Cliff Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 My first one was really clumsy. it was mostly wood and nothing I did would hold up well. I used 3/8-16 threads and huge knobs and still I couldn't get a solid positional clamp; it kept flopping. Anyway this one is all aluminum and steel. I made it tool-less. There are knurled knobs for everything. I had an extrusion I mounted to the back of the lathe and hung it all from that. The threads in the aluminum are all helicoils. Gerald and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lew Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 You're really putting that new metal lathe thru it's paces! Nicely done, CLiff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 I like it Cliff. What is the end can from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, HandyDan said: What is the end can from? just a hunk of left over nordfab ducting HandyDan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 @lew forum host, can you please help Mr. Cliff with his tags? Thanks sirs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, John Morris said: can you please help Mr. Cliff w you tattling on me. Snitches get stitches John Morris and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Just now, Cliff said: you tattling on me. Snitches get stitches Ya, actually someone else tattled on ya to me! p_toad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 minute ago, John Morris said: someone else tattled Yah well tell me who they are and I'll meet 'em in the parking lot after school Gerald and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Just now, Cliff said: Yah well tell me who they are and I'll meet 'em in the parking lot after school I would never tattle. p_toad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Cliff that is a very nice setup. Love the adjust ability. Are you going into the manufacture as there is demand and very little product. I like a bigger mouth on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 49 minutes ago, Gerald said: I like a bigger mouth on mine. I wanted a large mouth too but that one was the bird in hand at the time. So ya think I should mass product eh? What would you pay for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, Cliff said: What would you pay for one? Made as well as the one in your shop? 175.00, adjustable head and stand, hose not included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalTom Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 I once tried to use a DC on my lathe, but the mouth mounted behind the lathe, and all the chips were coming off the front, towards me. Really bad when roughing, the chips would ride the flute down the roughing gouge and dump off onto my shoes. Anything that mounts in the front obviously gets in the way of the gouges and chisels. That's when I finally decided to build the trough under the bed, and hang shower curtain shrouds in front and back. Not ideal, but it is an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Best rig I've ever seen.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Cliff said: I wanted a large mouth too but that one was the bird in hand at the time. So ya think I should mass product eh? What would you pay for one? I would say 200 but price it at 198 to appeal. Did you drill the lathe to clamp on. That may be a deterrent for some that may not want to drill. Could you even make it for that price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 2 hours ago, PostalTom said: and all the chips were coming off the front, towards me. Yup that's how it is. I hang a tarp behind me and that stops the big chips making them easier to clean up. No DC is going to get 'em from the front cos they are both heavy and fast movers and any nozzle I'd put there would either get in the way or I'd get away from it real fast on spindles. For me the DC on a lathe is really all about the finer dust that carries all the deadly silica which is liberated in finishing sanding and on dry work. That silica does permanent damage to the lungs and the damage is cumulative and it's all down to a micron in size. p_toad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Gerald said: Could you even make it for that price? I bet it could be, but the profit would be pretty low given as how it's all manual machining. Prolly best to source it out of Taiwan or India or Vietnam. I got a guy in Malaysia I could speak to but ya know there's no way I'd be willing to pay for a container of them in the hope that I could sell 'em. I know a guy who did that. He was a mechanic, owned a garage and bought half a million dollars worth of stuff he invented like that. He even hired a sales guy to promote it but that was over 15 years ago and he's still got that container full of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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