How To Make A Wood Lathe With A Drill

Having a mini wood lathe around for small woodturning projects can come in very handy.

How to make a wood lathe with a drill. Make sure that it fits into the live center and above for the spur or screw center. The most time consuming part will be waiting for epoxy and polyurethane to dry. Because I built a very rob.

Secured with a rubber strap from my bitsa bitsa this and bitsa that box. This project is designed to be an EASY build. Cut 3cm at the bottom of the tailstock and drill the center.

I turned a cheap drill into a mini lathe. Next comes the front clamp. Cue some timber from local merchant and you start with this below.

Take the wood drive-in nut and ply or cut the pointed pins. You can still adjust the length of the bolt and when youll have the piece of wood in place and tightened than you can tighten the nut also. So first of all make a ½ slot of 10 length on plywood part of a base.

I used very hard plywood to make this lathe. 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 holes you drilled. Start by making two holes on the plywood then cut through the holes to make a longer hole.

I Hope You Enjoy This Vid. Make a similar but small box as the mount for the drill. This left a small indent in the wood which was to be my centre point for the neck of my drill.