[TheForge] Bar Twister

Tue Aug 26 11:02:00 2003

David's machine is the best I have observed yet. It exerts a pulling tension
on the work piece to keep the work straight and true.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "lama" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Bar Twister


> 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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