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Torno del pobre (poor man's lathe)

by rimar2000 on August 1, 2009 Table of Contents Torno del pobre (poor man's lathe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro: Torno del pobre (poor man's lathe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Chasis (chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 2: Carro deslizante longitudinal (Longitudinal sliding car) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 3: Base del segundo carro deslizante (Basis of the second sliding car) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 4: Segundo carro deslizante (second sliding car) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 5: Soporte del portamotor (motor carrier support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 6: Soporte del portaherramienta (tool carrier support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 7: Soporte de la contrapunta (counterpoint support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 8: Portamotor, portacontrapunta y portaherramienta (motor, counterpoint and tool carrier). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 9: A modo de mandril (For chuck) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 10: Listos para la primera prueba! (ready for first test!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9

Step 11: Toques finales a la pieza (final piece retouching) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Step 12: Coming soon (coming soon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Step 13: Agregado 10/08/09 (aggregate ago 8, 2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Step 14: Agregado 11/01/10 (aggregate Jan, 1, 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Step 15: Agregado 29/09/10 (added sept 29 2010) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Step 16: Agregado el 10/10/10 (added 10/10/10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Related Instructables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Author:rimar2000

RIMAR Me llamo Osvaldo Julio Schiavoni I speak Spanish, not English. I use automatic translators for writing my instructables. I am retired since 01/01/10; 010110=x'22 (el loco! (the crazy))

Intro: Torno del pobre (poor man's lathe)

Hace varios meses que vengo amenazando con hacerme un peque?o torno casero. Pues bien, ha llegado el momento de mostrarlo, porque si bien no est? totalmente terminado (es posible que no lo est? nunca, porque siempre se puede agregar algo m?s), ya est? operativo, al menos en forma parcial. La idea es que con este peque?o torno se pueda trabajar madera y metales, dado que la herramienta de corte es una amoladora de mano. Incluso, m?s adelante le har? un eje de giro movido a tornillo sinf?n, con el objeto de poder hacer engranajes, cosa que ha sido siempre una de mis preocupaciones porque son muy dif?ciles de conseguir, y caros de hacer. Los que me conocen saben que no hablo ingl?s, y que me ayudo con el Traductor Google. Los que hablan ingl?s, por favor ind?quenme las correcciones que debo hacer al texto. Los caracteres hisp?nicos (vocales acentuadas, e?es y otros) salen mal pero no es mi culpa. He hecho todo lo posible para solucionarlo pero no hubo caso. Me resisto a escribir sin acentos o a buscar palabras que no tengan e?e. Antes que me olvide: no miren los defectos en las soldaduras. Son espantosas, pero mantienen el aparato armado. Estoy aprendiendo a soldar, y se nota. Several months ago I've threatened to get around a small home lathe. Well, it's time to show it, because although if it is not completely finished (it may not ever be, because one can always add something more), is already operational, at least partially. The idea is that this small lathe can work on wood and metal, as the cutting tool is a handheld grinder. Even, later I have an axis of rotation moved to worm, to be able to make gears, which has always been one of my concerns because they are very difficult to reach and expensive to do. Those who know me know I do not speak English, and that helped me with the Google Translator. Those who speak English, please tellme the corrections I must do on the text. Hispanic characters (accented vowels, jan and others) go wrong but it's not my fault. I have done everything to fix it but there was no case. I refuse to write without accents or to find words that do not have jan. Before I forget: do not look at the flaws in the welds. Are horrific, but they keep the device armed. I'm learning to weld, and it shows.

Image Notes 1. Esto es MUY PELIGROSO. Debo hacerle una cubierta urgente, o la NASA no querr? comprarlo.Ver agregado del 10 de agosto 2009 (This is VERY DAGEROUS. Urgent I will put a cover or NASA not want to buy it. See agregate Ago 10, 2009)

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Step 1: Chasis (chassis)

Posiblemente esta sea la parte m?s d?bil del aparato, pero eso lo evaluar? a medida que lo use. Eventualmente lo corregir?, simplemente soldando refuerzos a los largueros principales. Casi todo el aparato est? hecho hierro ?ngulo de 5/8 (16 mm) de ancho por 1/8 (3.2 mm) de grosor. A lo largo del chasis y en su parte central corre una barra roscada de 7.3 mm, cuya finalidad es arrastrar el carro que est? sobre ella. En un extremo tiene una peque?a manivela, y el otro extremo se asegura mediante tuerca y contratuerca. Possibly this is the weakest part of the apparatus, but I will assess this as I use it. Eventually it will be corrected simply by welding reinforcements to the main beams. Almost the entire apparatus is made of angle iron 5/8 inches (16 mm) wide by 1/8 (3.2 mm) thick. Throughout the chassis and at its center is a threaded bar 7.3 mm, which aims to drag the car that is about it. At one end has a small crank, and the other end is secured by threaded nut and contra-nut

Image Notes 1. Para dar una idea del tamao( to give an idea of size).

Image Notes 1. Chaveta (cotter).

Image Notes 1. Tuerca y contratuerca (nut and counter-nut).

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Step 2: Carro deslizante longitudinal (Longitudinal sliding car)

El carro deslizante longitudinal se fija a las correderas laterales del chasis mediante dos "u?as" aceradas que se colocan en su lugar con tornillos. La barra roscada central del chasis conecta con el carro deslizante pasando dentro de una tuerca, que se puede abrir mediante unas palanquitas, a efectos de liberar el carro para moverlo r?pidamente. Sobre este carro hay una chapa que proporciona una superficie plana para fijar la base del segundo carro deslizante. The longitudinal sliding car is fixed to the side of the chassis by two steel "nails" fasted in place with screws. The threaded central bar of the chassis connects to the sliding car into a nut inside, which can be opened by a pair of levers, for the purpose of releasing the car to move quickly. On this car there is a veneer that provides a flat surface to determine the basis of the second sliding car.

Image Notes 1. Ac pivota el carro deslizante que viene a continuacin (Here the sliding car that follows pivots).

Image Notes 1. Ua de acero que se agarra al chasis (steel claw that grips the chasis)

Image Notes 1. Tuerca partida al medio (cut in halves nut) 2. Traba (lock)

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Image Notes 1. Palanca que abre simultneamente ambas mitades de la tuerca (lever that simultaneously opens both halves of the nut)

Step 3: Base del segundo carro deslizante (Basis of the second sliding car)
Esta es similar al chasis principal, pero m?s peque?a. Consta tambi?n de una barra roscada con su correspondiente manivela. La base se fija sobre la chapa que cubre el carro deslizante longitudinal, mediante un solo tornillo, lo que le permite girar un ?ngulo considerable, a efectos de poder tornear piezas c?nicas con facilidad. This is similar to the main chassis, but smaller. Also has a threaded bar with its corresponding handle. The basis Is fixed on the veneer that covers the longitudinal sliding car, through a single screw, allowing it to turn a considerable angle, in order to work conical parts with ease.

Image Notes 1. Rotada para trabajar un cono (rotated for work a cone).

Step 4: Segundo carro deslizante (second sliding car)

Este es similar al carro deslizante longitudinal, pero m?s peque?o. Posee como ?l un mecanismo de tuerca que cierra y abre mediante palancas, para acoplarse y desacoplarse de la segunda barra roscada. Tambi?n se agarra de la base con u?as de acero This is similar to the longitudinal sliding car, but smaller. Also it has a screw-nut mechanism that closes and opens with levers, for coupling and uncoupling of the second threaded bar. It also attaches to the base with steel claws

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Image Notes 1. Mismo mecanismo de acople-desacople que el del paso 2 (Same connectdisconnect mechanism as the step 2)

Image Notes 1. Ua de acero (steel claw) 2. Ua de acero (steel claw)

Step 5: Soporte del portamotor (motor carrier support)

El soporte ocupa todo el ancho del chasis, para poder desplazar el motor hacia los lados y de esa manera, combinando con el movimiento similar de la contrapunta (cuando exista), poder hacer piezas ligeramente c?nicas. Va atornillado al chasis, con tornillos desde abajo. The medium occupies the entire width of the chassis, to move the engine sideways and thus, combined with similar movements of the counterpoint (if available) to make parts slightly conical. It is bolted to chassis with screws from below.

Image Notes 1. Corredera para deslizar el portamotor hacia los lados (slide to slide sideways portamotor)

Image Notes 1. Tornillo que se ajusta desde abajo (screw that is adjusted from below)

Step 6: Soporte del portaherramienta (tool carrier support)

El soporte es una simple torrecita de tres patas, con agujeros para pasar tornillos de un cuarto de pulgada, con tuerca y arandelas. Va atornillado al segundo carro deslizante, con tornillos desde arriba. The support is a little simple three-legged tower with holes for screws of one quarter inch to pass, with nut and washers. It is bolted to the second sliding car by screws from above.

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Image Notes 1. Agujero (hole) 2. Agujero (hole)

Step 7: Soporte de la contrapunta (counterpoint support)

Es parecido al soporte del portamotor, con la diferencia de que no va atornillado al chasis sino apretado con dos peque?as prensas, dado que debe tener movimiento longitudinal. It's like the motor carrier support, with the difference that is not bolted to the chassis but cramped with two small vises, as it should have longitudinal movement.

Image Notes 1. Corredera para deslizar la contrapunta hacia los lados (slide to slide sideways counter-point)

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Step 8: Portamotor, portacontrapunta y portaherramienta (motor, counterpoint and tool carrier).

Los dos primeros son simples aros de fleje de hierro de media pulgada por un octavo, con un tornillo que lo ci?e para sujetar el cuerpo del taladro o de la contrapunta. Cada aro est? soldado a un trozo de barra roscada de media pulgada, que permite subirlo y bajarlo seg?n se necesite. El portaherramienta es algo m?s complicado porque debe sujetar la amoladora. El aro de hierro es un poco m?s grande, y en lugar de barra roscada lleva un hierro ?ngulo con varios agujeros para permitir diferentes posiciones. Falta alguna pieza intermediaria para ampliar la variedad de movimientos, la har? en cuanto pueda. The first two are simple rings of strip iron, half inch by one eighth, with a screw that sticks it to hold the body of the drill or the counterpoint. Each ring is welded to a piece of half-inch threaded bar, which allows up and down it as needed. The toolholder is a little more complicated because it must hold the grinder. The iron ring is a bit bigger, and instead threaded rod carries an angle iron with holes to allow several different positions. Still lacks a interface part to broaden the range of motion, I will do it as soon as possible.

Image Notes 1. Tres agujeros por ahora (three holes by now)

Step 9: A modo de mandril (For chuck)

Por el momento me arreglo, para trabajar en madera, con una peque?a pieza hecha con un tornillo acerado que lleva un par de arandelas gruesas soldadas en la cabeza, con tres agujeritos para tornillos que entran en la pieza y la sujetan firmemente. M?s adelante har? una mordaza un poco m?s elaborada, usando como base un disco de freno de motocicleta gastado. At the moment, for work on wood, I manages with a small piece made with a steel screw that has a couple of thick washers welded to the head, with three holes for screws that come in the part and grip it firmly. Later I will make a little more elaborate chuck, using as base a spent brake disc of motorcycle.

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Image Notes 1. Este tornillo de acero lo levant en la calle, creo que es de una rueda (This steel screw I lifting in the street, I think it is for a wheel.) 2. Dos arandelas soldadas juntas (Two washers welded toguether)

Image Notes 1. Esta pieza es demasiado valiosa para ir a parar a la basura (this piece is too valuable to go to the trash.)

Step 10: Listos para la primera prueba! (ready for first test!)
El taladro est? ubicado en su lugar, aunque por el momento no lo usar? como motor sino simplemente como sost?n para poder girar la pieza a mano. ?Chicos, no hagan esto en casa! La hoja de la amoladora est? en posici?n horizontal porque me resulta m?s c?moda. Como no tengo en mente ning?n dise?o en particular, puedo tornear "lo que salga". Es solo para probar. Por otra parte, la posici?n horizontal no produce arrastre de la pieza en el sentido de giro, lo cual es MUY PELIGROSO. The drill is located in place, although currently I don't use it as an engine but merely as a support for rotate the piece by hand. Guys, don't do this at home! The blade grinder is in the horizontal position because I find it more comfortable. As I have no design in mind in particular, may become "what comes out." It is for testing only. Moreover, the horizontal position does not produce drag the piece in the direction of rotation, which is VERY DANGEROUS.

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Image Notes 1. Esto es MUY PELIGROSO. Debo hacerle una cubierta urgente, o la NASA no querr comprarlo (This is VERY DAGEROUS. Urgent I will put a cover or NASA not want to buy it.)

Image Notes 1. Esto es MUY PELIGROSO. Debo hacerle una cubierta urgente, o la NASA no querr comprarlo (This is VERY DAGEROUS. Urgent I will put a cover or NASA not want to buy it.)

Image Notes 1. Esto es MUY PELIGROSO. Debo hacerle una cubierta urgente, o la NASA no querr comprarlo (This is VERY DAGEROUS. Urgent I will put a cover or NASA not want to buy it.)

Image Notes 1. Esto es MUY PELIGROSO. Debo hacerle una cubierta urgente, o la NASA no querr comprarlo (This is VERY DAGEROUS. Urgent I will put a cover or NASA not want to buy it.)

Step 11: Toques finales a la pieza (final piece retouching)

Puse la amoladora en posici?n vertical para eliminar el extremo de la pieza torneada, pero la falta de una pieza intermediaria entre el portaherramienta y el soporte me impidi? usarla. As? que la sostuve a mano. Con papel de lija mediano alis? la superficie torneada, con el taladro girando. No me esmer? demasiado, porque como ya expliqu? antes, la idea era probar si todo funciona y ver qu? hay que corregir. Estoy satisfecho con el resultado. Hay que tener en cuenta que la madera que us? era un trozo de pino medio podrido que estaba para usar como le?a. I put the grinder in an upright position to remove the end of the piece turning, but the lack of an intermediate piece between the toolholder and the support stopped me using it. So I had to hand. With medium sandpaper I smoothed the area turning, rotating with the drill. I do not care too much, because as I explained before, the idea was to test if everything works and see what needs to be corrected. I was satisfied with the result. It should be remembered that the wood I used was a piece of pine that was half rotted for use as firewood.

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Step 12: Coming soon (coming soon)

1) Una cubierta urgente para la hoja de la amoladora. 2) Una o m?s contrapuntas. 3) Un mandril para piezas grandes 4) Una peque?a caja para accesorios, incluida en alguna de las torres soporte. 5) Un eje de giro graduado, con tornillo sinf?n, para hacer engranajes. 6) Una luneta para tornear varillas. La luneta, tal como yo la conozco, es la pieza que va acompa?ando en el desplazamiento longitudinal a la herramienta de corte, para evitar el pandeo de la pieza cuando esta es larga y delgada. No s? ni encuentro el nombre en ingl?s. 1) A cover for the sheet of the grinder. 2) One or more counterpoints. 3) A chuck for large pieces 4) A small box for accessories, included into some of the towers stand. 5) An axis of rotation graduated with a worm, for gears. 6) A steady(?) for turning rods. The steady(?), as I know, is the piece that goes along the longitudinal with the cutting tool to prevent buckling of the workpiece when it is long and thin.

Step 13: Agregado 10/08/09 (aggregate ago 8, 2009)

Finalmente le di prioridad al agregado de la cubierta protectora para las manos. Siempre pienso que aunque la comodidad por lo general se contrapone con la seguridad, esta ?ltima debe prevalecer. Paralelamente, mejor? el soporte de la amoladora y agregu? una barra intermediaria de hierro para permitirle m?s movimientos. Finally I gave priority to the addition of the protective covering for the hands. I always think that even if the comfort is generally opposed to security, the latter shall prevail. In parallel, I improved the support of the grinder and added an intermediary iron bar to allow more movement.

Image Notes 1. La guarda protectora aumenta mucho la seguridad (protection greatly increases security.). 2. Nueva barra intermediaria (new intermediary bar)

Image Notes 1. El nuevo portaherramienta posee dos orejas en vez de una (the new tool holder has two wings instead of one)

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Image Notes 1. El pino no es lo ms fcil de tornear, porque alterna vetas duras y blandas. Este trozo de pino estaba para usar como lea (the pine is not as easy as turning because it alternates hard and soft streaks. This piece of pine was to use as firewood.) 2. Esto lo hice en un rato, con la nueva configuracin. Todava debo aprender a usar el torno (I did this in a while, with the new configuration. I must still learn to use the lathe.).

Image Notes 1. Un poco de aceite de cocina (girasol) resalta la belleza de la veta (a little cooking oil (sunflower) highlights the beauty of the grain.).

Step 14: Agregado 11/01/10 (aggregate Jan, 1, 2010)

Hace unos das yo necesitaba una mecha para madera, de una medida que no se fabrica. Por lo tanto, tuve que hacerla. Entre mis cosas hall un tornillo de acero y un trozo de hierro de 1/8 de pulgada. Con la amoladora de mano hice una ranura en la cabeza del tornillo, donde encaj y sold el trozo de hierro, y luego us mi "torno del pobre" para darle la medida y forma deseadas. La mecha sirvi de poco porque al no ser de acero, el filo se embotaba con facilidad, pero en cuanto pueda la cementar con ferrocianuro de potasio. A few days ago I needed a wood bite, a measure that did not happen. So I had to do it. Among my things I found a steel bolt and a piece of iron of 1/8 inch. With the hand grinder I made a slot in the screw head, where I put and soldered the piece of iron, and then I used my "poor man's lathe" to give it the desired size and shape. The bite did little work because not being steel, the sharp edge is dulled with ease, but as soon as possible I will cement it with potassium ferrocyanide.

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Image Notes 1. Estoy aprendiendo a soldar, y se nota... (I'm learning to weld, and it shows ...)

Image Notes 1. El mandril del taladro no gir a motor durante el trabajo, solo se us como soporte (The drill chuck has not revolved whit motor during the work, only used as support).

Image Notes 1. No est tan mal! (Not so bad!)

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Step 15: Agregado 29/09/10 (added sept 29 2010)

I did a counterpoint, other chuck, other grinder support and a manual cutting tool. With these new tools I am doing some little wood works: a pot and a top. (Hice una contrapunta, otro mandril, otro soporte para la amoladora y una herramienta de corte manual. Con esas nuevas herramientas estoy haciendo algunos trabajitos en madera: una cazuelita y un trompo.

Image Notes 1. Comenzando el trompo (beginning the spin) 2. Note que tanto el soporte del taladro como la contrapunta estn desplazados, para que el eje de giro est inclinado respecto al de desplazamiento longitudinal (note that both the drill holder and tailstock are displaced, so that the spin axis is tilted with respect to the longitudinal displacement).

Image Notes 1. Contrapunta, no muy bien lograda (counterpoint, no so well done) 2. Para darle la forma en bruto, us la amoladora (to give it the raw shape, I used the grinder)

Image Notes 1. Usando la herramienta de corte manual (using the manual cutting tool)

Image Notes 1. El trompo va tomando forma (the top takes shape)

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Image Notes 1. Para tornear piezas planas, como platos o el recipiente hecho con recortes de madera (For turning flat pieces like plates or the container made from wood pieces) 2. Para tornear trompos, mates, floreros, etc. (For turning tops, mates, vases, etc). 3. De ac se regula la altura (from here the height is adjusted) 4. Unin giratoria 90 (Swivel 90) 5. ltimos accesorios agregados (last added accessories) 6. La cubierta protectora no est ac, pero la uso siempre (the protective cover is not here, but I always use it).

Image Notes 1. Hecha con un trozo de madera de pino vieja, en 5 capas. Est encolada y en bruto (Made with an old piece of pine wood, in 5 layers. It is glued and raw.).

Image Notes 1. La pieza terminada. Tiene varias imperfecciones por mi inexperiencia. Igual es bonita (the finished piece. It has several shortcomings for my inexperience. The same it is pretty).

Step 16: Agregado el 10/10/10 (added 10/10/10)

Hice una mordaza de cuatro brazos, muy simple. I did a four arms chuck, very simple.

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Image Notes 1. La esttica no me preocupa, se arregla con masilla (Aesthetics do not care, arranged with filler

Image Notes 1. Ranura para destornillador (groove for screwdriver) 2. Falta eliminar excedentes (need to remove surplus)

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jorozco says:
que bien men, eso es usar los recursos, gracias

Mar 20, 2011. 11:31 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:

Mar 20, 2011. 1:02 PM REPLY Gracias, jorozco. Lo tengo medio abandonado a ese torno, me entusuasm con el otro (http://www.instructables.com/id/My-KISS-lathe-mi-torno-HSE/), que tambin est momentneamente dejado de lado hasta que le haga un variador de velocidad.

JOKERFIRE says:
buen trabajo! tambien me gust el relato. muy entendible , parecia platica

Dec 3, 2010. 6:46 PM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Gracias, JOKERFIRE! Instructables me ayuda a aprender ingls.

Dec 3, 2010. 7:50 PM REPLY

DaddyQ says:
Amazing work. Very inspiring!!!. Thanks for such a clear instructable :)

Nov 19, 2010. 6:05 AM REPLY

Tinworm says:
I love your work, Rimar. Incidentally, when you commented on my instructable, I did not realise that you do not speak English. :)

Sep 28, 2010. 3:51 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Thanks for the compliment,Tinworm.

Sep 28, 2010. 8:06 AM REPLY

Latest data I have done some accessories for the lathe: a counterpoint, a plane chuck and another threaded for wood works. I will add photos to the instructable.

maurice1993 says:

Jul 20, 2010. 8:34 AM REPLY Question: how do you keep the piece stick to the drill? just using bolts? this would not let ugly unwanted holes at the final piece? considering wood work...

rimar2000 says:

Jul 20, 2010. 5:48 PM REPLY Somewhere above I say that this lathe is by no means a finished piece. For the moment, it is as you say: the piece ends with three ugly holes that must be removed or refilled. Later I will make one more adaptable chuck. Thanks for your comment!

maurice1993 says:

Jul 21, 2010. 6:58 PM REPLY Rimar, this is sad. A option would be using a bracelet to hold the wood in place, but I dunno how wel it would fit. the piece could end up flying around and hitting someone pretty hard... plus, I think a little moster cutting would be more precisely, that saw scare me as hell... hehehe I may do one in future, as I like to work with wood, maybe I put a eletric 3/8'' eletric drill with a smaller cutter, or a saw with a smaller cut disk... fala portugus? ou s espanhol e ingls? anyway. nice job! PS: I dont know how a real lathe hold the piece stick.... if so, I could make something and tell ya... maybe with some research... g'luck finishing this. I wann to see the new updates =}

rimar2000 says:

Jul 22, 2010. 6:50 PM REPLY Maurice, I speak only spanish. I use on line translators to write in English. Portuguese is easy to understand, it is more alike Spanish than English. I spent two weeks in Sao Paulo, and at times I did not realize that they speak to me in another language. Educated people pronounce the Portuguese very clearly, and one who speaks Spanish can understand almost everything. Now to the issues of the chuck to hold a piece of wood: there are plenty of ways to do it, you choose the one that suits you. Maybe you want have more than one chuck, for use according to the size of the piece. It is not the same turning a dish that a chess piece.

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maurice1993 says:

Jul 23, 2010. 1:14 PM REPLY yeah, I see that, anyway, I'll have to way some more to build mine, I'm changing to a new house... more a couple of weeks and I'll be ready to put this on world... and... I have problems with spanish, more than english... so if anyone speaks with me in spanish, I run away screaming... hahaha keep safe! ;-)

profpat says:

Jul 9, 2010. 11:07 AM REPLY muy bien apparato! gracias para tu nuevo invento! sorry for my espanol! my father who speaks spanish fluently did not teach me very well...

rimar2000 says:

Jul 9, 2010. 2:59 PM REPLY Gracias. No es tan malo tu espaol, por lo menos se entiende... (Thanks. Your Spanish isn't sso bad, at least it is understandable)

qualia says:

May 26, 2010. 1:52 AM REPLY thats a decent machine you made. to harden your drill-bit you could caseharden it. i dont know if you are familiar with this process or not but to do this you would put the piece (or pieces) to be hardened in a steel container full of bone charcoal, close the container with a steel lid, make sure it has a couple of gasventing holes (3mm in diameter is good, doesnt suck the flame back inside if flammable charcoal vapours catch fire during the casehardening firing) then to harden it, put the closed container in a bed of coals of a fire and feed the fire throughout a day, so that the steel container is red-hot throughout the time. when the container is completely cooled again, then the pieces of iron (the drill-bit) will have a thin coating on all sides of harder high carbon steel, which shrinks over the iron and makes it as hard and strong as steel but not as brittle because of the inner core of relatively flexible iron.

rimar2000 says:
Thanks for your explanation.

May 26, 2010. 10:48 AM REPLY

I had planned to use a little potassium ferrocyanide I retain from 30 years ago. Anyway, the main problem remains the lack of a forge, of which there are many interesting designs in Instructables. Sorry, this is the second main problem, first is that I have so many things on hand that I never make time.

qualia says:
yeah fair enough.

May 26, 2010. 10:03 PM REPLY

Mr.Sanchez says:

May 24, 2010. 1:30 PM REPLY B.R.A.V.O Nice project...felicitaciones amigo hispanohablante...y esta muy interesante tu aporte....gracias.Saludos desde Colombia

rimar2000 says:

May 24, 2010. 3:21 PM REPLY Gracias, colombiano. Un abrazo latinoamericano, que buena falta nos hace la unin... (Thank you, Colombian. A Latin American hug , that much we miss the union...)

bigjano says:
Buensimo, Felicitaciones!!

May 13, 2010. 8:36 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Gracias, znquiu (thank you).

May 13, 2010. 11:40 AM REPLY

limonchi says:
muy chulo, me gusta i like it

Apr 28, 2010. 9:41 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:

Apr 28, 2010. 12:55 PM REPLY Gracias. Lo tengo abandonado ms de lo que yo quisiera; an no le he hecho los accesorios que necesita. (Thank you. I've abandoned it more than what I would like; I have not yet made the accessories that it needs).

rredmon says:

Apr 24, 2010. 6:27 PM REPLY I'm a machinist, and I think that thing is one part awesome and one part scary as hell. I'd be scared to death to run it. could definitely lose some fingers on it. but it's a great idea.

rimar2000 says:
I agree, but look step 13. Now the diabolical monster is a little safer...

Apr 24, 2010. 7:22 PM REPLY

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strayturk says:
This is super cool! And great pictorial, muchos gracias!

Feb 18, 2010. 9:43 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Thanks, strayturk. I 'm quite behind in my plans: "He who covers a lot, just press only a little"

Feb 18, 2010. 11:48 AM REPLY

iplay1515 says:

Feb 16, 2010. 2:50 AM REPLY Nice job with your lathe and instructable. Very easy to understand and follow. I only wish my Spanish was as good as your English.

rimar2000 says:
Thanks, very much. Thanks to Google translator, too.

Feb 16, 2010. 3:32 AM REPLY

Alejandro81 says:
Excelente manual, me encant la pieza acabada. Feliz 2010!

Jan 7, 2010. 7:20 PM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Thanks, I reciprocate

Jan 8, 2010. 4:37 AM REPLY

unclejack says:

Jan 3, 2010. 8:10 AM REPLY I like your ideas and inventiveness, too bad some people are more concerned with your delivery than the end result. Have a great New Year!

rimar2000 says:
Thanks for your words, uncle Jack. I will reciprocate your good wishes for 2010

Jan 3, 2010. 4:44 PM REPLY

piper1234 says:

Dec 28, 2009. 4:58 PM REPLY mm poorman has to be defined, with all that soldering, twisting and cutting os not so cheap :P haha, or I might say poor man of the one distracted with a circular saw, 1 inch far from the hand :S

piper1234 says:
O_0 ??

Dec 29, 2009. 5:48 PM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Y told it about your phrase "mm poorman has to be defined"

Dec 30, 2009. 3:39 AM REPLY

rimar2000 says:

Dec 28, 2009. 6:09 PM REPLY One always see those who are richer than one, without see those who have no minimum. The cow walks all day on the field when she eats, because the pastries that is ten meters away seemed more dense than it near the nose. I checked it personally (without eating grass!).

notingkool says:

Dec 27, 2009. 8:26 PM REPLY Sabes que yo tambien queria hacerme un torno, pero uno para metal, que tenga algo de precicion. Yo tambien soy de argentina, soy de La Plata.. You now, i want to make a lathe too, but one for metal, with some precision. I'm from Argentina too, i'm from La Plata.

rimar2000 says:

Dec 28, 2009. 3:43 AM REPLY Mir, si quers pods venir a casa, lo miramos y si quers te copis alguna parte. Llamame al 487-2300, estoy en Villa Elisa. En enero voy a estar jubilado, as que voy a tener tiempo, luego de unas vacaciones. Look, if you want you can come home, we look it and if you want copies some part. Call me at 487-2300, I am in Villa Elisa. In January I will be retired, so I will have time, after a vacation.

Karroo Oakey says:

Oct 23, 2009. 9:19 PM REPLY Fabulous Instructable, I am very impressed! I definitely wish copy your Instructable, as a lathe is so far out of my budget as to be over the horizon! Personally I like to bolt and when everything is OK to then weld and retrieve my bolts. My only negative comment is to request that you remove apologies regarding English, or lack there of. The translator makes it perfectly understandable and the brilliance of your creation speaks for itself! Make sure you hold out on those NASA guys and make the pay top dollar!

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rimar2000 says:
Thanks for the compliment, Karro Oakey. Please read my answer to whikeoakart.

Dec 10, 2009. 10:41 AM REPLY

whiteoakart says:

Dec 1, 2009. 1:36 PM REPLY Wow. This is great, Rimar. Do not worry about your English translations. They are plenty clear. Many of the native English speakers here write less clearly. Wow. Esto es genial, Rimar. No se preocupe por sus traducciones al Ingls. Son bastante claro. Muchos de los hablantes nativos Ingls aqu escriben menos claridad. (special thanks to google translator)

rimar2000 says:

Dec 10, 2009. 10:38 AM REPLY Thanks for the compliment, whiteoakart. Here in Argentina it is the same thing with spanish (castillian): many people speak it, but they don't know to write it. Professionals, too. I suppose all the world is equal in this.

pfred2 says:

Sep 1, 2009. 8:52 PM REPLY I'm learning not to weld. Bolting everything together helps me with making adjustments. I've ground out enough welds now. I think this lathe I made has 108 screws and bolts in it or something like that, and two welds.

rimar2000 says:

Sep 2, 2009. 4:29 AM REPLY Your lathe is more elaborate. I did the opposite way to yours, I worked all my life with screws and rivets, and recently at age 64 I decided to experiment with the welder. At first it was disappointing because I did have not a teacher and then it cost me a lot to learn. But now I'm very happy because welding helps to do things that would otherwise be impossible, or would take much longer, or be more costly. (Tu torno es ms elaborado. Yo hice el camino opuesto al tuyo, trabaj toda mi vida con tornillos y remaches, y recin a los 64 aos me decid a experimentar con la soldadora. Al principio fue decepcionante, porque al no tener maestro me cost mucho aprender. Pero ahora estoy muy contento porque soldar ayuda a hacer cosas que de otra manera seran imposibles, o se tardara mucho ms, o seran ms costosas.)

pfred2 says:

Sep 2, 2009. 6:42 PM REPLY I must agree sometimes welding in indispensable, I had to weld some things on my lathe myself. But I avoid welding as much as I can too. I never know when I want to make a change, and welded up things are difficult to work on. That, and with welding there are always unavoidable distortions. I also concede the point you make about time too. I average about a part a day when I build something now. The lathe shown took around two months for me to make. It is a rebuild of a lathe that I welded together in a day! I had to repurpose the old headstock on the old version to another task so the whole machine had to be redone. For sentimental reasons I reused as much as I could of the old machine in the remake. I've a lot of hardware collected up, and a fair selection of taps and dies now too, so for me welding is the more expensive option. Gasses, electricity, and rods cost me money! Everything aside, for general fabrication I still prefer fasteners for their accuracy, strength, and versatility. For me it is worth the extra effort. I feel the results speak for themselves too. Picture of original, old lathe:

Davetech says:

Aug 2, 2009. 8:37 PM REPLY I like it! If it was not dangerous, it would not be as much fun, now would it? I hope NASA knocks on your door soon, contract in-hand.

rimar2000 says:
They came, but I was sleeping the siesta and not attended them... ;)

Aug 3, 2009. 3:33 PM REPLY

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lemonie says:
I like this - simple enough to reproduce L

Aug 3, 2009. 1:23 PM REPLY

rimar2000 says:
Thanks, Lemonie. I can easily add it an accessory to copy profiles, too.

Aug 3, 2009. 3:31 PM REPLY

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