Router Lathe

brilliant! nicely done.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I second that comment!! Great Job!

-- -- Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of a woodturner.

That is pretty ingenious, I’d love to see some more pictures of this jig!

-- Let's make some firewood!

Really nice work. Looks like a good solution, while keeping cost down.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Agree with boyneskibum- would love to see more pix of the jig.

This one deserves a blog! Your idea is awesome. A favorite for sure.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

What a great idea!...and you could probably create spirals as well…

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

How do I add more pictures? Create a new project? Let’s not get too carried away. Creating spirals would be very difficult in this setup. You need to index the rotation and the rate of travel on the top carriage. In Bill Hybels book – router magic, he showed a router lathe at the end. It doesn’t look or function like this one. I needed something that could handle a heavy load, as well as had a good size distance from the center. This legs are 8” wide. I could probably create a blog on it, as there was quite a lot of learning in the process.

If you want to add more pictures you will need to open up an account on Flicker or one of the like ilk and upload your pictures to it. You can from there use the forth button about left as you write and use it to embed the pics using the URI of the Pic from Flickr…easy after you’ve done it once or twice…

I do have to say your jig is quite ingenious….

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Congradulations, you’ve just reinvented the Legacy Ornamental Mill.

-- DocK, WV

Thanks for all the positive feedback. I looked up the Legacy Ornamental Mill. Those are very nice. I built mine for about $20.00, but it really can’t cut spirals. However I did get mine on the cheap. Compared to $1,400 for their cheapest, I don’t know if SWMBO would have gone for that. Although, she’s been supportive of most of the tool purchases, and advised me if there is anything left of my annual bonus after I fence in the back yard, then I can get the SawStop contractors saw. I love my Ridgid contractor’s saw, plus I’ve got several awesome jigs I’ve custom made for it. It’ll be hard to let it go, but I can probably retool many of them.

I really like the jig, it’s inventive.
However, I have to ask , what’s with the monkey in your buddy icon (avatar).
And why is he wearing a shirt?

-- Here I post the good, for the rest has become firewood.

Now that’s calling the kettle black. These guys don’t know what a hair ape you are. I got some pics of you somewhere around here that I use to scare the kids. Keep it nice or I’ll post them.

Great idea – thanks for sharing.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

this is great ! thanks for sharing this …I’m sure that somewhere down the line I’ll need to use something like it : ) Welcome to LJs !

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Very cool jig.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

Hey Rob,
Nice jig. Is the templet on both side of the jig?

-- Vince

I’d have to say the router jig is a finished project – no foul there.

Great idea!

-- Always do the Right Thing the Right Way the First Time - if you can figure out what that is! Ken, Spring Branch, TX

The template is on both sides. If I rebuilt it, I would probably use pillow blocks to allow it to turn better, and then put them on moveable slides so that I could bring the work to the router. As it was, I needed 3 sleds to approach the piece. Also, to be more accurate, I would have made the template on one side, and made the sled travel on the other side on a steel rod. That way, the sled would pivot on the rod, and just ride on the template.

that is just brilliant. I love it

-- www.robneves.com

Your design shows your genius! I especially like the template follower parts.
Many years ago I had to build a router lathe to make a round form 7 feet long for the restoration of an old rope bed.
Necessity surely is the mother of invention, isn’t it?

d

-- If a man says something in the forest and there's no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?