#lathe — Public Fediverse posts

After re-surfacing the key components of my mini lathe, I was finally able to start putting it back together to get a feel for its capabilities before attempting a conversion to #CNC.

However, before I can do that, there’s one thing. Now that everything is disassembled, it’s the perfect moment to capture it in #freecad.

Starting with the lathe bed:

#cnc #freecad #workshop #lathe #freecadfriday #diy

@drlucyrogers

i don't know any woodworkers on here in England.

@Nickiquote knows the oxford area.

for some reason @DamonHD springs to mind.

#woodwork

#lathe

@glasspusher @autolycos

@drlucyrogers

i don't know any woodworkers on here in England.

@Nickiquote knows the oxford area.

for some reason @DamonHD springs to mind.

#woodwork

#lathe

@glasspusher @autolycos

Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it

https://github.com/devenjarvis/lathe

#HackerNews #Lathe #LLMs #Learning #NewDomains #TechInnovation #GitHub

Lathe – Use LLMs to learn a new domain, not skip past it

https://github.com/devenjarvis/lathe

#HackerNews #Lathe #LLMs #Learning #NewDomains #TechInnovation #GitHub

Irgendwas mit maxxing oder so @zam #Drehbank #lathe

Irgendwas mit maxxing oder so @zam #Drehbank #lathe

I've been toying with the idea of a #lathe to play around with. I've never touched one so lots of YouTubing in my future. I also saw that #MakerWorks has a class. Curious if anyone's taken that and had thoughts

I’m calling it good enough. The v-slot is far from perfect, but I had trouble spotting it reliably. Not only that, scraping there was difficult enough that at this point I’m afraid of making it worse.

After all, given where we started, I’m happy with the results!

#diy #machining #lathe #cnc #workshop #

Getting there! The v-slot is very difficult to both spot and scrape, but overall I am getting to somehow satisfactory fit. :)

#workshop #cnc #lathe #machining #diy #

I made a simple micrometer mounting plate, and now I can finally measure what I’m doing. Even with this makeshift setup, it’s a huge confidence boost to know that I’m moving in the right direction. :)

#lathe #machining #cnc #lathe #workshop

Attempting to scrape the saddle to fit bed ways for my CNC mini lathe. On YouTube it seemed so much easier :) I feel like it is super easy to mis-interpret the spotting marks - ink piling in the low spots and leaving false imprints.

#diy #machining #lathe #cnc

I would like to build a Faulex in a magnified scale to show my #lathe skills

I would like to build a Faulex in a magnified scale to show my #lathe skills

With the grinder completed, I could focus on the small carbide scraper I needed to fine-tune the recently machined saddle of the VEVOR lathe that I wanted to CNC.

A tool like that should be simply brazed, but I neither had the acetylene torch nor the silver solder.

Instead, I opted to hacksaw a slot in a steel bar that, with some persuasion, fit the carbide blade. A small 3D printed retaining ring designed in #freecad is enough to keep the blade firmly in place.

#machining #cnc #lathe #diy

Final turning was done on the Emco #lathe itself in an attempt to maintain as much concentricity as possible.

Some polishing, a bit of cold blue and it’s done.

#freecadfriday #machining #diy

Following up on the last week #freecadfriday, #machining the Emco Unimat #lathe grinding arbour in @hskrk

Yesterday, we launched our new shop #website. I spent a little more time on it than I had originally planned to but it is done for now. I may add some more features in the future but it is online and working now.

There were no big issues with the launch so I could go back to work #intheshop. I decided to drive the spindle on my #CNC #machine with a toothed belt to make good use of the servomotor that will power the spindle.

Assembly will be press fit with about 0.035mm interference. #lathe

Yesterday, we launched our new shop #website. I spent a little more time on it than I had originally planned to but it is done for now. I may add some more features in the future but it is online and working now.

There were no big issues with the launch so I could go back to work #intheshop. I decided to drive the spindle on my #CNC #machine with a toothed belt to make good use of the servomotor that will power the spindle.

Assembly will be press fit with about 0.035mm interference. #lathe

P-SOL – Secrets / Fooling Me
#7"vinyl #Electronic #VinylRelease #disco #edits #funk #hiphop #house #lathe #lathecut #samplebased #samples #NewYork
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution) #ccmusic
https://psol.bandcamp.com/album/secrets-fooling-me

P-SOL – Secrets / Fooling Me
#7"vinyl #Electronic #VinylRelease #disco #edits #funk #hiphop #house #lathe #lathecut #samplebased #samples #NewYork
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution) #ccmusic
https://psol.bandcamp.com/album/secrets-fooling-me

#freecadfriday designing a prototype grinding wheel hub to fit-check to my Unimat #lathe

#machining real one next!

#diy #workshop #freecad

Dovetails before and after:

#mill #lathe #cnc #machining #maker

Before and after:
#maker #machining #cnc #lathe #mill

Next, I used 3D printed fixture designed in #freecad to accurately flip the saddle for subsequent #machining of the saddle dovetails.

#cnc #lathe #mill

#freecad #mill #lathe #machining #cnc

After zeroing on the 16mm reference, I just had to use the DRO for -10.51mm offset.

#machining #lathe #mill #freecad #cnc

#mill #lathe #machining

Here's part 2 of a video series documenting the addition of a homebrew servo-driven motor system to the leadscrew of my lathe!

In this video I actually make a part on my lathe! (!!!)

https://youtu.be/N6X1SKRdy0o

#lathe #machining #reprap #3dprinting #diy

I can finally start doing the fun stuff with my #lathe. By which I mean "more lathe improvements".

https://youtu.be/v_Xlgs-Bak4

#diy #machining #mechatronics

I am very slowly learning that I can get away with quite bad #lathe crimes and still get good results. Look at that mirror finish! Lovely stuff.

Please ignore the charred milling bit. That is less lovely.

#machining

https://youtu.be/eTrFkrRKlJY

I got a cheap Aliexpress DRO and installed it onto my new lathe! It all went pretty well! I cadded up some brackets in #freecad

Drilling holes into the cast iron bits of my lathe was fairly terrifying, but being able to measure cuts down to 0.005mm without reaching for the calipers is extremely useful.

#diy #lathe #machining

https://youtu.be/lSKLbnEP5lQ

I had a time making a part for my new lathe. It was educational.

#lathe #machining #diy

https://youtu.be/XdWNAAcdUzw

Lathe crimes absolutely pay. This came out better than I could've reasonably hoped. Very happy.

I had to chop some of the metal away to hold tools at the correct height. I tried to use a HSS milling bit but these tool holders turned out to be hardened steel, and the HSS just got hot and angry. A carbide boring bar in the chuck made short work of it.

#lathe #diy #machining

I am doing #lathe crimes and there's nobody here to stop me.

Turns out I don't need to buy a carbide endmill after all!

#metalworking

J'ai fait un premier adaptateur LR44 vers PX640 avec le tour. L'état de surface de l'intérieur n'est pas parfait mais ça fonctionnera quand même.
Il faut en faire un deuxième. Demain !
#lathe #vintagecameras

One Sailing Pulley To Rule Them All

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/06/one-sailing-pulley-to-rule-them-all/

It turns out that a great tool for modifying my #lathe is itself.

I'm having a great time making these little videos as I lean stuff about machining. It's a fun journey.

#machining #video

https://youtu.be/igb5MyrKVH4

Turning a Milling Machine into a Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/turning-a-milling-machine-into-a-lathe/ #metallathe #ToolHacks #cnchacks #cnclathe #taigmill #lathe #cnc

Turning a Milling Machine into a Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/turning-a-milling-machine-into-a-lathe/ #metallathe #ToolHacks #cnchacks #cnclathe #taigmill #lathe #cnc

Turning a Milling Machine into a Lathe - If you’re planning to make a metalworking lathe out of a CNC milling machine, you... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/turning-a-milling-machine-into-a-lathe/ #metallathe #toolhacks #cnchacks #cnclathe #taigmill #lathe #cnc

Turning a Milling Machine into a Lathe - If you’re planning to make a metalworking lathe out of a CNC milling machine, you... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/turning-a-milling-machine-into-a-lathe/ #metallathe #toolhacks #cnchacks #cnclathe #taigmill #lathe #cnc

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #Engineering #prosthetic #Featured #Interest #History #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #POW

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #Engineering #prosthetic #Featured #Interest #History #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #POW

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe - There are a lot of benefits to writing for Hackaday, but hands down one of the bes... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #engineering #prosthetic #featured #interest #history #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #pow

Hacking When It Counts: DIY Prosthetics and the Prison Camp Lathe - There are a lot of benefits to writing for Hackaday, but hands down one of the bes... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/14/hacking-when-it-counts-diy-prosthetics-and-the-prison-camp-lathe/ #hackingwhenitcounts #socialengineering #civilengineering #machinetools #engineering #prosthetic #featured #interest #history #prison #lathe #limb #wwii #pow

Clickspring’s Experimental Archaeology: Concentric Thin-Walled Tubing https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/clicksprings-experimental-archaeology-concentric-thin-walled-tubing/ #antikythera #MiscHacks #antiquity #machining #polishing #lapping #reaming #boring #lathe #rouge

Clickspring’s Experimental Archaeology: Concentric Thin-Walled Tubing https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/clicksprings-experimental-archaeology-concentric-thin-walled-tubing/ #antikythera #MiscHacks #antiquity #machining #polishing #lapping #reaming #boring #lathe #rouge

Makw Ice Spheres in a Copper Press https://hackaday.com/2025/03/02/make-ice-spheres-in-a-copper-press/ #lostplacasting #coppercasting #cookinghacks #sandcasting #ToolHacks #icesphere #metalwork #icepress #casting #copper #lathe

Makw Ice Spheres in a Copper Press https://hackaday.com/2025/03/02/make-ice-spheres-in-a-copper-press/ #lostplacasting #coppercasting #cookinghacks #sandcasting #ToolHacks #icesphere #metalwork #icepress #casting #copper #lathe