The Disappearing Lathe
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- A very effective small lathe that takes up no permanent shop space, and can be built for almost no cost. This is a great solution for the millions of woodworkers who only need a lathe a few times a year, or who just have no space for even a midi-lathe. It requires no welding or machining, and no purchased parts.
I have free plans available for download at my website at:
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I've watched about a dozen DIY Lathe videos and this one is the best by far. I like that you explain every step of job. Please keep making these videos!
Not only are your projects well thought out and executed, but your filming style and narration are simply superb. It's an absolute delight to watch your videos Patrick. Thank you for posting such professional and enjoyable vids!
Excellent! You should do a follow up on how you made your turning tools!
That idea with the MDF for keeping the knob square to the bolt is great! Thank you!
Your channel is quickly becoming one of the best I've seen around for helping us beginners and weekend guys get started! Another great video here and I can't wait to get started on this!
I needed a 1/2 inch dowel and all I could find was a 3/4 inch oak dowel at the store. I reduced it to 1/2 using nothing but s spokeshave, card scraper and sandpaper. I should confess, I was pleased with the end result as I couldn't feel any unevenness with my fingers. I spent more than 90 mins to get that smooth result and after reflecting on that unnecessary result, I decided to make a small diy lathe and this video showed up in my search,
Let me say, this fits my needs perfectly. I don't have space in my garage, no extra motors to press into service, I will be building a lathe pretty much the same way as you did. Thanks for the video,
Let me also say, I have watched many of your videos and I am hugely impressed. I like your scientific mindset and elegant approach to building things. I hope you continue to make more videos. Sincere thanks and appreciation,
Your drive spur solution is inspirational , just add it to the growing list of well thought out and designed tools that you so willingly share.
Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic project with us, Patrick! I've tried other DIY lathes here on TH-cam, but they all didn't really work for me. I just finished building your lathe and, oh my god, it works just so great! I made some changes here and there, but nothing really too far away from your design. I did, however, change the way the drill is mounted to the headstock.
As I don't have a table saw, I thought for a while about another way of getting a real snug fit for the drill. I ended up building a small box of the same dimensions as the headstock, melting some polypropylene in it (oven) and pressed my drill in. After letting it cool down, I have the best mount possible. The drill fits really well, while it's still easy to remove. Maybe this idea helps someone else who wants to build the lathe.
Again, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful idea!
Thank you so much. I love your videos! Exact instructions, no extra jibber jabber and no music. Love, love 💕 love
I had just measured out my wood for another type of lathe, and now I am having to remeasure it. This is perfect. Just what I wanted. I can't believe how simple this looks, yet so effective. Can't wait to start this project.
Bernie Carr A touch of class and well presented . Good and straight forward.
Today is the first time I have seen your videos, and I am really enjoying them. Your explanations are concise (not needlessly drawn out), and yet I never feel like anything you have demonstrated was too complicated. Great job.
I have seen many proyects like this one, but yours is the only one that can be stored after work. thanks OLD MAN! G.B.A.
This is awesome, I'm new to woodworking and have been keen to try wood turning but as my workshop is only a small shed this would be ideal. Thank you for sharing
I have just discovered your channel and you are already my favored woodworker on TH-cam! Thank's for including metric measurements in your projects.
Great setup for small projects, love the content and appreciative for the free plans- thanks.
I love how you're moving from a table saw to a drill press to a scroll saw in order to make a lathe that clamps to the bench, presumably to save space and money. That said, this is an ingenious design that I hope to modify to turn my drill into a temporary grinder so I'm not spending hours grinding on chisels with decades of bad sharpening behind them.
Lol a lathe is almost as big as all 3 of those tools side by side, not to mention significantly more expensive and single purpose. Good job though.
Built it the same as yours. Worked like a dream. Turned a tapered shaft 800mm in length. Thanks
Thank you for this great project and free plan! Mine worked out great thanks to your very well produced video.
They make compilation videos on TH-cam called "Most Satisfying Video in the World." This was one of them for me. Absolutely inspiring. Thank you!
Good grief! Where have you been all my life? I need this lathe, and a bunch of other stuff you've made videos about. I saw the end-grain glue vid, was skeptical, but then I saw a bunch of positive comments by some of my favorite and most respected woodworking TH-camrs, who obviously hold you in high regard.
I've been putting off getting into turning, because of the potential expense of a lathe and the tools, as well as a whole new skill-set. But yesterday while I was making braces for a stool with a draw knife, I started thinking that maybe a small lathe would be a good thing. So I just downloaded the plans, and I'll start on this soon!
Thanks!
Excellent, I have an old Millers Falls power drill from the 50´s or 60´s and was wondering what to do with it. Now I know. Thanks for the ideas.
INGENIOUS! Perfect for smaller projects, and for someone with a suicidally small workshop, it can stashed out of the way, or "disappear" when not in use. I've watched many vids on this topic, this one is much better built, engineered and just makes more sense for my particular situation. Thank you Brother Patrick. Gunna start mine tomorrow.
Brilliant, I think I can manage this. Turning my own table leg was my favourite part of woodwork in high school. Now I'd like to make a Harry Potter Wand for my 8 year old son :)
Did you make the wand.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Patrick. It's a pleasure to see you working!
This is out-freaking-standing. And that handle you turned with it... My God!
Such a great project. I have been wanting to test the turning waters for years. Couple of things held me back though.
1. I really don't have the room for a full lathe.
2. I really don't want to invest is something that I won't use very often.
3. I really only have interest in turning things for small projects like that tool handle, etc.
This is on my list of things to do especially now under Covid-19 quarantine.
Again, thank you for another great project and video. Concise, clear and well thought out.
That’s a great little lathe, and just what I have been looking for!
Thanks very much for sharing your skills and designs. 👏👏👏👍
Excellent ! J' étais en train d' en fabriquer un, j' arrête tout pour prendre exemple sur votre procédé ingénieux, simple et pratique ! Merci.
Thank you Patrick for sharing your plans.
Very well done. Excellent attention to detail which pays off in the long run. Thanks!
I really like this. Just what I need in my tiny shop - where there is no space for a full lathe. Am always missing one to make handles etc.
Yep, I am making this one. Usually these types of projects look really sketchy but this looks great. Thanks for the video!
Excellent! The only reason I want a lathe at all is to make tool handles. I will definitely be building this design. Thank you again, Patrick!
Very nice! I've been watching drill powered lathe videos for awhile now. This one is a winner! I don't need an expensive lathe for the small jobs I'll be doing.
Simplicity is brilliance.
Great! This solves both main problems of DIY'ers: money (to buy tools) and space (to store them). I'll surely do it and also prepare a "disc sanding endpiece" to exploit the same drill (I'll use an old 18V Ryobi which I retired after the death of its NiMh batteries and converted to AC). Thank you!
Can you explain how you did that AC conversion? I have an old 12 volt cordless drill and new battery pack costs more than the drill. AC is 240 volts in my country.
@@taab7 Two possible ways:
1) attach a 12V battery of any size you want (e.g. a motorbike one) to the drill's handle (cumbersome, yes, but effective) and you still have a portable tool;
2) discard the battery pack and directly connect the drill to its own battery charger (which obviously delivers the required voltage). It'll be even more cumbersome but as you can recycle it as a stationary motor, then it doesn't matter.
None system will give you a comfortable and practical tool but... you can re-use one which would be ditched otherwise.
NOTE: It won't be as powerful as an AC tool, obviously.
Your teachings are a blessing
Very nice Compact Lathe , perfect for a small shop ,Greatvideo and narration thankyou
Many Thanks for the free plans: very accurate and useful! Greetings from Italy!
04:56 I think I can judge how skilled a woodworker actually is by looking at the tools he uses. This high end block plane tells me: woodworking on a *superior* level.
Excellent, well thought out video Patrick.
Patrick this is a great idea,design,build,and tutorial thank you very much for sharing your hard work with us,i enjoyed your filming style the shots are always clear all the best to you and yours
Nicely done Patrick! Wish that I had seen this video prior to purchasing a lathe which I have not used in years. Thanks for posting..........
Great video. I love how clearly you explain everything
i want to thank you fore showing how to make a inexpensive lathe,
the one I own is over 100 yrs old and getting parts is next to impossible !
and buying a new lathe well next to impossabile!
again thank you
Nicely executed! Looks like a fun project and I am going to build one. This would also be a great tool to use to introduce a child to wood turning!
Great design and explanation.
I still say the first company that offers squared up housing in their power tools is gonna make a killing
Patrick, You make it look so easy, Thank you
Excellent work Patrick, it was a pleasure to watch. Cheers!
Thx for sharing. Also thx for the plans .
I may build one in the future.
Many thanks. It is appreciated your contributuon.
Thank you for all of the great ideas and all of the hard work by sharing designs on your website. I’ll subscribe.
Excellent! Thank you Patrick.
Awesome idea! Excellent work and the plans are well made. People, the plans are free on his website!
My daughters friends 7 year old son. Watches Utube and is fascinated by lathes....so I made one using a black and decker 10 mm drill.....on mine I covered the chuck with a removable block.....I need to make another so will be following your ideas...thanks
Great video and thanks for the free download plans.
Fabulous! My next project, but I only have hand tools. Not a problem, just a little more time.
Great design ...Amazing simplicity and utility
Fantastic build Patrick! Looking to build something like this to make some chisel and file handles.
Very impressive indeed.
Very well done all the way around, on the lathe and the video. Thanks!
Fantastic lathe Patrick..👍👍👍 great video photography with lots of information 😀 really cool video 😎😎😎
Nice project. My first lathe that still runs to this date takes just about the same amount of space as the box you used to store the one you made and cost me $130. So if you occasionally need to turn a tool handle that’s ok to take it all appart but if you turn on a regular basis...
Dude. You are Awesome. Well done!!!
Fantastic work Sir!!! Thank you for sharing.
Awesome. Great idea and realization, for small working areas
Fantastic, simple easy way to try out turning
Thanks for sharing!!! Love you Patrick!
Simple, compact.. Very nice!
This very good and, you can just move the tail stock further out or in to have the optimum length for the lathe
Thank you from ' Down Under ' Patrick.
I have a beaut workshop, and often thought about a home made wood lathe, your invention fits the bill ' perfectly '
It's also nice that you ' Yanks ' have let us in on the Nuclear Subs ! hopefully we will be allies for ' ever '
Regard's , Gavin. Rockhampton Q
That is one magnificent idea, sir. Thanks for a great video :)
This is awesome! Thank You!
One of the nicest I've seen, good job!
Patrick, thank you so much for this brilliant idea. I needed a lathe, and searched TH-cam for ideas, but yours was by far the best for me. My drill has a 43mm nose for clamping it into a drill-press stand, as well as several other attachments, so that simplified my headstock. For the tailstock, I made a live center using a bicycle wheel hub, which can be adjusted for free-running with virtually no play - and it's a thrust bearing. My first job was the roller for a balance board. It's essentially a rolling pin, but 5" diameter and 9" long, and tapered at the ends - and it has come out pretty well.
Now - a question that has nothing to do with lathe building - what kind of shelacque did you use? I have looked on Ebay but I can't find anything similar, and it puts on a rather nice finish. Maybe it's known by a different name in this country (UK/Europe) - or maybe it's not available, but what kind did you use? I searched for Shelacque, shelac. shellac, etc, but I didn't find anything similar.
I use shellac made by a company named Zinsser, called Bulls Eye Seal Coat, or Bulls Eye Shellac. The Seal Coat version is wax-free, while the Shellac version has a small amount of the natural wax produced by the lac beetle. You can buy shellac flakes and dissolve them in alcohol, but this ready-made product is just more convenient. It is widely available in the USA--most hardware stores carry it. Sorry, I don't know if this product is available in the UK or Europe.
Mike, if you're in the UK you can get shellac ready made (in liquid form) from Liberon, Mylands and other British brands, and possibly Zinsser too. There are numerous colours available, you'll probably find it best to begin with "transparent polish" .
Shellac is also sold in dry form, in flakes or buttons, and you make up a solution of the concentration you want (referred to as the 'cut') by dissolving the flakes in methylated spirits. Freshly made shellac is considered best so you make up small batches at a time, aiming to use it up in a few months and not try to keep it for longer after which it can stop drying properly.
Before I forget, if you're primarily interested in using it on the lathe do a search on YT for "shine juice", I think you'll be suitably impressed! You can reduce the amount of linseed oil in the mixture by quite a bit and still have it work just as well.
Amazon sell shellac flakes if you're stuck for a supplier, and may also sell the readymade liquid types as well.
@@PatrickSullivan Thanks Patrick, I did a bit of searching around, but my local hardware store didn't have it. They suggested a paint supplier across the road, and they had something. It was called "Sanding sealer", but the blurb on the bottle seemed pretty much like what I wanted. It is based on shelaque, and like yours, it is quick drying, seals the wood, and leaves a hard, waterproof surface. The result looks very nice, but it is for a part that will roll between two surfaces - one wood (with duck tape on it) and the other will be a mat or carpet, so we'll have to see how it goes. Maybe it will all crack off - but I hope not.
@@DG-zl6ml Many thanks for the advice. See my reply to Patrick above. It seems that what I got was probably a very similar product, as it is shelaque-based, and the instructions say to clean brushes etc in meths. Also, it was £11.odd for a small bottle, so I suspect some amount of gold/platinum dust in there as well! If you get it on your fingers, it is _very_ sticky. I'll file your response among my useful references for future projects.
You're welcome, glad to try to help. Shellac sanding sealers are based on shellac but have an additive to aid sandability (a type of waxy substance, usually zinc stearate). While you can still use it as a finish it's not quite as good as pure shellac.... for next time, regular shellac tends to be much cheaper especially in dry form.
If you ever want to apply this by brush instead of padding it on with a wad of paper or cloth, another cool tip about shellac is you don't need to clean your brushes thoroughly. Unlike varnish or paint shellac remains permanently soluble in its original solvent. So you can just give a brush a quick rinse in meths, wipe and put it up to dry. The bristles will dry stiff, but a swish in meths will ready the brush for use next time.
Great idea! This'll get me actually turning one day!
Great lathe.
For anyone making one,please don't use the side of an abrasive disk to sharpen the pieces of sawblade for your drive spur, if using those tiny disks, because they shatter very easily and those pieces dig into skin quite deep. I'm sure nobody needs to ask how I know 😢
You're doing a lot of gluing. If you'd like to try it, get some high viscosity CA glue and dampen one piece with water and apply the CA to the other piece only. Put them together and they bond very rapidly. You'll save so much time. You can thank me later.
PS. Excellent photography, graphics, and explanations. Well done. Thank you very much.
Alex: I'll give it a try, and thank you right now.
@@PatrickSullivan Don't use too much CA. One drop per square inch of area, as per instructions. If you feel that PVA is preferred, then use the CA as a clamping method. Let me know how you do with this.
Wow just what I need. Thanks for sharing
now a vid on turning tools please:):)
Awesome! Thanks a ton!
Very nice tool sir
That's awesome. You have a new subscriber here.
Nice! Thx for this cool idea
Great ideas! I have a question. Many of the other DIY lathe designs have a tail stock that rotates with the workpiece using bearings. Have you found that the end of the piece that is touching the tail stock gets hot, or gets worn out that you need to periodically advance the tail stock?
Very nice job my friend, I can say you gave me few ideas. Thank you.
nice plan and it's very stable
Thank you for sharing. I want to build a wood lathe for turning pens. Do you have a video on how to make a lathe cutting tool like the one you used in this video?
great video.
Muy útil y práctico. Gracias por compartir los planes. Siga ese camino
Very cool! Another great project! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you
that is fantastic mate...ill give it a go...im new to this but loving it
Thanks for creating this!
amazing sir! Thanks for sharing your plan!
Excellent Work.
it's wonderful! many thanks for this video and for plans...
Simple and elegant!