Lathe

Fixed tailstock
tail stock cut tapers without having to gibbs tailstock

journal bearings
lathe bearing design plain bearings or journal bearings have the best vibration damping characteristics. BEC7 roller bearings have the same tight tolerances,but not the Vibration absorption.

Morse taper
http://lathecity.com/CustomDesigns/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TTQVkoOZ4 by SegmentedTurner

http://www.spsspindle.com Morse taper inserts into spindle.

https://www.ebay.com/bhp/morse-taper-sleeve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2LcYKi0o3U old tony

Mill and lathe alignment

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA3Q8d4ppQs part 1 of 5 series by At-Man Unlimited Machining
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaIuHNFIFNw Rollie Daddy or Rollie Dad method from gadgetbuilder.com
 * http://manuals.chudov.com/Rollies-Dads-Method-of-Lathe-Alignment.pdf
 * cut lathe gears

skyfire
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/133172-cnc-software-forum-13.html    http://www.skyfirecnc.com

wikishare
https://www.wikishare.us/diy-cnc-gantry-mill/ links to the pages below

Forum cnczone.com fixed gantry out of steel

https://www.cnczone.com/forums/uncategorised-metalworking-machines/222216-cnc-2.html a portable mill

http://www.mycncuk.com/threads/11206-MK1-Steel-router-build-log-1500x800x200 steel router build log FORUM

https://www.wadeodesign.com/overview--gallery.html

https://www.romanblack.com/onesec/DCmotor_xtal.htm This is a very simple way to use a cheap PIC to run a DC motor at a very slow speed, and for that speed to have very high acc

Home made mill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0u_aqDPwNo  eight part series by channel "home made lathe"

zealcnc
http://zealcnc.wordjot.com/posts/the-bench-top-mill-build-part-1-the-base/ 350kg diy mill. Zaxis frame bolted to y axis with 16 bolts.

Bill T
bearings and morse taper 3
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qah4iledMQ Spindle assembly mill.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuJoinOwI-Q&t=12s spindle with two angular contact
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyfWDR6UIo commercial spindle

Mong Tran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvDpcT8E8wc  home made metal lathe

Ray Makes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNTnCgl7fk  HomeMade Lathe Bearings Part 3 - self aligning roller bearings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7YX6HpmWq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huHqMryLCzs part 1

diy lathe2 and spindle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXAzJE9Zs8s Auto Reset / ELS Synchronizing Sys. (using 2 proximity sensors, 1 Pulse/Rev): Leadscrew starts running if chuck and leadscrew are at home position. Holes drilling division (Chuck lock): with steps of 10 degree. ronoverbeek@gmail.com. Headstock faceplate bearing adjusted with four gib screws, one each on square block, shifting the self aligning bearing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7zaHQC9xtc lathe spindle.

blackburn tools
http://www.blackburntools.com/blog/south-bend-lathe-milling-attachment-part-iv/

4th axis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2vQokkLTiw

DIY lathe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRIsse05l9Y two square tubes with rails on top spaced out and tacked welded with blocks in between on both ends. Welding bends metal. geniusz K diy belt sander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_oexLiHSLI milling attachment See channel for diy mill, drillpress, pipe bender. (same UP)
 * Dan Gilbert lathe build, usage series youtube
 * http://www.laterallogix.co.za/index.php/projects/lathe/ Documenting youtube projects on lathe building.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA3Q8d4ppQs
 * https://desktoplathes.com
 * https://openbuilds.com/?id=297
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHYa3WfgcPY Home made lathe part 6 by uploader Home made lathe machine. Cast iron bearings over motorcycle spoke.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7lEuooQU9Y diy milling machine pt.2 (same UP)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pPkQcueCc Tracked vehicle mini dumper. (same UP)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDgm_Kv_OJA inserts thrust bearing back to back for axial load into Tail stock, centered with headstock,then welded to axis slide.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBKg8_2ms90, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK4gmRmuQJ8    diy mini lathe .  (same UP)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esAqz6bCVyQ Scrape topslide to finish, tapered gib by UP Meuller nick
 * https://www.cnccookbook.com/diy-cnc-machine-types-build/
 * http://www.hossmachine.info/cnc_conversion.html

mill Adam Maszynotwór
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRiTLs6U2Po DIY 4th axis mill

Diy lathe

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuriVr7cvYI&t=43s Home made lathe 9 parts by channel Id rather b welding
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNrxpqnKO8 part 6 by Makercise Gingery lathe, http://www.makercise.com/
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_FxwKoagg DIY pipe bender, see Machine design
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1IDHIcyHLY slant bed lathe, 4 axis.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLWytrtJKc concrete lathe
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55VlsZIuxTA, lathe banjo pt6 danshobbies.com
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fet7CEJDtVA timnymmy, Making a Mini Lathe Carriage Lock out of a brass block to improve facing cuts

sa suppliers
http://uniquedesigns.co.za/page13.html

Epoxy granite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px07lIp01GY Mill track for linear guide out of large square steel pipe. haven't noticed any deformation. The tube is now stuffed with epoxy granite and making an excellent lathe bed and absorb Vibration. I'd say you go for it. It's cheap as chips and works like a charm if you attach some hiwin style linear guides to it. ( Epoxy granite, also known as synthetic granite,[1] is a mixture of epoxy and granite commonly used as an alternative material for machine tool bases. Epoxy granite is used instead of cast iron and steel for better vibration damping, longer tool life, and lower assembly cost.) http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillEpoxyFill.htm (forked from http://www.cnczone.com/forums/epoxy-granite/30155-epoxy-granite-machine-bases-polymer-concrete-frame-47.html#post274123). See slant bed lathe cnczone.com When you consider that even a heavy "bench" mill like the IH still weighs just under 1,000 pounds, while a really small commercial CNC mill such as the Haas TM-1 weighs in at about 3,000 pounds, you can see we hobbyists are challenged to do whatever we can to increase machine rigidity! , Part one, bed risers lathe epoxy granite youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Cn0WRXPKs. longest thread epoxy granite cnczone.com
 * http://www.westsystem.com/ss/105-epoxy-resin epoxy 105 resin
 * https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=3760 52 gallon drum $3000.

Haas lathe with square linear guides http://s24.photobucket.com/user/mahockett/media/haas11.jpg.html from http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/archive/index.php/t-21705.html. Guides are raised 10cm above base, creating a depression for chip deposits. See http://www.lathes.co.uk/scinta/index.html scinta model on lathes.co.uk.

lathe project
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/vertical-mill-lathe-project-log/51688-cnc-31.html

http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=103541 myford mill conversion

Bridgeport mill
https://grabcad.com/library/bridgeport-mill-1 Disks stacked on each other, held together with threaded rod along the length(only a model though). The nod and tram concept is easily copied.

Mill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzpytZd4_A Mill the groves out of support platform out of solid slab aluminum, DIY build. Large millford type mill build. Two x six centimeter metal plate welded onto large pipe. Fill pipe with concrete or epoxy concrete for vibration damping. Thirty kg of epoxy concrete is $120. modelengineercouk Thought this may be of interest to other members who might have a Myford VMB milling machine and how I converted it to CNC. The machine has developed over time. Here is its current state of play...The Blue bits are mostly the added items. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wiUURbxwCA  bill t, link to Machine design factorydragon87. This mill design levers the platform, simplifying the milling head design.

model engineer uk
http://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=117179 DIY lathy build

Chile lathe diy

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9ff_DAOdM From Chile large bearing 7 part series.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9ff_DAOdM prt.5 tension the AC motor with z axis(two steel tubes over each other).

Gear thread cutting

 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZFj8qAycE from http://www.mainsteam.co.uk/steam_launch.htm
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmQpSGUAY8 Stationary mill rotating involute gear cutter. The lathe moves the blank through the cutter, cutting a v-shape. Two stepper motors needed, one rotates the blank, other moves platform forward.
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2-uOi1uFJU This method preferred mill and lathe combo.
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie7dNOLgno0 Spinning tap in chuck cuts worm wheel . Use one geared DC motor mounted on platform, stepper provides x-axis. The blank is fits over vertical shaft, spinning freely.

4th axis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgmjIlOVKc making a gearbox worm for a fourth axis, oil seals.

Stepperhead
http://www.lathes.co.uk/stepperhead/ Designed and built by Alan Jackson, the Stepperhead is an attempt to combine, in one unit, the range of facilities found in a medium sized lathe and a small vertical/horizontal milling machine. In the 1950s David Urwick had designed and built the ingenious and versatile Metalmaster http://www.lathes.co.uk/metalmaster/, a device that combined a lathe and milling machine without unduly compromising the attributes of either.
 * http://www.lirtex.com/robotics/diy-cnc-machine/
 * http://twilightrobotics.com/cnc/cncnot1 how not to make a cnc

lathe 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUxivrx_MU Harbor freight mini lathe

http://morgandemers.com/ making a lathe face plate with aluminium casting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spwfHuNSJXA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJHDSY7tZ8c quick change toolpost

lathe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTArvTJt5eI build hand tool lathe Building a Hand Drill Lathe (How To)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wejoxolvjw Homemade Wood lathe Duplicator using an angle grinder King Arthur wheel on grinder for lathe work DIY lathe for woodwork

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8dxXfm2hs Lathe from old DRILLPRESS

www.youtube.com/watch?v=40vQHTt9s-A micro or mini lathe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwmpFI1kDww Homde made lathe BEVEL block bearings, shows pictures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXAzJE9Zs8s Huge lathe built from scratch with pictures.

check out sherline 4000 mini micor lathe

Lathe face cutters

milling http://www.cnczone.com/forums/linear_rotary_motion/189054-machining_large_worm_gear.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J0o3W4_LRBw&t=494 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmQpSGUAY8 gear making

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSeMX9SZXXY helical gear is cut on lathe. this is preferred can be reproduced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAtziCsUj5Q Helical with CNC machine.

hobbynut channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UBxNPbg0ls  CNC or mill(manually) cutting worm gear. adapt with DIY drill lathe. Hand drill rotates at high speed with a cutting tool, lathe part is done at angle to cut worm pattern out of plastic. The angle of the drill bit determines how thick or thin the worm gear edges are.

tutorial
http://www.mini-lathe.org.uk/12-hobbing-the-worm-wheel.shtml telescope worm wheel

Concrete lathe
stupid idea will be moved to the bottom later http://opensourcemachinetools.org/concrete-lathe/ links to http://concretelathe.wikispaces.com/Current+Design+Drawings and http://makezine.com/projects/the-multimachine-150-12-swing-metal-lathemilldrill/

Lathe brands

 * http://www.africamachinetools.co.za/
 * http://machinetoolexchange.co.za/product/dean-smith-grace-lathe/

http://qtul.com/cnc-rotary-tables/accessories/80mm-3in-chuck-with-backplate.html $120

Links
Forum cnczone.com

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