[TheForge] Bar Twister

Tue Aug 26 10:08:00 2003

http://magichammer.freeservers.com/page11.html
This is one way to make a twisting machine with a lot of control and not
#%$&*ing up your brother's lathe.
dave m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fatraccoonforge" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:27 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Bar Twister

>
> My brother just purchased a morris taper for his wood lathe that connects
to
> a 1/2 inch drill press chuck.  By replacing the tail and head stock on the
> lathe with this type of arrangement you could in theory make a twisting
> machine.....
>
> If my brother allows me to mess with his lathe, I might try this...
>
> He just made a rude comment over my shoulder about when I buy him a OneWay
> Lathe to replace his original lathe...8^)
>
> Paul McComb
> [email protected]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I made a real similar setup, turn mine w/ a 24" pipe wrench.
> I thought about looking for a cheap lathe chuck for the next model, but
the
> different holders aren't that tough to make, the more I think about it the
> next model will be motorized also.
> Randy Mundt
> >
>
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