Archive for October, 2009

Using a mini wood lathe

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

:  mini wood lathe, whether for use in the home or in industry, are used to turn a piece of wood stock. The wood stock or work pieces must be held firmly and accurately in place for the machine to rotate the turning. This turning can be held to the motor drive by either a [...]

What does a lathe duplicator do?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

:Available for almost any mini-lathe! Make pens faster and more accurately. Duplicate small, complex patterns. Automate the difficult and tedious job of duplicating complex and repetitive turnings. Easily mounts and un-mounts from your lathe. Duplicate from pattern or 3-D originals up to 10″ long. Depth of cut 1″. High Speed steel cutter is ground on [...]

What is a wood lathe chuck?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

: Wood lathe chuck can be traced back to about 700 B.C. from fragments found in Scotland and from an Etruscan tomb. While many suspect that wood lathe chuck was practiced much earlier, experts cannot tell if the wood that they have found from Egyptian tombs was turned or hand shaped. A painting on Egyptian [...]

What is a jet mini lathe?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

:Jet is a brand of shop tools, usually power tools such as table saws, band saws, planers, jointers, and so forth. This is a well-known brand and it has a reputation for producing high quality machines. Serious woodworkers are very likely to have at least one Jet-brand machine in their shops. A lathe is a [...]

wood lathe motor

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Need tips on how to add disk sander wood lathe? I have an old wood craftsman around. Still runs like a champ with your 1 / 2 horse power, did Dunlap engine in 1956. I plan to add a sanding disc pad 4 inch face plate. Diameter of 12 inches is probably pushing. What would [...]