Σε αυτό το video, φτιάχνω ένα DIY σκαμπό από μπετόβεργα και ξύλο οξιάς. In this video I make a stool out of rebar and beech wood
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In this video I make a metal base on which you can mount your turning chuck. The base itself is mounted on your lathe's tool rest position. This way you can remove your turned item, carve it and then remount it on the lathe without losing centre. It is also pretty expensive to buy something like that ready made.
First of all I found a screw that matched the female threads of my chuck.
I then cut the screw to size with my grinder. I chamfered the threads by mounting the piece on my lathe and using the grinder.
I then cut a piece of tubing. I also made it a bit smaller so the screw fit nicely.
I then welded a nut on top of it. When I weld and have gaps I use a broken electrode or another piece of metal to fill the gap.
I then made a knob using a threaded rod.
Next I cut and welded the rest of the parts.
I primed and painted the parts and my vise was ready.
It worked better than I expected and it actually saved me a lot of money.
But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I make a palette knife out of a nail, a spatula, copper pipe and wood. This a pretty interesting tool used in a very impressionistic painting technique.
First of all I made a small paper template of the knife’s spatula part. I used the metal from a spatula I bought from the hardware store. The spatula needs to be flexible in order for the palette knife to work.
I then cut the shape of my spatula using a rotary tool and a metal cutting disc.
The spatula needs to be polished. You can do that using sand paper, sharpening stones or a sharpening system like my Tormek. The final polishing you can do on a leather strop. You can also use a buffing wheel with honing compound on your rotary tool.
Next I cut a nail and bended it with heat. To connect the spatula with the nail I used silver solder. Heat and flux pull the solder towards them.
I then cleaned and polished the metal parts again.
As a handle you can use a handle from another tool. But I turned one out of beech.
I epoxied a piece of coper pipe in front. Once I finished the handle I epoxied the metal parts in the handle.
This is a really interesting technique. It works better with oil paints because thy are pretty thick and dry really slow. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I make a small axe out of an old table saw blade. I also turned a mahogany handle for it, on the lathe.
I begun by cutting the shape of the axe using my grinder.
I then used my stick welder to weld the blade with a piece of metal pipe.
I then cleaned the welds with my small grinder and my rotary tool.
After polishing the blade a little bit, I created the bevel on my bench grinder. I did the final sharpening on my Tormek T8.
I then turned the handle out of a piece of mahogany.
I then connected the blade with the handle. I used a small wedge to keep things really tight.
I finished the handle with mineral oil.
My little axe was ready at this point. You can certainly use it for small jobs but I think I will keep it as a decorative piece.
But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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In this project I used various scrap metal parts I had in the shop to make a simple jig for making spheres on the lathe. I have made a similar jig out of wood in the past. But by using metal I was able to make the tool more simple, more efficient and less bulky.
I begun by making the base. I cut the pieces with the angle grinder and welded them in place. I then drilled the hole on my drill press and cut some threads to keep the piece in place. But I made a mistake here and I had to cut the piece in half.
For the arm I used a couple of corner pieces as support. I also welded nuts in place so I could use their threads.
To make the cutting edge, I used the steel from a cheap old turning tool. I grinded the bevels on the grinder. My grinder is really fast so I dipped the tool in water pretty often to cool it down.
I then grinded a pocket and welded the cutter in place.
After doing some tests, I decided to weld the nut from the pivot point. And I also added a large nail under the cutting edge as support. I wanted this to be removable so I could sharpen the tip easier on the grinder.
I then used my carbide burrs on the rotary tool to clean my welds a little bit. A wire brush bit is also useful to clean up before painting.
I then added a coat of primer and then spray painted orange.
Before you use the tool you have to set it up a little bit. The cutter should be at the same height of the centre of the lathe. And the pivot point should be under the centre of your sphere.
And my sphere making jig was ready to go. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I make a simple mechanism to keep the spindle of my cheap lathe locked in place. You need to lock your spindle sometimes so you can carve or do other tasks on your project, while it is still mounted on the lathe. My mechanism also works with a chuck I have, which has a built in divider on it.
I wanted the mechanism to fit into the holes of my divider. So I mounted a piece of threaded rod on my machinist’s lathe, and shaped the tip to fit. If you don’t have a machinist’s lathe you can shape the tip on your grinder.
I then made all the necessary holes on the drill press. I threaded one hole just to keep the rod in place.
I then cut the base to size with my angle grinder.
To keep the nut in place for welding I added another nut from the back.
Then I used my stick welder to weld everything in place. Those were pretty small pieces so I used the thinnest electrodes I could find. I also tack welded everything.
I cleaned the welds with a wire brush on my rotary tool.
Finally I coated the base with primer and finished it with green spray paint. I wanted this to stand out on the lathe to avoid any accidents. So I used a really bright color.
And my little gadget was ready. It works great and I like the fact that I avoided drilling onto the cast iron parts of my lathe. I made it, to use it mostly in combination with my built in divider of my chuck.
I hope you found this project useful, because that was it.
See you soon with a new project video!
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In this video I make a homemade branding iron. For this project I used an M6 threaded rod, a couple of scrap brass pieces and a piece of oak.
First of all I set my CNC up to carve my logo on a piece of brass. I used a V carving bit and I set the machine to do really shallow passes. On my design I added a circle. I need that as a reference so I can later centre the piece on the lathe. In these type of stamps the design must be mirrored so the imprint will come out the right way.
I then cut the piece on the bandsaw.
I hot glued the piece on the metal lathe. This wasn’t such a good idea because the heat melted the glue. But it worked at a certain extent.
Next I counter sinked the piece and drilled a hole. I then threaded the hole with a tap.
On the metal lathe I also worked on the threaded rod and I also made a brass ring for the handle.
Next I started working on the handle which I made out of a scrap piece of oak.
I first made the tenon and epoxied the ring in place. I then counter sinked the hole and drilled the hole for the handle.
Next I finished shaping the handle. I then secured the handle with my steady rest and used a bowl gouge to clean up the front of the handle.
I taped the handle as well.
Next I finished the handle with mineral oil.
My branding iron came out awesome. Because the brass tip is really thick it can hold heat for a long time. The CNC did a really good job and my imprints are really sharp. But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.
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