The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

what are you using to drive it? id be interested to hear how you get along with this one.

hi knop, great build - I'm trying to learn about the torque tube design but have difficulty in been able to understand the torque tube. no one shows the rear of the torque tube and how the piano wire is connected to it. would you be able to share a picture or info? I've scoured the forums but it see...

Hi all, Finally got round to buying a 3d printer back after discovering all the DIYers on here so I've got myself a cutter head design down in cad and ready to be printed. After initially only wanting to build the lathe/motor/moving table parts and suspension box I've thought it may be worth a try b...

Hi All,

New to the forum and wanting to dive right in with building a lathe. Finding it difficult to find any cutter heads. If anyone has one for sale send me a message with the details. I'm based in the UK.

Thanks

thanks a lot for the helpful info!

on another note - i was looking at cross roller bearings with flange for mounting the platter - i would need to get a sub manufactured from the bearing to the platter, but if you have any valuable advice on bearing type that would be helpful.

thanks for the response mate - just done some more digging, i'm a newbie to this so it's taking a lot of research. i've decided to go down the belt pulley route because it will be much cheaper. just discovered the maxon configurator so i've been working out rpm, gear ratio and pulley sizes to get a ...

Forgot to add - for a direct drive system

Hi all,

can anyone recommend a good platter motor with controller? i'm looking to build my own lathe but with so many motors out there i thought i'd best ask some recommendations.

thanks

Hi all, New to the forum and with a genuine interest in engineering outside of audio. I've been looking into building a hobby lathe and would like to build my own vacuum platter. After looking at some vacuum platter pictures I can see there are varying designs. Of the ones I've seen there are split ...

Old thread I know - but if anyone could give me the specs of the motors?