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It will be a very long , annoying and stupid thread because I have not any clue about.
I have not any experience with lathes, milling machines, surface grinders,drill mills or whatever other machining equipments .
In this thread I would like to receive ideas and opinions , it's not something I need to get quickly or something really important , just a friendly talk about .
It's since I knew machining tools and what them can do that I would like to have a lathe and a milling machine .
Unfortunately I can not afford none of them new or used either, attempted to find someone to restore but I've only found very big and heavy machines that I can not take home because various reasons
Most important one is because what's meant to become my homeshop is upstairs (1st floor) and It's very difficult to bring something big and heavy like a lathe there.
So inspired by a YouTube channel named "homemade lathe machine" I thought that I could try to make my own machining equipments.
But I understand that it's something very difficult to do because... You know why .
Building a simple lathe should not be so hard to do , but an easy lathe is what we call "bareno" I don't know how you call it
Essentially a lathe without speed and feed,angles selection, and tailstock either.
Almost useless .
Gear transmission is the best way I think , but I don't think I can make one and I will probably end up with something useless .
So inspired from "CA Lem" videos about his shaublin 13 restoration ,I thought that might be easier using CVT transmission on both spindle and feed/lead screw
It's compact and allows to have continuously variable speed , and on the lead feed screw does mean have a wide choice of threads and feed speeds .
But I think that if that was the best way , machinery makes use this system but they don't .
And I think because belts do slip on pulleys and it's not the best if you want to thread something .
What do you think about? What should be easier to do ?
Thank you in advance , and please don't judge me ,I know that this is probably a bad and stupid Idea
Ps obviously I know that what I can build will be never comparable to something made by a professional estimate company.
But unfortunately I can not afford something already made .
And I can get steel, mechanical parts for free because I have a lot of friends .
It will be a very long , annoying and stupid thread because I have not any clue about.
I have not any experience with lathes, milling machines, surface grinders,drill mills or whatever other machining equipments .
In this thread I would like to receive ideas and opinions , it's not something I need to get quickly or something really important , just a friendly talk about .
It's since I knew machining tools and what them can do that I would like to have a lathe and a milling machine .
Unfortunately I can not afford none of them new or used either, attempted to find someone to restore but I've only found very big and heavy machines that I can not take home because various reasons
Most important one is because what's meant to become my homeshop is upstairs (1st floor) and It's very difficult to bring something big and heavy like a lathe there.
So inspired by a YouTube channel named "homemade lathe machine" I thought that I could try to make my own machining equipments.
But I understand that it's something very difficult to do because... You know why .
Building a simple lathe should not be so hard to do , but an easy lathe is what we call "bareno" I don't know how you call it
Essentially a lathe without speed and feed,angles selection, and tailstock either.
Almost useless .
Gear transmission is the best way I think , but I don't think I can make one and I will probably end up with something useless .
So inspired from "CA Lem" videos about his shaublin 13 restoration ,I thought that might be easier using CVT transmission on both spindle and feed/lead screw
It's compact and allows to have continuously variable speed , and on the lead feed screw does mean have a wide choice of threads and feed speeds .
But I think that if that was the best way , machinery makes use this system but they don't .
And I think because belts do slip on pulleys and it's not the best if you want to thread something .
What do you think about? What should be easier to do ?
Thank you in advance , and please don't judge me ,I know that this is probably a bad and stupid Idea
Ps obviously I know that what I can build will be never comparable to something made by a professional estimate company.
But unfortunately I can not afford something already made .
And I can get steel, mechanical parts for free because I have a lot of friends .