home made mini lathe. *LINK*

Shouldn't you save that till April 1?

In the next episode he builds a 4 jaw chuck 

Re: In the next episode he builds a 4 jaw chuck

mikeee12345

After this video gets around I foresee a large number of Powermatic lathes being

put up for sale. :-)

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John K Jordan

You have to admit the paint job at the end was a nice touch.

JKJ

Wish he had made an adjustable tool rest

I couldn't watch it to the end

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Dick Coers

Because you have to have it closer to use a bench chisel as a scraper?

The World of YouTube

Doc Green

Lathe . . . good, bad? That's not the point. He has over 100,000 subscribers and has gotten over a quarter million views of this video alone. All that equates to money in his pocket!

Re: home made mini lathe.

George Balock

This made me think back to my first "lathe". It was a drill press lathe setup. It wasn’t easy to use or pretty, but it got me headed in the slippery slope that is Woodturning.

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John K Jordan

>>>This made me think back to my first "lathe". It was a drill press lathe setup. It wasn’t easy to use or pretty, but it got me headed in the slippery slope that is Woodturning.

It reminded me again of an extremely creative man with a tiny shop in Venice - with no common language we "discussed" woodturning with gestures and pencil. I gave him some finger tops. He wanted to show me his lathe and brought it out from the back room. It was a Dewalt electric drill held on the bench with a clamp. I think the tailstock was a nail in a piece of wood.

Here is is in the shop window. The workshop space wasn't much bigger than the window.

JKJ

Re: The World of YouTube

John K Jordan

>>>Lathe . . . good, bad? That's not the point. He has over 100,000 subscribers and has gotten over a quarter million views of this video alone. All that equates to money in his pocket!

When the grandson showed me some kids videos of some silly games I looked up the author and found an article - turned out to have a huge following. The article said the family is pulling in $even figure$ a year, some I think from investments made with the money from YouTube. I had no idea. No wonder every video I watch begs me to subscribe.

JKJ

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Dennis in Southern Oregon

Here is my first lathe, bought about 52 years ago specifically to turn two 6" D by 13" H pedestals for a cobbler's bench that I was making. The basic lathe, advertised in Popular Mechanics Magazine, cost $12.98, including dead centers and a 3" faceplate. The optional motor was another $20.00. Having served its purpose, it sat idle for about 30 years until I retired, and while casting about for something to do, hauled it out and began my addiction. BTW, the Oneway was just a convenient well-lighted spot to take the picture.