Shop built lathe extension
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(12-09-2018, 03:27 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: I like it a lot.  I wonder if I can do it with my PM3520b since I have several projects that are 22" longer then my lathe.

I looked up your lathe and I think it's probably too big to have a wood extension do it justice.   You could upsize the threaded rods but I'd also consider bracing it to the floor or something.  The 20" swing would create more torque on the extension then on my little baby lathe.   Just pony up a couple grand for the 50" cast iron extension. 
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(12-10-2018, 11:43 AM)Splinter Puller Wrote: I looked up your lathe and I think it's probably too big to have a wood extension do it justice.   You could upsize the threaded rods but I'd also consider bracing it to the floor or something.  The 20" swing would create more torque on the extension then on my little baby lathe.   Just pony up a couple grand for the 50" cast iron extension. 
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Don't let him deter you.  Supporting a spindle on a live center would involve next to no mechanical stress.  No lever arm. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hba....html#torq
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(12-10-2018, 11:43 AM)Splinter Puller Wrote: I looked up your lathe and I think it's probably too big to have a wood extension do it justice.   You could upsize the threaded rods but I'd also consider bracing it to the floor or something.  The 20" swing would create more torque on the extension then on my little baby lathe.   Just pony up a couple grand for the 50" cast iron extension
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I am thinking of using 2x12 glued together and have the center hollowed out with two of them on the end glued and screwed as a leg on the floor with some metal adjustable feet on the bottom and rubber to help absorb the shock.
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I love seeing stuff like this!
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#25
Sitting out in the barn gathering rust is a homemade lathe that will turn 8 ft. The ways are channel iron on edge and the legs are angle iron. Very heavy. I foolishly bought it at auction for $5.

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(12-12-2018, 10:01 AM)Foggy Wrote: Sitting out in the barn gathering rust is a homemade lathe that will turn 8 ft. The ways are channel iron on edge and the legs are angle iron. Very heavy. I foolishly bought it at auction for $5.

Not foolish to me I would be happy or anyone else for that matter to have it. 
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I would think it is $5 well spent and if you get it here I will double that. 
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(12-12-2018, 01:36 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: Not foolish to me I would be happy or anyone else for that matter to have it. 
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I would think it is $5 well spent and if you get it here I will double that. 
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Can't get it there. It's too heavy for me to get it back onto the truck. Some day I might make a new shive for the motor and try it out. If I come across a block of maple or some other tight grain hardwood. Hmm, I wonder if ash would work OK? It's an old fashion flat belt drive.

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Would love to see a picture of it sometime and when you get working on it as well. 
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(12-13-2018, 12:32 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: Would love to see a picture of it sometime and when you get working on it as well. 
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Yep. Love to see a picuture.

In another life as a management consultant, I worked with a shop that had a metal lathe with a 60' bed. That was some machine!

The milling machine was about 20' high. Another humongous piece of equuipment.

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I would have to find it to take a picture. Anything that holds still for a while gets covered up with other stuff piled onto it. Next May when I get the RV out to play I may be able to unload the lathe enough for pictures. Until then I will just keep you in suspense.
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