Since I haven’t ever built drawers, it will be interesting to see if my design works. I used some scrap 1×2’s and 1×1s for the drawers railing. Essentially I placed rails for the drawers to slide on and rails on the sides for to keep the drawers sliding straight. It may be difficult to see in the pics but the drawers are deeper than the cabinet to allow room for the treadle arc. See the pics below for more details.
Front view!
drawer railing close-up
drawer railing close-up take 2
Added a peg board to the side to hold mallets and clamps.
Lathe side view. I attached a piece of plywood to keep shavings from entering my drawers and I used some scrap peg board for the back of the cabinet. Thought it would decrease the weight of this monster a bit.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 223 days ago
Looking good :-)) Keep up the good work. Since you got this far, I’m sure you can build a drawer.
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kleinjahr
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posted 206 days ago
Nice build, should work well. Though I am wondering why you put the drive on the right hand side, might have problems with threading on the headstock. You’ll need left hand threads, otherwise you’ll tend to loosen as you turn. That’s the only potentially serious problem I can see. Please note the next bit is a critique, NOT a criticism, you have done a pretty darn good job here. In other words some suggestions for anyone considering building something similar. For a tensioner, I would go with a dogleg/goatleg, basically an L or V shaped arm with a weight on one arm a roller on the other with a pivot at the bend. The weight and length of arm determines the tension applied and is simple to adjust. For a drive, why not use an old bicycle? Keep everything from the pedal/crank to the rear wheel. With a multi speed bike this can give you some impressive rpm and with the derailleurs and sprockets, a quick change gear. Use the rear wheel as the flywheel by filling in around the spokes with cement, the spokes will act like rebar. Attach your treadle to one side of the crank, a belt around the wheel rim to the headstock.
a1Jim
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posted 201 days ago
thanks for sharing
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TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 61 days ago
How is this going?? Got it up and running yet??
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Will Mego
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posted 33 days ago
yeh, give us an update!
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