chafing wears on the belt edges though. I expect adding a crown to the pulleys will help.
1:45 bạn thả thứ gì vào nồi nấu nhôm vậy
felicitaciones !!! hermosos los bebes
Ok, so instead of wrestling with the manufacturer to get a custom lathe, I can just make one? Will do.
I absolutely LOVE this project, and want to attempt it someday. How much are you in on this money wise would you say?
I consider this project a hobby, and I highly recommend the project if you feel it would be enjoyable. I have found it very rewarding. I do not recommend it to someone who wants a good lathe with minimal investment. There are much better quality lathes available for less money than I have spent to get this far. It would be hard to beat the experience you will get from building one, especially without a good local mentor.
It is hard, however, to actually quantify the cost of the lathe since things like tools, consumables, shipping cost, and materials all go in the same budget category. I would estimate between $150-$300 in just material for the lathe. McMaster-Carr and hardware store purchases of things like cold roll steel, pulleys, and fasteners are the bulk of the cost. Shipping bumps up McMaster-Carr order cost because I have been ordering as I need stuff versus a big comprehensive order. I try to find stuff locally, but it is silly how limited a selection of stuff is locally available. Simple things like shaft collars are hard to find. I got my motor from a $5 treadmill from a garage sale, but otherwise I haven't done much scrounging.
This estimate includes $0 cost for the aluminum that I got from an engine block a friend gave me. This also excludes the many hundreds of dollars in new tools like a welder, chop saw, taps, drill bits, countersink bits, foundry sand, foundry supplies (including lots of expensive brass plumbing fittings), crucibles, electronics (kiln and controller), cutting fluid, machinist square set, surface plate that I have purchased in conjunction with the project. Many of these tools were ones I would eventually have aquired regardless. The lathe was just a convenient justification to make the purchases.
I would say I have spent close to $1000 on tools, materials, and miscellaneous stuff in support of this build.
Fantastic response. Thank you very much..
Impressive.
good job well done
Сongrats man!
hi, long time watching your video. They are very good. Congratulations on the birth of daughters.
My question is, I live in Russia, and we have inch threads and details. I can replace the lead screw on the metric? If I put a metrical about 10 millimeters, and then I can do what accessories described in the book №6 Ginger? for lathe.
I do not know much English. As a result of writing through the Google translator.
Thank you for your kind words. I understand hardware with specifications in inches is difficult to find locally. A 10mm threaded rod is a good replacement for the 3/8-16 lead screw. This will definitely work. The bearing journals were hard for me to build even with access to inch hardware. Many materials Gingery used in the 80's are no longer available locally. I have only skimmed book 6. I assume you should be able to build the change gears and other accessories using metric hardware. Google translator is usually good enough to get your point communicated, but let me know if I misunderstood. Thanks for checking me out on Facebook. I'll copy my reply there for the benefit of those who may see your post there. Good luck if you build the series.
hi
how can make Screw Cutting in your lathe
good call cutting off those tabs at 3:05. you would have definitly broke a bunch of tools and might have damaged your lathed even. Yeah interrupted cuts are sketchy =p
Threading is not possible with this lathe?
It may be possible, but I would need to make a set of gears to couple the spindle to the lead screw. With belts, slippage is likely.
where did you get the step pulleys?
Bought one from a local hardware store. I probably bought one online from McMaster-Carr.
Hey just an FYI, the signup link should probably be HTTP, not HTTPS
Doh! Thank you very much Mr GreenCoat. Fixed.
Twin girls, wow you are a maker. LOL
Lol. My role in the project up to that point was fairly minimal. Since then I have been pretty busy though.
Your ancestors would be proud. Were they 'makers' as well?
+Lloyd Dalton thanks, and yes. Everyone built something. Biggest influence was my pawpaw. He has appeared in both my chainsaw milling videos.
No logra mantener un movimiento lineal y tengo la impresión de que va a saltar de su lugar. Un poco más de precisión sería da desear visto de los medios en tu posesión.
podeme dizer por favor
o diamero das polias do carro de avanço do eixo da placa e do motor
motor 2.5in pulley => 5in pulley - 2|2.5|3.5|4in step pulley => 4|3.5|2.5|2in step pulley - spindle 1in pulley => 3.75in|1in pulley => 3.75in pulley to lead screw. I think this answers your question. Let me know if my translation is faulty.
Makercise. ok thank you very good project
Алюминиевый король.
Torching the super glue must have smelled awful and burned your eyes.
I didn’t hang around long or work in the fumes.
Congratulations on your 'excuse' ;)
Haha! Thanks.
Nice girls .. I love them !
Congratulations on your "excuses"