Handscrew Bungee Mini Lathe

Very clever!!

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Nice Job

I love it! Clever.
This is one to bring in the toolbox.
Best thoughts,
Mads

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LOL As I was writing this, I was thinking to myself that Mafe is going to be bringing one of these to France with him. Now you just have to come up with a clever way to talk girlfriend into letting you string a bungee from her ceiling ;)

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All you need is a flywheel for torque!

Neat idea!

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Well thought! So simple and effective. Do you have lots of black outs in your area? (LOL)

This is good inspiration. Thanks for posting.

Best,

Serge

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As usual, a pretty inovative solution. Very cool.

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All you need is a flywheel for torque! – And hook up an electric drill for power…

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I wouldn’t want to go noising it up with electricity. ;)
There is something very hypnotic about the sound it makes. Once the wood is round, and you get the right rhythm, it sounds like a big cat purring. It’s one of the coolest things I like about the spring lathes. For anyone that has found hand planing relaxing, spring turning is the same kind of experience.

Torque is rarely a problem. A change in foot placement and you can generate a lot of torque. The nice feature of a spring lathe is that the torque varies on its own based on the size of the piece. A large diameter piece only makes a few rotations with each pump, but generates a lot of torque. As the piece gets smaller, the number rotations goes up and the torque, no longer needed, drops off.

A flywheel could be fun but takes up a lot of room and also increases the danger fairly dramatically. With it configured like it is, I can have my toddler son in the shop or even turning with me. A flywheel would make that too risky. The way it is now, the lathe has built in lathe-stop technology (patent pending) :)

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Ah heck, I’m just gonna have to try this! Need some chisel handles any way. Good on you swirt!

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I don’t think a flywheel would be appropriate on a lathe that goes back and forth like this. It would just make it harder to use (all that stopping, changing direction, stopping, etc.). Now, a lathe that only spins one direction, that’s where a flywheel helps.

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very nice can’t wait to see a project off of it…

-- David '65

For anyone contemplating the flywheel, JJohnston is right. The flywheel would need its own axle and would be connected only indirectly to the spindle by a cord.

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Cant beleive I missed this one. Totally cool.

My favorite project in a long time. Totally awesome.

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