Using castings from your charcoal foundry (see Book 1 in the series: The Charcoal Foundry by David Gingery) and simple hand methods (no machine tools needed!) you can build a sturdy and accurate bed for a metal lathe. Then additional castings, common hardware items and improvised equipment will add the headstock, tailstock, carriage and all the remaining parts to complete the lathe.
Illustrated with photos and drawings to show you all you need to know about patterns, molding, casting and finishing the parts.
The lathe specs. include a 7" swing over the bed and 12" between centers. Adjustable tailstock with set-over for taper turning. Adjustable gibs in sliding members and adjustable sleeve bearings in the headstock. A truly practical machine capable of precision work.
Once you have a foundry to cast the parts and a lathe to machine them you can tackle more exotic projects.
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
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Doesn't get any better than this.....,
By Waygat (Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Metal Lathe (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap) (Paperback)
One reviewer knocked this book for lack of color photos, "very" home-made look, 19th century approach, and requiring many hours of work, all true, and all total irrelevant, showing a total lack or understanding of the "spirit" of Gingery's books. Gingery's in his series and in the Lathe book, take you through many time honored, and nearly lost techniques of metal working. Just think of what you will learn, foundry work, metal casting, scrapping, drilling, machining. You actually can build a Lathe that is just as accurate as any comercial lathe on the market, it is (if properly built) a precision Lathe (.001) that you have made yourself. In fact the lathe will help to build itself, the only machine that can do that. If you are a very good scrounger you could make this for next to nothing. Sure you could go out and buy a small Mini-lathe, but then think of all the things you could learn by making it yourself. Not to mention, any accessory you can dream of, you can make yourself. My lathe is about 2/3 done, and I've learned more than I thought possible. Gingery's books are small and well written, very curt and to the point, but complete. All you need to know is there. Read carefully, he does not make a big deal of some of the most important parts, so skip a sentence and you'll miss a lot....
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Step by step Divid Gingery helps you build a lathe!,
By Robinson.kelly@usa.net (Puyallup WA.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Metal Lathe (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap) (Paperback)
Step by step Mr.Gingery makes you feel you can do this, in fact it is the most compleat "build a lathe book" I have ever read (yes theres more than one). There is a lot of casting involved so get the first book (the charcoal foundry) as they build on each other. The book is fairly simply writen and well illistrated.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Yes, you can build an accurate lathe,
By schultz@emirates.net.ae (Owensboro, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Metal Lathe (Build Your Own Metal Working Shop from Scrap) (Paperback)
Dave's books are fantastic. I have built the charcoal foundry, lathe, milling machine and electric furnace, and had a great time doing it. These books will teach you the common sense approach to metalworking and inspire you to do much more than you thought possible in the home shop.
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