Making do

[dgjessing]

I wanted to make spoked flywheels, but have no rotary table, no mill But I remembered that my unused old Craftsman wood lathe had an indexing feature built in via notches in the back of the main drive pulley. So, I took the headstock off and bolted it to my drill press table, and made a draw bar kinda arrangement to hold stock. Voila (setup to drill the hub here):

... and the setup to drill the rim:

... and all the bits ready to be brazed up tomorrow:

 

[1Kenny]

Looks good dg,

There is always a way when there is a strong will. ;D

kenny

 

[bearcar1]

Now That's using the old bean, "necessity is the mother of invention"


BC1
Jim

 

[CrewCab]

Nicely done Thm:

CC

 

[BigBore]

Very, very, impressive. Way to go!

Ed

 

[putputman]

That's great!! How does that go -- there is more than one way to skin a cat.

What engine are you building? Will want to keep an eye on you for more imaginative setups.

 

[New_Guy]

great idea i have the same lathe (Asian copy but) i filed V notches in the pulley to make it easier to see the divisions best thing i ever did to that lathe!

great idea a little bush mechanics Thm:

 

[dgjessing]

What engine are you building?

I'm thinking of doing another version of the first one I did (with the rotary valve in the main shaft), but machined accurately this time :

 

[tmuir]

Cool!
Hell of a lot cheaper than buying yourself a rotary table too.