How To Make A Homemade Wood Lathe

After this attach other components and youre good to go.

How to make a homemade wood lathe. Drill holes through the metal 4-inch by 4-inch by ¼-inch thick metal base plate around the center weld and dowel so that you can attach your stock wood piece to the base plate passing 4 two-inch wood screws through the holes in the base plate and into the stock wood piece to be turned with your new homemade wood lathe. This costs about 20. Cut the wood into pieces and screw a steel rod on the base piece.

This will cost about 20. My lathe is similar to Matthias but I decided to add some different parts to ease assembly and make it more reliable. Here is what youll need to make what I made.

This wood lathe is made from wood metal soldering iron miter saw glue electric sander and screws. Poplar wood about 10 feet size. 4 of pine 1 x 8 x 4.

How to Make Lathe Chuck. Glue the tool rest on the base in front of the metal rod. ¾ x 3 ¾ x 10.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. So if you are reading this you must be interested in building a homemade lathe. Two headstock clampsmade from 34 X 5 12 X 7 hunks of plywoodhold that block to the bed on each side.

4-jaw Lathe Chuck for Woodturn.