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Homemade Wooden Woodturning Lathe


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Beri on homemadetools.net
DESCRIPTION:
Homemade woodturning lathe fabricated from wood in accordance with the Shopnotes plans, though utilizing a repurposed drill press motor, head unit, and chuck.
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Nov 29, 2012 5:50 PM
mlochala
That lathe is absolutely beautiful. Did you have a very difficult time aligning your shafts? What method did you use to align everything properly?
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DIY Wooden Woodturning Lathe - comment on how to build a Wooden Woodturning Lathe - 1 comments
mlochala says:
Nov 29, 2012 5:50 PM
That lathe is absolutely beautiful. Did you have a very difficult time aligning your shafts? What method did you use to align everything properly?

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