Just curious, who owns a lathe....

[Waldo]

G'day,

got a lathe. got some nice chisels, got the skills
Do I turn much?

Why the heck haven't I done much on it lately, well I was busy setting up the t/saw and now I'm about to start construction this weekend for my r/table.

In the meantime the cobwebs keep building on the lathe.

[TTIT]

............ never confess to being a turner......

Ok - I'll bite - why?

[Mulgabill]

Yep! Got a couple of Lathes, tools etc. Do some turning, sell some pieces, exhibit some.
But what I would reeeaaally like is more shed time!

[Cliff Rogers]

I've got 4 now, stupid expensive hobby.... bit like bloody golf.

I travel all over the damn country meeting people with the same affliction (not golf) & yesterday (day before now) I found out that the bloke who has been cutting my hair for almost 10 years has bought a block of land in the hills about 20Kms away from mine & he now has a lathe too.....
Due to cyclone Larry, he also has more fallen trees than I have & he doen't know how to cut them up & store them....
How many free haircuts can I use?????


How much wood can a wood.....turner pack in a suitcase & still get on a flight to Melbourne?

[dai sensei]

I've got a lathe and love to turn. I have plenty of other big machines, but the lathe is my favourite.

How much wood can a wood.....turner pack in a suitcase & still get on a flight to Melbourne?

Not sure what flight your on Cliff, but Virgin & JetStar have a 20kg limit on your luggage, after that it is $7/kg . You can take 7.5kg on the plane, but if they are decent chunks, they deam them as deadly weapons and make you put them in your suitcase - then charge you more excess I got caught on my last trip, cost me $70 to bring back my timber blank gifts, probably only worth $30, but I could not bare to put them in the bin.

[Cliff Rogers]

...Not sure what flight your on Cliff, but Virgin & JetStar have a 20kg limit on your luggage, after that it is $7/kg . You can take 7.5kg on the plane, .....

I know, been caught before on Jetstar, came Virgin this time, web seat allocation, selfcheck the bags, 28Kg & 6.5Kg... Only 13.5kg of that is clothes & suit case & backpack.
Didn't get busted for it this time.

[rsser]

Well for the wannabe's, would be's and am's ...

Forum turnfest in Melb. tomorrow, for details go to as well as follow the leap-frog links:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=52325

All very welcome, esp. maybe's and wannabe's ;-}

[ptc]

Hope you all have a great time.
and don't forget the camera.

[Schtoo]

$5,000?

If I had that much for a lathe, it better be gold plated and cut wood all by itself.

As it stands, I have more money invested in the lathe tools than the lathe itself. By a factor of 5.

Scary huh? Even more so when you realize there are only 3 small HSS tools, and they were the exorbitant sum of $50.

I say lathe because it really isn't. It's just a few ally die castings, a couple bearings and some plastic. Runs off the drill stuck in one end, and that at least is connected to a spindle. It's not as crude as using the drill's chuck, but it isn't far short of that.

It works, I can turn small stuff, that's all I need until I can wangle a bigger one.

(Or run up to Tokyo and steal Stu's from the dungeon when he's not looking. )

[Stu in Tokyo]

............It works, I can turn small stuff, that's all I need until I can wangle a bigger one.

(Or run up to Tokyo and steal Stu's from the dungeon when he's not looking. )

Well I have the keys to the hoist, so if you could get it out of the Dungeon, you could have it........wait a minute, that's dangerous, knowing you, you'd figure a way.....

Well you could certainly come on by for a test drive of the DVR!

Typhoon get past you yet?

[Stuart]

Runs off the drill stuck in one end, and that at least is connected to a spindle. It's not as crude as using the drill's chuck, but it isn't far short of that.

What's wrong with using a drill chuck? (See my video about using one to hold the pen mandrel!!)

[Schtoo]

Stu #1, I'd just take it through the wall. That would work, right?

Typhoon went past with a bit of blowing and heaps of rain. No-one around here complaining too loudly, as we need the water. I think that problem is at least slightly corrected.

I think it was pretty big in size, but not as powerful as some have been. Only 950 air pressure-doohickeys. Scary when you can judge how strong it something is by scientific measuring.

Stu #2, I didn't say there was anything wrong, it's just crude.

I do it often enough myself on metal, but the wood lathe setup is much, much better. The output is the same as a drill spindle (1/2" UNF) so drill chucks fit on no problem, but it also has two ball bearings that cope better with side and end thrust loads than a drill can.

Plus it has a spur drive centre and a little faceplate. Worth much more than the $10 it cost me from the bargain bin, and I kick myself for not buying the other two that were there.

[Jon]

I inherited by father's lathe (I knew I eventually would when I bought it for him) and while I have used it a few times there is no way I could honestly say that I am proficient, but I am not intimidated, I just got no time.

I have made a few spools for string lines, replicated a broken banister for work mate and replicated a broken chair leg for FIL. I am sure there have been other things but I can't remember. I do not ever think that I will be a "turner" as the number of projects that I would/will do with round components will probably be limited. But in saying that, one day I will endevour to master the lathe just so that I know I can. Until then, it will remain a slightly used face plate sander and a "storage bench"

Jon

[jmk89]

No lathe

Why not?


In order

1. No time
2. No money
3. No talent (I suspect)

But one of these days I'm gunna get one.......

and then, look out -




I'm gunna do heaps of posting in the pen making forum

[fxst]

A couple of each (metal & wood) and call myself a turner. Well I make odd shapes round so I guess that make me a turner