Got a mini-lathe for Christmas last year and needed something to put it on. Hundreds of spinning tops and mushrooms later, I’m pretty sure it was worth it. Here’s a couple other things from my lathe.
Got a mini-lathe for Christmas last year and needed something to put it on. Hundreds of spinning tops and mushrooms later, I’m pretty sure it was worth it. Here’s a couple other things from my lathe.
I checked out a few designs and built my own from those ideas. Used some 3d software to build it there first, mainly so I could make sure I didn’t do anything stupid.
Need to add a vice still but figure it’s mostly done, though I’m already running out of room now. Why? You have some ideas?
Just curious at this time… my ‘workbench’ is just a centipede, currently. :) At some point I’ll need something more substantial.
This was surprisingly easy. At the time I only had a drill and the lathe so I got Lowe’s to cut everything for me. Felt bad asking for that many cuts but they said it was cool.
Nice… What kind of fasteners did you use? Any advice (do or don’t do) when I get around to building one? I have a nice contractor table saw and a sliding miter saw, so I can do any cuts I might need.
Truly, the only problem I ran into was imperfect cuts, but it sounds like you have the cutting bit covered. I did like the double 2x4 idea for the legs, made it easy to support the bottom shelf while still be sturdy.
I used 2.5 inch deck screws for everything except attaching the top. Bought some 1 inch corner braces to attach it to the frame.
Best of luck when you build yours!
Thanks