Make A Homemade Wood Lathe

This was great fun and allowed me to make a few small turned wooden items.

Make a homemade wood lathe. How to build a simple Wood Lathe. This will cost about 20. The homemade wood lathe may not be high-tech but its perfectly functional.

Heres how I made my first wood lathe from scratch at very little cost. Cut the wood into pieces and screw a steel rod on the base piece. MOTHER EARTH NEWS STAFF Spindlessuch as this table legup to.

¾ x 3 ¾ x 10. I used a chisel as a crude lathe cutting tool. Building your own power tools is a specialized skill but with the right planning and patience you can DIY everything in your workshop.

After this attach other components and youre good to go. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features. This costs about 20.

Homemade Woodworking Lathe Make A Drill Powered Wooden Lathe. A hand-drill provides the motor and the faceplate is simply a square of steel. 4 of pine 1 x 8 x 4.

Poplar wood about 10 feet size. Here is what youll need to make what I made. My lathe is similar to Matthias but I decided to add some different parts to ease assembly and make it more reliable.