I hope you see this!! I built a Gingery lathe some 20 years ago. I must say right off the bat, it was one of the most exciting and satisfying projects I've ever undertaken, oh my yes! I'd been needing a lathe to support one of my other loves, designing and building astronomical telescopes. I could not have afforded a "real" one at the time, then I found the phenomenal Gingery books. I discovered that, far more than just providing me with the resources to at last own the lathe I needed, Gingery TAUGHT me!! Skills skills skills! Which have ever since served so crucial to my work and play. So happy to have found your video, as I watch I can't wipe the constant smile from my face. Yes, I remember casting that piece, machining that exact part. Like it was yesterday. It was a very romantic project. btw I have some experience with video production, fine job sir.
Just stumbled over this video and the fact that some one was able to make a lathe by himself just blew my mind! Looking forward to watch the whole series. What I saw in this video allready looked incredable!
This is so wonderful! Back when I was making castings sort of under Dave G's watchful eye, he'd express frustration that individuals would buy his books, read about the projects, experience them 'vicariously' as he would say, but not really do the project. Dave would be very pleased with what you have done. And then he'd probably kid you about something, and pull some massive practical joke!
That was epic, and the lathe series was the best entertainment I've had in ages. After bringing my company back from the crash of 08' and a shut down in 12',things are going well now and I've just now reached the point where I can spare some time for a little fun, clean up the mill, and work on some projects. And though I was considering buying a lathe, doing this looks more fun. Thank you very much for these videos.
It has been an amazing journey. Hands down the best gingery machine I ever saw and for sure the best reported one ever! The effort to make one of these must be huge and the fact that you recorded every single step into making it really makes you honor my friend. I wish one day we'll meet eachother to express you my congratulations for your work. Keep your passion up! You have all my admiration :)
Makercise I have never seen any of the other videos. I looked up "Making a metal lathe", and frankly I stand blown away. Not only at your commitment, (it is so hard to find in the younger generation) but the fact you filmed from all accounts in incredible detail. I am an engineer myself and although I enjoy it thoroughly, I know how many grueling hours this would take. Much respect to you sir, bravo.
Now that is how you build lathe from scratch - not like 90% of videos out there where they use linear bearings and make it an exercise in semi precise hole drilling. Great job.
I've been watching build videos on TH-cam for years now; I have never felt blow away until now. I am seriously impressed by your skill, dedication, and commitment. Well done my friend.
Wow it's extra impressive to see it all condensed into one video! Thank you for making these videos, it has been a pleasure watching and I can't wait for the next project!
Non parlo inglese, ma le immagini mi hanno spiegato più che le parole. Appassionato di meccanica, sono rimasto incantato nel vedere, da te realizzato il tornio con la fusione di alluminio per costruire i vari componenti e poi rettificarli con metodo arcaico e senza l'aiuto di macchine a controllo numerico. complimenti...molto bravo. ciao Michele Vicenza, Italy.
No hablo italiano, pero es bueno saber que hay personas de todo el mundo que aprecian las herramientas de construcción desde cero. En el futuro quiero utilizar la tecnología CNC, pero este proyecto ha sido una gran manera de aprender algunos fundamentos. Gracias por ver.
Great series! I built my own lathe similar to the Gingery design, It swings 9 inch over he ways, gear driven apron and hand wheel on rack and pinon, I might suggest you use 10 WT oil for the head-stock bearings. You need to use cutting oil on your turning projects, the tool steel loads with the turning and fractures your finish..high speed slow feed, plus cutting fluid! When using centers for turning, which should be hardened, use extreme pressure grease on the engagement, along time ago we used "white lead".new project is a knee type milling machine..........anyone who builds these "home grown machines" is a tribute to Dave Gingery.......Have fun and be safe.....always think outside the box!
Christy King I picked up some magic tap fluid. It smokes a ton...so much that I'd rather skip it on all the rough turning. for finish cuts the fluid improves the finish for sure. my ventilation in the basement isn't great so I have some concerns about the smoking. the SDS suggests that there are no minimum exposure concentration limits where respiratory ppe is required. this seems counter intuitive to me so I have been running dry since the only drawback seems to be surface finish. thoughts?
There are numerous cutting fluid products available, some are synthetic and there are those that are water based. The "mist" type application is the new norm, along with flood or flush, which is used on high speed CNC apps, I'd try a mist type unit if smoke and fumes are a concern, Magic tap is not a good product for cutting fluid for turning!
What find very nice is the lathe helping complete itself. It drives home the tool making tool aspect of the lathe. You might want to include an overview of the technical details of the lathe. I mean speeds capacities, gearing options, etc. A shop made uni, allows these features to change., over time. Thanks for a great series.
Oaky Goldsilver lad you came along for the journey. Morgan demers completed one and even has a good set of videos on yourube. he even has accessories. check out his vids if you haven't seen them.
I didn't realize you were the one who did this when we met. Looking back, I see that I had watched most of the videos already. Really inspiring and great to meet you!
I have had the Gingery books for years, but never took the next step. I should try it, I do have casting experience If I could make a small suggestion. Make yourself a right angle pour handle. Better control and safer. Excellent set of videos. Looking forward to seeing the shaper built.
Just got done bing watching you build the lathe. Nice job on your lathe! I will be fallowing your shaper and house projects. I started the patterns for the shaper some years back never fallowed through with it. Looking forward to seeing yours.
For what ever reason YT has seen fit not to alert me you've posted for some time now. Got a bit of catching up to do. Great video, an amazing feat! Thanks for it!
Joseph Joe no. I quickly fabricated without filming. I am going to overhaul, film, and put out a video. probably out about a couple months guestimating. thanks for the complenent.
Thanks for your quick response, I appreciate that. I bought Dave Gingery book, hopefully it will explain that part until you make the video. Once again Great job
Howdie awesome workmanship and I joined up for adventure mighty fine Sir thanks for sharing your project with us keep up the great work ya got this from Canada 🇨🇦 SK later the bed going to be a bit of fun l,m thinking the method is unique 😊
Haha! 🤔 I usually generate about 4 hours of footage per build video. If there were 17 of them feeding into this, maybe 70-80 hours. But I was less efficient starting out so maybe more footage then to comb through 🤗
Personally I’d never build one of these the accuracy would be difficult to achieve and having a lathe and mill already I could far exceed the quality and avoid the cheap alloy casting. It’s a great learning experience for a beginner and the plans themselves could be used as a basis to design something more rigid. Even using thick mic 6 plate would be a better choice for many parts and either 4140 or 17-4 for others. Cast steel would be ideal for the base but obviously out of reach of the home brew. Neat to see someone actually do more than just read the book as many will do and leave it at that.
wowzers. i wish i could do that. im almost there. its really about reaching critical mass. you know, accumulating enough tools to begin making tools with your tools, im approaching critical mass. im 35 i mean 32
Please be sure to share if you get to that point and start building. The great thing about the Gingery design is that it doesn't require a machine shop to start with. A tiny drill press like mine though a luxury not mentioned it the book, seems like a tool Gingery would have appreciate had they been so affordable 30 years ago.
I've been watching your builds of the lathe and the shaper for some time now. Very impressive work!!! Question: In one of your shaper videos, you show a brief screenshot of a spreadsheet showing your total time (I think), materials costs, and fuel costs for the shaper. Did you keep track of that for the lathe? If you reference this in a video, I have missed it. What was your total time, material cost, and fuel cost for this lathe? Thank you!
Unfortunately I abandoned meticulous time tracking. I estimate 1000 hours +/- 500 for the lathe build...same for shaper. ~$200-300 a piece. $60 propane cost. Wildly Aimed Guess (WAG)
Hi! Thank you for sharing all of your work 😊👍 I’m considering buying the book(s) - they seem to be split up into 1 book for each tool / project - and wanted to ask: do the books detail how to build the furnace used to cast the metal or do the books assume you already have the furnace? When it comes to raw material, do you buy ingots or use scrap? Thanks again (subscribed)👍
Now that you've completed the lathe and used it for a while is there anything you would have done differently or would change so that it would perform better?
Harold D funny you should ask. I will cast replacement bearings and a chuck adapter within a week. Keep an eye out for the video. Probably within a month or so.
And it actually working ! :) Pretty deep cuts in steel. Nice project. Probably more expensive then buy china mini lathe and upgrade it, but it is not goal of this series, right?
I hope you see this!! I built a Gingery lathe some 20 years ago. I
must say right off the bat, it was one of the most exciting and
satisfying projects I've ever undertaken, oh my yes! I'd been needing a
lathe to support one of my other loves, designing and building
astronomical telescopes. I could not have afforded a "real" one at the
time, then I found the phenomenal Gingery books.
I discovered that, far more than just providing me with the resources to
at last own the lathe I needed, Gingery TAUGHT me!! Skills skills
skills! Which have ever since served so crucial to my work and play.
So happy to have found your video, as I watch I can't wipe the constant
smile from my face. Yes, I remember casting that piece, machining that
exact part. Like it was yesterday. It was a very romantic project.
btw I have some experience with video production, fine job sir.
Just stumbled over this video and the fact that some one was able to make a lathe by himself just blew my mind! Looking forward to watch the whole series. What I saw in this video allready looked incredable!
This is so wonderful! Back when I was making castings sort of under Dave G's watchful eye, he'd express frustration that individuals would buy his books, read about the projects, experience them 'vicariously' as he would say, but not really do the project. Dave would be very pleased with what you have done. And then he'd probably kid you about something, and pull some massive practical joke!
That was epic, and the lathe series was the best entertainment I've had in ages. After bringing my company back from the crash of 08' and a shut down in 12',things are going well now and I've just now reached the point where I can spare some time for a little fun, clean up the mill, and work on some projects. And though I was considering buying a lathe, doing this looks more fun. Thank you very much for these videos.
It has been an amazing journey. Hands down the best gingery machine I ever saw and for sure the best reported one ever! The effort to make one of these must be huge and the fact that you recorded every single step into making it really makes you honor my friend. I wish one day we'll meet eachother to express you my congratulations for your work. Keep your passion up! You have all my admiration :)
Black Beard Projects yes. hopefully we can meet one day. thanks for the kind words friend.
Makercise I have never seen any of the other videos. I looked up "Making a metal lathe", and frankly I stand blown away. Not only at your commitment, (it is so hard to find in the younger generation) but the fact you filmed from all accounts in incredible detail. I am an engineer myself and although I enjoy it thoroughly, I know how many grueling hours this would take. Much respect to you sir, bravo.
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Now that is how you build lathe from scratch - not like 90% of videos out there where they use linear bearings and make it an exercise in semi precise hole drilling. Great job.
I've been watching build videos on TH-cam for years now; I have never felt blow away until now. I am seriously impressed by your skill, dedication, and commitment. Well done my friend.
Truly excellent.
NightHawkInLight thanks your comment made my day. :) it really is encouraging to have you watching my video. cheers!
Blown away by your skill set sir. Thanks for sharing your talents. Much enjoy watching your videos:)
I love how the cuts just got better and better
When you first told me you were going to build this from scratch I wasn't sure how you'd actually do it but now that it's done I'm super proud of you!
As far as gingery videos go, it gets no better than this series.
Industrial Revolution in a nutshell.Awesome!I am working at similar projects and I know thats hard work .Respect!
holy shit balls that was one of the more impressive things I have seen someone build on youtube.
Wow it's extra impressive to see it all condensed into one video! Thank you for making these videos, it has been a pleasure watching and I can't wait for the next project!
Your commitment and the time you have invested......WOW!
I am speechless! Amazing job my friend, beyond impressive. I’m going to watch from the beginning, just....Wow!
I was thinking to say the same.
Non parlo inglese, ma le immagini mi hanno spiegato più che le parole.
Appassionato di meccanica, sono rimasto incantato nel vedere, da te realizzato il tornio con la fusione di alluminio per costruire i vari componenti e poi rettificarli con metodo arcaico e senza l'aiuto di macchine a controllo numerico.
complimenti...molto bravo.
ciao
Michele
Vicenza, Italy.
No hablo italiano, pero es bueno saber que hay personas de todo el mundo que aprecian las herramientas de construcción desde cero. En el futuro quiero utilizar la tecnología CNC, pero este proyecto ha sido una gran manera de aprender algunos fundamentos. Gracias por ver.
Great series! I built my own lathe similar to the Gingery design, It swings 9 inch over he ways, gear driven apron and hand wheel on rack and pinon, I might suggest you use 10 WT oil for the head-stock bearings. You need to use cutting oil on your turning projects, the tool steel loads with the turning and fractures your finish..high speed slow feed, plus cutting fluid! When using centers for turning, which should be hardened, use extreme pressure grease on the engagement, along time ago we used "white lead".new project is a knee type milling machine..........anyone who builds these "home grown machines" is a tribute to Dave Gingery.......Have fun and be safe.....always think outside the box!
Christy King I picked up some magic tap fluid. It smokes a ton...so much that I'd rather skip it on all the rough turning. for finish cuts the fluid improves the finish for sure. my ventilation in the basement isn't great so I have some concerns about the smoking. the SDS suggests that there are no minimum exposure concentration limits where respiratory ppe is required. this seems counter intuitive to me so I have been running dry since the only drawback seems to be surface finish. thoughts?
There are numerous cutting fluid products available, some are synthetic and there are those that are water based. The "mist" type application is the new norm, along with flood or flush, which is used on high speed CNC apps, I'd try a mist type unit if smoke and fumes are a concern, Magic tap is not a good product for cutting fluid for turning!
Un vrai chef d'oeuvre ! J'adore revoir cette vidéo en boucle. Félicitations !
Rex sent me over to your channel and I'm amazed!
What find very nice is the lathe helping complete itself. It drives home the tool making tool aspect of the lathe. You might want to include an overview of the technical details of the lathe. I mean speeds capacities, gearing options, etc. A shop made uni, allows these features to change., over time. Thanks for a great series.
I'd follow the build and it was an awesome process. Is the only finished gingery lathe that I saw. congrats!
Oaky Goldsilver lad you came along for the journey. Morgan demers completed one and even has a good set of videos on yourube. he even has accessories. check out his vids if you haven't seen them.
awesome summary video! it's worth it to watch the full 16-part series!
I have watched the whole series of your videos. They are great. I was inspired enough to order the book series as well.
I didn't realize you were the one who did this when we met. Looking back, I see that I had watched most of the videos already. Really inspiring and great to meet you!
I really liked this series a lot, i really look forward to the shaper series
I'm glad I came across this video, that way I learned about your series, awesome build and how to. thanks.
WOW, congrats! I bought the Gingery lathe book and found your videos on part 3. Amazing seeing it come together. Keep it up!
I have had the Gingery books for years, but never took the next step. I should try it,
I do have casting experience
If I could make a small suggestion. Make yourself a right angle pour handle. Better control and safer.
Excellent set of videos. Looking forward to seeing the shaper built.
944tim pp0
OMG, so much hard work packed into 5 minutes!
very impresive:D
Wow! That is some amazing stuff! This should act as inspiration for all other maker content creators.
Just got done bing watching you build the lathe.
Nice job on your lathe!
I will be fallowing your shaper and house projects.
I started the patterns for the shaper some years back never fallowed through with it.
Looking forward to seeing yours.
Melw44 awesome! I am glad to have you following the projects. How did you did my channel?
this whole series was brilliant... like this condensed version too.
Very nice, quiet the accomplishment. Let's see you make a mill. That would be awesome, thanks for sharing this
Great conclusion I'm looking forward to the shaper build and the tailstock alignment looks very good
My goodness, the work! What a cool project!
Thanks very much.
I've no words. Unvelibeable!!
Great job.
Great work! excited to start on my own build!
Kick ass! Looking forward to the shaper project!
Millió gratuláció Magyarországról ! Zseniális munka !
it's very cool. Making every part by your self.
This is really a DIY lathe, it's amazing! Absolutely incredible!
top video editing : nice pace and fine music
Excellent video Cressel.
Stone and Sons Workshop thanks bro
Wow. Looks like buying a HF lathe and mill might be worth the time, but the experience is probably priceless.
Definitely in it for the experience
Wow man! That’s outstanding!
wow this project has come a long way.
TheCellCH thanks!
Really nice 5 minutes craft 👍
Extremely sweet man!
Amazing work! 👍
Cool!! I'm gonna watch the other videos.
i can totally see you building it in 5 minutes,, i'm gonna build my own right now while waiting for my pizza
For what ever reason YT has seen fit not to alert me you've posted for some time now. Got a bit of catching up to do. Great video, an amazing feat! Thanks for it!
Oh damn , when you said build it , you built it. Very impressive. Bery cool
Gracias por sus enseñanzas realmente usted es un gran maestro
super cool that you put all together :)
Oh my god are you from the outer space? What a genius!
Amazing build. Watching this 5 mins condense truly shows how good you are. Quick question. Any video on the Motor parts build?
Joseph Joe no. I quickly fabricated without filming. I am going to overhaul, film, and put out a video. probably out about a couple months guestimating. thanks for the complenent.
Thanks for your quick response, I appreciate that. I bought Dave Gingery book, hopefully it will explain that part until you make the video. Once again Great job
Joseph Joe it is an excellent book. the motor Mount is detailed in the lathe and shaper book.
You are a BAD man! Awesome!
Very good work
Howdie awesome workmanship and I joined up for adventure mighty fine Sir thanks for sharing your project with us keep up the great work ya got this from Canada 🇨🇦 SK later the bed going to be a bit of fun l,m thinking the method is unique 😊
Daaaaaaamn. Whole 'nother level right there.
Impressive!!! Happy to subscribe!!!
Nice job,,,I used a treadmill motor with speed control on my lathe,,think about it for yours
Very inspirational stuff!
Your awesome bro and you only have 8,656 subs man something is wrong bro I think you should have more than that my friend you the man :)
Most condensed video on youtube :D Must have been many 100 hours of raw video material.
Haha! 🤔 I usually generate about 4 hours of footage per build video. If there were 17 of them feeding into this, maybe 70-80 hours. But I was less efficient starting out so maybe more footage then to comb through 🤗
Amazing.... You are showing a lot of skills; bear mortals like myself can only imaging holding. :-) Brilliant!
Amazing Expertese!
Personally I’d never build one of these the accuracy would be difficult to achieve and having a lathe and mill already I could far exceed the quality and avoid the cheap alloy casting. It’s a great learning experience for a beginner and the plans themselves could be used as a basis to design something more rigid. Even using thick mic 6 plate would be a better choice for many parts and either 4140 or 17-4 for others. Cast steel would be ideal for the base but obviously out of reach of the home brew. Neat to see someone actually do more than just read the book as many will do and leave it at that.
I was just looking for make my own metal lathe. Wow. The forge is even better. You have your own garage factory. What metal are you melting ? Steel?
Mostly aluminum, some bronze in the shaper playlist.
wowzers. i wish i could do that. im almost there. its really about reaching critical mass. you know, accumulating enough tools to begin making tools with your tools, im approaching critical mass. im 35 i mean 32
Please be sure to share if you get to that point and start building. The great thing about the Gingery design is that it doesn't require a machine shop to start with. A tiny drill press like mine though a luxury not mentioned it the book, seems like a tool Gingery would have appreciate had they been so affordable 30 years ago.
I noticed u used multiple methods of casting with different sands, What was ur favorite method of casting/ worked the best?
Great job! How many pounds of aluminum were used for all the castings?
Sweet video! What kind of runout did you end up with on your lathe?
I have a lathe machine I just built for turning sleeve which DC motor should I used can I use one horse power
You inspire me.
Great job
Amazing job! Respect
Wow, amazing project! Very cool video! :-)
This is awesome
Beautiful built, but not sure that to melt aluminium like you do is very good for lungs and blood tests.
What is the accuracy of your lathe ?
Thanks for the complement. I can get to 0.0005" with a lot of fiddling and planetary alignment. 0.002" is fairly easy.
I've been watching your builds of the lathe and the shaper for some time now. Very impressive work!!!
Question: In one of your shaper videos, you show a brief screenshot of a spreadsheet showing your total time (I think), materials costs, and fuel costs for the shaper. Did you keep track of that for the lathe? If you reference this in a video, I have missed it. What was your total time, material cost, and fuel cost for this lathe? Thank you!
Unfortunately I abandoned meticulous time tracking. I estimate 1000 hours +/- 500 for the lathe build...same for shaper. ~$200-300 a piece. $60 propane cost. Wildly Aimed Guess (WAG)
@@Makercise thanks for your response! And also, your definition of WAG is more family-friendly than the one I learned. :)
wow it's nice ....... and works well
Hi! Thank you for sharing all of your work 😊👍
I’m considering buying the book(s) - they seem to be split up into 1 book for each tool / project - and wanted to ask: do the books detail how to build the furnace used to cast the metal or do the books assume you already have the furnace?
When it comes to raw material, do you buy ingots or use scrap?
Thanks again (subscribed)👍
Very good job!🇧🇷🇧🇷
Hey my friend I hit the little bell for all your videos and I put this video on my Facebook more people have to see this channel bro ok :)
TJ'S WOODWORKING SHOP super! glad to hear it. sharing is a GREAT complement. I'll have to say thanks to Mr Wright for sending you my way. :)
Now that you've completed the lathe and used it for a while is there anything you would have done differently or would change so that it would perform better?
Harold D funny you should ask. I will cast replacement bearings and a chuck adapter within a week. Keep an eye out for the video. Probably within a month or so.
Looking forward to it. The reason I ask is I'm starting to work on my Gingery lathe now and I'm hoping to benefit from your experience LOL
Parabéns, ficou muito bom e bonito o seu torno.
That was pretty damn amazing NICE
Nesley Heiney nice to meet you this weekend. thanks for the complement.
I want to purchase a lathe machine and a carpenter vice so what to do? And how can I get it?
You're a madman
Very Cool man
Great, great, great. 👍👍👍
Excellent.
Well done , only the bearings you should change for proper ones but nice job
Very nice.
Just wondering, what did the neighbors think when your melting furnace was operating? They're not known for being quiet!
And it actually working ! :) Pretty deep cuts in steel. Nice project. Probably more expensive then buy china mini lathe and upgrade it, but it is not goal of this series, right?
Michal Rimmerak based on scrounging ability it probably is marginally cheaper excluding tools and time. but your spot on that isn't really the point.