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Iain Goolager

Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« on: 10/08/2011 at 23:52 »
Finaly found some free time & cobbled some bits and pieces together as the rod handle was never happening.




Iain

Iain Goolager

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #1 on: 11/08/2011 at 00:01 »
Pap!   wrong video  :oops

Any road up it seems to work fine  :roll



Iain

Mike Barrio

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #2 on: 11/08/2011 at 00:06 »
Looking good Iain :z16

John Reid

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #3 on: 11/08/2011 at 00:11 »
Brilliant Iain,

When do we see the bit where you gouge a huge chunk out of the handle?  :oops

PS I like the SBS video you done of the stripped quill nymph.  Davie Macphail eat your heart out!  :z14

Ben Dixon

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #4 on: 11/08/2011 at 17:27 »
Looking good Iain  :z16


Matt Henderson

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #5 on: 19/08/2011 at 02:16 »
very nice Irene.  Btw how did you make the bit at the far end with what looks like a free rotating chuck?  Would end al my handle turning woes. 

Still on holiday but the wife is off out with the girls...
 :z18

Matt

Iain Goolager

Re: Steptoes' handle turning lathe
« Reply #6 on: 19/08/2011 at 20:55 »
Matt, It's an old pneumatic pistol drill that was for the bin (nobody seems to replace vanes anymore?) so I ground her up and U bolted her onto the 'stock' piece of wood. The body has a taper toward the front so I packed her up with some PVC strips.

Maybe just luck but it seemed to rotate reasonably true when mated with the electric drill :z16


Was actually quite pleased with it
Iain

 




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