Lathe

Fixed tailstock
tail stock cut tapers without having to gibbs tailstock

rolandvanroy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzytexbrdlg Building this lathe from scratch was a challenge. I'm not a mechanical engineer, so the build was based on gut feeling and materials I had available. Still I'm quite happy with the end result, eventhough my lathe does not have the full functionality of a real lathe. But it is small, quite powerfull and can still handle up to 30mm diameter metal rods through the spindle boring hole. Now I finally can continue my work on the new linear actuators for my 5th generation motion platform.

Renato Kretschmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDicrbqbB4A Six videos on diy lathe build in Portuguese.

Concrete lathe
lathe concrete

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgB9rx3AhoE The bed in the lathe - this is the base - this is the basis of the machine --- and first of all the rigidity of the machine --- and also the rigidity of the headstock depend on the bed! in the absence of a cast-iron bed - it is possible to make a reinforced concrete frame and fasten or weld to it an existing bed with guides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTEUXiDoCLc lathe rebuild 1.4mil views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptdo2bSKov0 Project no.78 diy homemade mini metal lathe machine (torno) The lathe machine is for facing bronze aluminum and alloy steel, when it comes to Mild steel its a different story i tested it and you see in the video it also can work with mild steel but it make some vibrations in the head and some weird noise that im sure its not normal. Upgrades that needs to be done to the lathe machine: use another high quality Pillow block bearing, Adding a Drill press pulley System and Changing atleast 1/2 or 3/4hp motor. I hope You Enjoy Watching My Video Building a Metal Lathe Without Using a Lathe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckulUixg2w4 diy mini lathe and xy table with drill and threaded rod 5min. links to four videos, xy table out of flatbar. And plans at http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18699.

https://youtu.be/Jn3E2QRhnNw Coordinate table with their own hands from scrap metal. Making flywheels, painting and assembling the xy table.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWlOh71EW1s cnc converion of mill. Today we're converting a manual milling machine to CNC. We install high quality ballscrews, ballnuts, and angular contact bearings on first the Z axis and then the Y and X axis. We also install stepper motors. This video features tips and techniques that I have developed over the past 10 conversions or so. You'll even see hardware from the first CNC conversion I ever did that was made on a manual milling machine. I learn something new every time. Please share your own CNC conversion tips and experience in the comments below.

Details: More info on the conversion kit used in this video can be found here: https://www.cncelements.com/ More info on the Precision Mathews PM-25MV milling machine used in this video can be found here:https://www.precisionmatthews.com/shop/pm-25mv/. This conversion utilizes the Centroid Acorn control board. Let me know if you would like to see video content on my specific setup: http://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_diy/acorn_cnc_controller.html

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.

Router
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ332KGc-6M Lathe on router

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
 * Gingery lathe
 * 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
epoxy granite

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 millford
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.

Mill updyke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKhLaHbSNY and https://hackaday.io/project/7657-cnc-mill

Mill 093 tatsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCLz12cZbU4 How to build low cost home made CNC mill. Basically the same video of "Home made 5 axis CNC mill."

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
book "Gear cutting with the shaper+ by base circle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4O_yxUfCE


 * 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
Bolt steel diy lathe to concrete for Vibration absorption. Concrete, like cast iron functions as a mechanical low pass filter.

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

CncControllers, Lathe bearing design, Hand scraping

this old tony, Make it extreme, Made in Poland