How To Make A Homemade Wood Lathe

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How to make a homemade wood lathe. Cut the wood into pieces and screw a steel rod on the base piece. Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.

After this attach other components and youre good to go. Two headstock clampsmade from 34 X 5 12 X 7 hunks of plywoodhold that block to the bed on each side. Drill holes through the metal 4-inch by 4-inch by ¼-inch thick metal base plate around the center weld and dowel so that you can attach your stock wood piece to the base plate passing 4 two-inch wood screws through the holes in the base plate and into the stock wood piece to be turned with your new homemade wood lathe.

The bearing mandrel bolts directly into the surface of the headstock perfectly. ¾ x 3 ¾ x 10. So if you are reading this you must be interested in building a homemade lathe.

Here is what youll need to make what I made. This costs about 20. Poplar wood about 10 feet size.

This will cost about 20. 4 of pine 1 x 8 x 4. Glue the tool rest on the base in front of the metal rod.

This wood lathe is made from wood metal soldering iron miter saw glue electric sander and screws.