How To Make A Wood Lathe With A Grinder

Mount 12v converter for powering motor mount the wood between motor and tail stock mount your angle grinder and angle grinder wood lathe is ready to create some table and chair legs or anything you can imagine.

How to make a wood lathe with a grinder. I grabbed the piece that will make up the bottom shelf and use a jigsaw to cut out the four corners so that it could fit into place. Usually a piece of 12 steel round or square notched out in the end to accept a small square round or triangular carbide cutter that is screwed onto the steel shaft and the far side of the shaft has a long wood handle. Special care must be taken to ensure that the lathe tool is not in contact with the wheel for more than 10.

Grinding the lathe tool against the grinder can be divided into two main parts. The lathe tool needs to be pushed gently against the grinding wheel. Mount the angle grinder so the cutter is 15mm forward the edge of the base.

Make sure the grinder comes with a dressing tool or buy one if not. Typical Carbide insert about 12 x 12 from Rockler. Hello EveryoneToday I show you how to make a lathe machine.

Assemble all parts as on image. Next I inserted the center divider that will divide the two cabinet of the workbench and glued it into place. Temporarily install the follower and align it with the forward edge of the cutter.

I first did a dry run to make sure it was good fit then used glue and screws to attach it. This is usually done with a diamond surface of some sort and results in you picking sand out of your teeth for a week. Now Ill tell my short story.