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  1. 11th January 2014, 10:28 PM #1
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    Interesting Lathe Design

    Found this site tonight: $150, 12″ Swing, Metal Lathe/Mill/Drill | MAKE
    Its a modern take on the award winning 1915 Yeomans concrete lathe which was designed primarily as a cheap lathe for the production of artillery shells.

    This modern version is targeted as a DIY option for developing countries and I found some of the solutions to the design/construction challenges quite fascinating.
    In particular, some of the setup ideas might be useful to those of us without the luxury of a decent workshop.

    Hopefully some of you also find it interesting.

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    Certainly does look interesting.

    Only issue I have, is I am running out of room in the shed to put one...
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    The other problem of course is the tooling. Even if you buy a heavily worn old lathe. It's likely still close enough for anything a DIY'er will make. And more imporantly will come with the tooling. Just add up buying 3/4 jaw chucks, dead/live centers tool holders, tail stocks etc....

    The hardest bit will be learning how to it once you have one!

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    Given the low prices of Chinese hobby lathes these days, why would one bother.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm View Post
    Given the low prices of Chinese hobby lathes these days, why would one bother.
    It is intended for the 3rd world - where they don't (necessarily) have cheap chinese imports...
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    I agree - you wouldn't bother making one here unless you wanted a project for project sake.

    There were a few things in the construction that I thought were quite clever. One was the method of setting up the main ways and then permanently locking them in position using non-shrinking grout.
    Maybe I'm just not working in the engineering space on a daily basis, but I found it got me thinking in a lower-tech way than the usual "everything needs to be welded/machined with expensive equipment to produce a reasonable result" mindset.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Basil135 View Post
    Certainly does look interesting.

    Only issue I have, is I am running out of room in the shed to put one...
    You know the answer - BIGGER shed.
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