DIY composite pulley for the home made lathe [part 11]

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A DIY composite two-stages pulley, makeshift indexer, and lathe drill holder jig are showcased here in a challenging situation.
Making the pulley that drives the spindle's lathe using the same lathe to make the very same pulley is a challenge. Because of the design of the spindle of my lathe I was not able to find a ready to use pulley off the shelf, and ordering one at the machine shop gave me a staggering long time to deliver. So I got creative and I made the pulley from scratch. With a piece of thick steel tubing and an old aluminum flange and some epoxy resin I made a pulley that is suitable to be driven through a poly-V belt, as required by the motors, salvaged from washing machines.
0:00 The problem
1:41 First step solution
2:19 Making a sleeve and FIRST CHIPS ever with this lathe!
3:08 Let's check the very first part turned with this lathe
4:18 Checking how the ways wipers worked
4:52 A makeshift indexer
5:58 Lathe drill holder jig from a scapped drill press
8:14 Making indexed angle holes on the side of the sleeve
8:49 Preparing the seats for the sleeve on the shaft
9:40 Step two: Installing the sleeve to gain more torque
9:59 Turning an aluminium ring from an old flange
11:00 Attaching the aluminium ring on to the sleeve
11:33 Making the composite secondary ring
14:18 Turning the pulley's secondary ring
14:31 The final pulley
15:05 Installation of the pulley and belt tensioners
16:20 Speed test
17:29 What's up next
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Music (in order as played in the video):
Empire Seasons by Dan Henig
Hedge Your Bets by TrackTribe
Komputo by Francis Preve
Depth Fuse by French Fuse

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  • @f.g.hammer6814
    @f.g.hammer68142 жыл бұрын

    The egg came first this is clear. Great job!

  • @rameezsheikh7576
    @rameezsheikh75762 жыл бұрын

    Title grabbed my attention 😄👍

  • @alxvlx9020
    @alxvlx90202 жыл бұрын

    Отличный токарный станок получается!

  • @Igor-nx8uf
    @Igor-nx8uf2 жыл бұрын

    big jump in video quality! music, editing, great content 💯👍

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I really appreciate feedback.

  • @TroubledTimes2024
    @TroubledTimes20242 жыл бұрын

    OK, that was impressive and just goes to show that ingenuity and need are often more important then the equipment.

  • @kolbakolba
    @kolbakolba2 жыл бұрын

    It's pleasure to watch, every video shows different vision to make something, aluminium chips, epoxy, this channel show another perspective to made something.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoy it!

  • @evugar
    @evugar2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure this man is single-handedly able to bootstrap civilization on Mars!

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha :D Thanks mate.

  • @lumotroph
    @lumotroph8 ай бұрын

    Incredible

  • @flavienthuez8423
    @flavienthuez84232 жыл бұрын

    Nice ! You always surprise me with your use of composite material 👍 For the Q&A : do you plan to do some other machine ? Like a mill, shaper... Do you wang to get involved into CNC ?

  • @atiger4716
    @atiger47162 жыл бұрын

    Beatiful, thanks Sir for sharing your exoerience

  • @athrunzala5337
    @athrunzala53372 жыл бұрын

    a small visit to the scrapyard you will find all the pulleys you want and for cheap

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are lucky to live in a place where people can go to industrial scrapyards, but yeah it could have been a good idea. Thanks for commenting.

  • @watergeting8586

    @watergeting8586

    2 жыл бұрын

    Easiest way - go to car mechanic- they change pulleys everyday, difrent shapes ,types, sizes.

  • @couldhaveseenit
    @couldhaveseenit2 жыл бұрын

    Wow so much patience. Just now wondering if you could have wrapped the belt around the chuck and driven it that way.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean? May you explain better your question? Tnx. EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your question. Answer in the comment below.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh nevermind, I misread your question. Yes that could have been a possibility, I actually didn't thought at it maybe because it would have been trickier to keep the belt in place, and there is no room for the motors behind the cross slide.

  • @peterfowler8044
    @peterfowler8044 Жыл бұрын

    Isn't it time to finally show us the lathe in action ?

  • @ultimateworkshop2000
    @ultimateworkshop2000 Жыл бұрын

    Did you abandon the project? 5 month no videos, we are waiting 😄

  • @lennym1273
    @lennym12732 жыл бұрын

    That paper cut out looked more like a rooster then chicken lol...

  • @sacriptex5870
    @sacriptex58702 жыл бұрын

    try to use speed steel as a tool on your lathe... its much more forgiving on small lathes than soldered carbide

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tip.

  • @courierdog1941
    @courierdog19412 жыл бұрын

    I like your concept. Firstly I realize using this method you can have what ever size of a Spindle bore you desire. creating either Spindle Pulley(s) or Spindle Gears. I have to watch the rest of this video before I miss what you have done Next. I am a huge proponent of "V" ways for accuracy as opposed to Flat Ways. But Your Spindle concept has me very interested. Back to the Video. Again I would be using Taper Bearings which have a means of tightening to reduce the Run Out.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good point about the V ways, I have to keep this in mind for the next Q&A video. Cheers.

  • @robertsteinwandel6658
    @robertsteinwandel66582 жыл бұрын

    Hope you’re doing well! A few months ago we talked about designs for the ways and cross slide, Im building a lathe as well (although a bit slower than you unfortunately hahaha). One thing I have thought about, have you noticed any creep in any of your welds from the heat stress? I remember you machined the body after welding to get such nice surfaces, but I can’t remember if there was any movement in the welds long term? Absolutely beautiful project and so amazing to see it getting so close to being complete!

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks bud. I'll try to go deeper into this point in the next Q&A video.

  • @craftzars

    @craftzars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah best practice to relieve internal stress is to heat all part after welding. Perfect if you can put in furnace and keep part at 650c for hour. But i seen some russians just throw all lathe in campfire and burn it good, but thats little brutal.

  • @rameezsheikh7576

    @rameezsheikh7576

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@craftzars give any link to those Russian video!

  • @BSpinoza210

    @BSpinoza210

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@craftzars I think it's fine to roast in a campfire like that, but the trick is to ensure that the hot ash completely covers the part after the fire goes out. There's enough insulation from the ash that the cooling process is very slow which is good for stress relief. You can even mold glass bottles into ash trays this way, as my grandfather once showed me, but you really need to make sure the coals and ash cover the glass completely after melting it otherwise you just get a pile of broken glass!

  • @jackskalski3699
    @jackskalski3699 Жыл бұрын

    Wow do I see correctly, that you use two motors to run that spindle? Isn't there an issue with RPM discrepancy between them?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    No, it exploits that 😉

  • @davegeorge7094
    @davegeorge70942 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking same thing, it's not critical how the torque is made. Screw sync. is however is unforgiving.

  • @tripledldiesel
    @tripledldiesel Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if instead of trying to turn a part with a pulley-less lathe with a scraping style turn tool, if you mounted something like a dremel to the tool holder and instead sort of psudo ground the part to size using the lathe ways to keep accuracy. Thus changing the torque baring portion to the fixed dremel instead of the belt of the lathe.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    That could have been a good idea.

  • @rikujkoivisto
    @rikujkoivisto2 жыл бұрын

    Hi there, and greetings from Finland!! I did subsgribed your channel, because you kind of think same way like i do. Many different expearments, and way, you try to made almost everything by your self.. Your belt bulley, that you mase of resin, and chips of aluminium is brilliant, but those chips may eat the drive belt. What you think? I recomment to (paint?) the pulley or add resin layer with paint brush..?? I know you find a way to result any those small problems, so i want to thank you for VERY VERY GOOD videos, and may our God bless you and your life.. Thank you!

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate! Definitely your advice to cover the pulley with a layer of resin is a good idea. Greetings from the Alps.

  • @PEGuyMadison
    @PEGuyMadison Жыл бұрын

    Are you on vacation or have you stopped making videos, just curious... they are entertaining and I would like to see you finish the lathe at some point! Cheers, I hope all is well.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm relatively fine thank you. I am on vacation and busy with work at the same time. I'll come back at some time. Cheers.

  • @ronbianca1975
    @ronbianca19752 жыл бұрын

    Another good video! Do you use a design program for your projects? Take care my friend!

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but you'll be surprised. If possible I'll address this at the next Q&A.

  • @PeckhamHall
    @PeckhamHall Жыл бұрын

    When are you coming back to doing lathe videos? I really liked them

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you James. I'll do my best. I'm busy with some other commitments and I am exporting from the old website (that never worked as intended :/ ) to the new website, but going through a lot of articles is kinda pain in ...you know where.

  • @mrcolobike
    @mrcolobike Жыл бұрын

    great job ! When are you uploading a new video about the lathe At least some update about the state in which it is Thanks Happy 2023!!

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not able to tell a date, every time I try to set a deadline it is messed up by something else, more urgent, more important. It's frustrating. Happy 2023!

  • @USAYEMEN-vp7jy9qi1u
    @USAYEMEN-vp7jy9qi1u2 жыл бұрын

    مرحبا كل ما تقوم به. جيد جدا

  • @hueinismo1
    @hueinismo12 жыл бұрын

    Nice. How much you spend total comparing to buying a new lathe of the same turning diameter and length?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    The lathe is not yet completed so I am unable to give the costs at the moment. An estimation is that It will be certainly more expensive than a chinese lathe, and way more cheaper than a high quality lathe. But this lathe is designed to be a midway between a manual lathe and a cnc lathe. At the moment I am stuck with the linear encoders that I ordered many months ago and that have not yet been shipped. The pandemic has caused severe setbacks with this project. I'll make a Q&A video in the future, addressing many points, including the costs.

  • @MagnusNemo-xc5nx
    @MagnusNemo-xc5nx Жыл бұрын

    Any updates on your lathe? Have you generated drawings and a CAD model? Also, why did you choose sliding ways over linear rails?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi. Hopefully soon I'll have some. About the drawings some of them need corrections but in general I have all them ready, though no CAD model. I'm gonna keep them alongside a book I'm writing. Thanks for commenting.

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh about your question on the sliding ways, as I've said in reply to the other comment I think linear ways offer less rigidity unless they are heavily preloaded.

  • @MagnusNemo-xc5nx

    @MagnusNemo-xc5nx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AccidentalScience Excellent. I will get in line for my own copy of your book. Any idea when you will publish?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MagnusNemo-xc5nx thanks for your interest but it's too early , I'm at the first chapter.

  • @ultimateworkshop2000
    @ultimateworkshop2000 Жыл бұрын

    Any updates on the lathe?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    Жыл бұрын

    Short answer: no. Long answer: while I am using it occasionally in a very crude way, to complete the lathe I need some electronic components that are still on the bench of the lab. So next parts will be more after electronics. Thanks for commenting and the interest in following this project. Greetings from the Alps.

  • @veselinlazovic3997
    @veselinlazovic39972 жыл бұрын

    Did you publish somewhere dimensions of your lathe?

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    2 жыл бұрын

    The idea was to publish on my website, but the website is under development since long time. Hopefully I'll have it ready one day.

  • @lumotroph
    @lumotroph8 ай бұрын

    Next episode??? 🎉

  • @AccidentalScience

    @AccidentalScience

    4 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately it will take some time. Thanks for watching and commenting.

  • @abdullaharslan3655
    @abdullaharslan3655 Жыл бұрын

    washing machine motor

  • @USAYEMEN-vp7jy9qi1u
    @USAYEMEN-vp7jy9qi1u2 жыл бұрын

    مرحبا كل ما تقوم به. جيد جدا

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