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A Small Bench Lat

The most important machine iThe uses to which this wondethere is hardly a mechanical

every amateur mechanic andanxious to possess a lathe ofsuitable for woodturning and lshown in the accompanying s

Ill: Fig. 1-Details of Lathe

The bed of this lathe is madeshorter, but if it is made muchmade of two tees, joined by ascrewed up tight and then fasthe bed are fixed to the baseshown. The two bearings in treamed after they are screweenough to reach through theThe point should extend abou

on the spindle as desired. Th

The tailstock is also made ofa sliding fit on the bed pipe. Twhich is threaded to fit it. Thebored out for the tail stock cehardened. A clamp for holdindrilled as shown. It is held togtee should have a slot cut in iaway so that the clamp will fit

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in use in the modern machine or wood-working srful machine can be put would be too numerousperation in which the turning lathe does not figur

wood-worker who has a workshop, no matter hosome sort. A good and substantial homemade laight metal work, may be constructed from pipe aketch.

of a piece of 1-in. pipe, about 30 in. long. It canlonger, a larger size of pipe should be used. Thstandard long nipple as shown in Fig. 1. All the jtened with 3/16-in. pins to keep them from turninoard by means of elbows, nipples and flanges ae headstock are of brass. The spindle hole shouin place in the tee. The spindle should be of st

earing and pulley and have enough end left for tt 1-1/2 in. out from the collar. The collar can be t

end of the spindle should be threaded to receiv

wo tees joined by a nipple. The lower tee shouldhe upper one should be tapped with a machine tspindle has a handle fitted at one end and has tter. Both the tail stock and the headstock centerthe tail stock spindle is made of a piece of strap

ether by means of a small machine screw and aabout one-half its length and it should also havetightly over it.

hop is the lathe.o describe, bute. For this reason

small, isthe, which isd pipe fittings as

e made longer orheadstock is

oints should be. The ends of

ranged asld be drilled andel and longhe center point.rned or shrunk

e a chuck.

be bored out forp for the spindlee other end

points should beiron, bent and

knurled nut. Theone bead filed

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The hand rest is made from aa blacksmith at a small expenprovided with screw clamps t

The pulley is made of hardwoby means of a screw, as sho

Care must be taken to get thresult. To do this, a straight litail stock is set exactly vertica

time and trouble and possibly

Ill: Fig. 4-Chuck

The two designs of chucks shgreat variety of work.

As the details are clearly shosketches, it should not be a diContributed by W. M. Held, L

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tapering elbow, a tee and a forging. The forgingse. Both the lower tees of the handrest and the thold them in place.

od pieces, 3/4 or 1 in. thick as desired. It is fasten in Fig. 2, or a key can be used as well.

tailstock center vertically over the bed, else tape should be scratched on the top of the bed pipl, a corresponding line made on this. This will sa

some errors.

own in Figs. 3 and 4 are very easy to make, and

n and the general dimensions given on the accifficult matter for the young mechanic to construcporte, Indiana.

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can be made byilstock should be

ed to the spindle

r turning will, and when thee a great deal of

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