How To Make A Wood Lathe With A Grinder

Dressing is the act of removing a thin layer off the grinding wheel to expose fresh grit.

How to make a wood lathe with a grinder. I used metals to make this angle grinder powered homemade lathe machine. Typical Carbide insert about 12 x 12 from Rockler. Assemble all parts as on image.

Mount the angle grinder so the cutter is 15mm forward the edge of the base. I first did a dry run to make sure it was good fit then used glue and screws to attach it. Grinding the lathe tool against the grinder can be divided into two main parts.

I grabbed the piece that will make up the bottom shelf and use a jigsaw to cut out the four corners so that it could fit into place. Special care must be taken to ensure that the lathe tool is not in contact with the wheel for more than 10. Position the duplicator on a flat surface facing you and with the use of a square adjust the position of grinder until it is vertically aligned with the follower tip.

This is usually done with a diamond surface of some sort and results in you picking sand out of your teeth for a week. Now Ill tell my short story. Next I inserted the center divider that will divide the two cabinet of the workbench and glued it into place.

Make sure the grinder comes with a dressing tool or buy one if not. Mount 12v converter for powering motor mount the wood between motor and tail stock mount your angle grinder and angle grinder wood lathe is ready to create some table and chair legs or anything you can imagine. Temporarily install the follower and align it with the forward edge of the cutter.