lathe at work

[aametalmaster]

They must have a cult following also, look at the lathe at the top of this machining forum...Bob
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[Norseman C.B.]

A good basic lathe can make it's own accessories as long as the operator's imagination is operational.... (Glenn's quote about smiths making the tools also applies to machinists)
no insult intended here just a fact

C.B.

[irnsrgn]

I remember the old timers of my youth stating that a lathe is one of the few machines than is able to replicate itself.

[skunkriv]

Was thinking the same thing as Jr. My high school machine shop teacher would say just that and I have no doubt he could have done it. Of course the lathe would need to cut threads to do that but I would be happy to find this little Hardinge in my shop.

[habu68]

Heck,My son-in-law built a Gingery Lathe out of car pistons, a 6' ladder and auto running boards.
His first threading setup used All Thread with a 10 tpi. He did use a bigger lathe to build the head, then used the head to build the tail. It was quite the project, and I would have spent the money to buy one, but by the time he had it built it he had a good idea how to use it.

Home-built Gingery Lathe

[keithh999]

course it would be nice to be able to find the accessories for the shop lathe so it becomes more than just a big heavy red paperweight that goes round n round..

[aametalmaster]

I have 100's of pics on stuff i made with my lathe for my lathe that i plan on putting on this site sometime. I make so much nice usefull tooling i don't buy anything...Bob
southbend10k : SouthBendLathe10k and lathe projects.

[trying-it]

My high school machine shop class echoed the same words. There were also posted signs all over that read:

"Don't say you can't, say you will try".

Needless to say, nearly 40 years later, I'm still trying-it