Have you ever tried to build your own lathe from scratch? How did it go?
>>2944804I got a used Atlas 42" lathe for $175 bucks with tooling from a local auction.
>>2944804yah when i was a 12yo sperglet. it didnt go very well so i eventually moved on to a civil war era boat anchor. then upgraded about 10 more times
>>2944809I'm assuming the Monarch is the final boss, as I shudder to think what 9 other machines are better than it.
>>2944804>Have you ever tried to build your own lathe from scratch?no>How did it go?i just said i didnt do it, why are you asking follow up questions acting like i said yes instead of no?
>>2944846How would you feel yesterday evening if you didn't eat breakfast?
>>2944804>Have you ever tried to build your own lathe from scratch? How did it go?No, why would you? Lathes are plentiful and cheap everywhere and even the cheapest one will still be 100x better than anything you will build.
>>2944846Do your parents know you are gay? (yes/no answers only)
>>2944804People used to make concrete lathes.I assume with rebar in them.You’ll probably need your wife to grab the other end if you want to move it.
>>2944975don't you wanna melt metal though
I saw some japanesse youtuber repurpose a grinder into a bunch of stuff like a belt sander and mini lathe.Anyone recognise the description?
>>2944975I saw this movement a couple of years back that was all about using scrap car engines to build lathes in 3rd world shitholes.The idea was that engines are highly refined angineering and provide a perfect reference surface to build from
>>2945006Re-using car engines has been around for ever. I've seen some old telescope making stuff from the 30s or 40s that recommends an old engine block to mount a pipe/axel into for a telescope mount, then just tilt the whole thing to the correct angle for your latitude.
>>2944809I have the dc converter from a monarch lathe laying in my back yard that came bundled with some other more useful tools. Any use other than scrapping the copper?
>>2945006what kinda reference surfaces do you need for a lathe other than flat and how do you get a flat reference from an engine it's a twisty piece of metal
>>2945272if its the motor generator set its probably scrapa complete solid state drive would be of interest to someone if was salvageable i honestly dont know much about the drives other than the spare tubes i have. theres about a dozen different configurations over the years and theyre all repairable with enough ambition
>>2944804if you read more about homemade lathes they're basically crap all the time. aren't precise or stiff enough to make anything worthwhile, you're better off just getting a cheap chinese one or an older used one.sure if you wanna get good at sand casting aluminum it might be fun but there are certainly more useful things you can make.>>2945312the decks (what the head sits on) are usually machined flat. no idea how you'd make a lathe with that since you need several flat and parallel surfaces to make a worthwhile lathe. just thirdie things
>>2945322you only need a flat reference to check the high spots on the surface you're developing which you scrape down meticulously to get closer to the reference
