How To Make A Wood Lathe With A Drill Press

This wood lathe is made from plywood wood screws drill sander and glue.

How to make a wood lathe with a drill press. Take the wood drive-in nut and ply or cut the pointed pins. I used a grinder and a file to make the end of a bolt rounded and smooth this would be my dead center. But when youre in a pinch and want to turn something quickly you can set up a vertical lathe using your drill press.

Once your lathe is up and running you can start wood turning immediately and begin making. About 5 minutes into turning the dead center began to squeal. I secured the pointed bolt into the center or the drill press table and it was going to act as a dead center for the bottom of the wood to spin on.

YouTube woodworker Nick Ferry used a set of nuts and bolts as his dead. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. A live center would be better but I didnt have any appropriate parts available.

Insert a double thread screw and thread one of the wooden knobs made to the lathe bed. Much of this wood lathe is built using scrap plywood and he even made wood gears for this project. This is by no means accurate as far as machining is concerned but it is h.

The largest bolt I was going to tighten to the slot in my drill press table to act as a tool rest. Make a similar but small box as the mount for the drill. The result was very good since it.

If youre going to use a Lathe attachment all you need to do is to install the provided tools into your Drill Press. Cut 3cm at the bottom of the tailstock and drill the center. Using a drill press and my angle grinder I turn down a decorative piece by hand.