Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Making A Handwheel
I want to make a handwheel for my 1969 Delta Rockwell Industrial lathe. The going rate of $39 for a replacement delta seems a bit expensive. I picked up a 8 tpi left hand threaded nut this morning a local industrial supply place. I plan on gluing the nut into the center of a hard maple disk and turning it true. Do any of you see any problems that with this plan? What glue, epoxy, etc. would you recommend?
Re: Making A Handwheel
Devcon liquid steel would do the job nicely, if the color black isn't a problem.
Re: Making A Handwheel
Hi David,
I would think any epoxy would work. I have made quite a few light duty faceplates this way. For sanding dics and such. On my old Boice-Crane lathe I couldn't find a handwheel to fit the outboard threads 7/8" x 14 LH so I just turned a handwheel out of cherry and drilled a hole slightly smaller the the outboard threads and screwed it on. It's been on there for over five years and still works great.
Good luck, Dave
Re: Making A Handwheel
Hi David
Good advice so far. Any epoxy would work, and if you have it on hand already polyurethane glue would work too. Did you get around to making a new handle for your gouge yet?
Bill
Thanks Folks and more Questions!
I used epoxy to secure the bolt late last night into a 2" thick maple round. I plan on mounting it to turn by turning a spigot that the bolt barely slips over on the headstock with the live center cone supporting from the tailstock. Any better ideas? If my lathe were reversible I could just turn it in place! But of course I'd probably forget to change it back when I was done.
Which leads me to... Hi Bill, I'm still using the "angled" gouge. I do not have a Jacobs chuck for the lathe yet and it is working fine as far as I can tell. As soon as I get a chuck I'll make a new handle. However as I think about it, I need to order some pen stuff from Packard today, so I may just order one. They are cheap, though not as cool as homemade.
David