How To Build A Homemade Wood Lathe

For making a lathe first you need to cut plywood parts of the same size.

How to build a homemade wood lathe. Cut out 2 more 6 ½ x 3 34 boards of poplar witch will be used to extend each leg. Cut more pieces of scrap wood to brace between the two legs making a little box last picture. Homemade Wood Lathe - 3 in 1 Powered By Drill Machine.

I used a chisel as a crude lathe cutting tool. Choose a size between 33-36 inches length for two blocks and 6-9 inches length for two more blocks. Secure a stock piece of wood to be turned onto the lathe base plate using 4 two-inch wood screws through the back of the lathe base plate on the end of the shaft through the 4.

Two headstock clampsmade from 34 X 5 12 X 7 hunks of plywoodhold that block to the bed on each side. Attach one to one lathe leg and sandwich it with some scrap wood to act as braces first picture. A hand-drill provides the motor and the faceplate is simply a square of steel.

Drill holes at the bottom center of the wooden block then assemble two of the blocks on the wooden board with screws at both edges. Cut the blocks in the same size. Build a Wood Lathe from Scratch and Start Turning.

Then do the same thing to the other leg that was just cut out. So if you are reading this you must be interested in building a homemade lathe. Heres how I made my first wood lathe from scratch at very little cost.

Building your own power tools is a specialized skill but with the right planning and patience you can DIY everything in your workshop. It is very simple and fast to set up it takes up to 30 minutes to build. This was great fun and allowed me to make a few small turned wooden items.