LatheForum.com - Lathe Users Discussion Forum - General Wood Lathe Discussions http://LatheForum.com/list.php?22 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:22:05 -0500 Phorum 5.2.9a http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,43,43#msg-43 Can not find a belt for a central machinery 1227 wood lathe http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,43,43#msg-43
Bob McWilliams]]> bamc1949 General Wood Lathe Discussions Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:16:20 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,7,27#msg-27 Re: Best wood for turning on a wood lathe? http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,7,27#msg-27 metaler General Wood Lathe Discussions Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:04:15 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,9,26#msg-26 Re: Help adding disk sander to wood lathe http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,9,26#msg-26 metaler General Wood Lathe Discussions Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:01:42 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,14,25#msg-25 Re: Turn a wood turning lathe into a metal turning lathe? http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,14,25#msg-25
Most woodturning lathes are not built with the same same heft, I mean the bed is not heavy enough to support the stresses of metal turning. Never mind that you'd have to find a carriage, lead screw, tool post, etc. and somehow try to fit that to your woodturning lathe.

Metal lathes are in ready supply used. And for reasonable prices. This savings is a by product of all of our manufacturing jobs going overseas, but it comes as benefit to you. You can get a metal lathe, say, a hobbyist one, for a couple hundred dollars if you shop around. You'd probably spend a couple thousand dollars trying to turn your wood late into a metal lathe and it still wouldn't be very good as a metal lathe.]]> metaler General Wood Lathe Discussions Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:54:04 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,14,14#msg-14 Turn a wood turning lathe into a metal turning lathe? http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,14,14#msg-14 lathe General Wood Lathe Discussions Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:05:15 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,9,9#msg-9 Help adding disk sander to wood lathe http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,9,9#msg-9
I will be adding a disk sanding pad to the 4 inch face plate. I would like to put on a 6 inch or larger. Can someone recommend an appropriate size?]]> lathe General Wood Lathe Discussions Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:34:56 -0600 http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,7,7#msg-7 Best wood for turning on a wood lathe? http://LatheForum.com/read.php?22,7,7#msg-7 lathe General Wood Lathe Discussions Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:22:28 -0600