How To Make A Wood Lathe Out Of A Drill
Make a tool out of a drill.
How to make a wood lathe out of a drill. Having a mini wood lathe around for small woodturning projects can come in very handy. Put it in a vise and with the file make four points. Here I make a drill powered woodworking lathe for my own use.
This left a small indent in the wood which was to be my centre point for the neck of my drill. In this DIY video I build a wooden lathe. Considering that electric motors commonly come at 2400 or 2800 RPM as well as the cheaper low speed ones finding the right motor is part of the fun of creation.
Using the hacksaw cut the head of the bolt. Quite impractical to use belts pulleys and bearings when the concept is making a wood lathe in 30 minutes. I used very hard plywood to make this lathe.
Insert first the nut and then the wood drive nut in the bolt. To ensure a good fit between the shaft of the chuck and the block of hardwood were going to use the shaft to burnish the wood to size. Woodturning is the craft of using the woodworking lathe with hand-held tools or chisel to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation.
Secured with a rubber strap from my bitsa bitsa this and bitsa that box. Making the spindle As we have to make each and every part from the scratch with the available stuff to make it look and function like a wood lathe we will start with making a spindle. Building a bit long but it was worth it.
The lathe machine operator is known as a turner and the skills needed to use the tools were traditionally known as turnery. Because I built a very rob. I turned a cheap drill into a mini lathe.