I just discovered your channel and I have to sub - I like your problem solving skills

Very beautiful idea! Bravo from Greece!

Another cool project. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent work sir. Inspirational

I've been thinking about doing this same thing. Glad you posted this. Learned how to sew on one of these old pedal machines when I was very young!

@FranconiaFriend

2 жыл бұрын

Just picked up a Singer base & cabinet... will see how it goes!

I also have an old singer sewing machine and have kept it - with the same idea- to make a foot powered lathe! I feel more confident to try this project now. Thanks

Awesome idea and a great video! Ive seen some other hand driven lathe builds but the torque on this one seems crazy! Have to build one my self!!

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Pretty happy with the torque for sure, the v-belt is really good at transmitting it and a heavy chuck gives lots of momentum to power through the cut too. Glad you got inspired to build one!

You can use the leather belts made for treadle sewing machines. They are not expensive so if you need to use two of them it would still be under $12 including shipping. If you used them you would not have to disassemble the treadle base to replace the belt. Also, for anyone else building one of these they do not need an entire elongated hole for the belt, but only two round holes for the belt to pass through.

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your thoughts, Rosemary! You could, but I don't know if a round leather belt thin enough to fit on a sewing machine pulley would transmit the torque a lathe needs, and I'd rather not use an animal product for experimentation. Rubber V-belts are a safe bet, much more contact surface. And it looked like it would be so easy to take the pulley out! Two round holes would of course work with a stapled belt (not with the type I used) but you'd have to be sure on the hole placement, a slot gives more room for adjustment. I would make a slot even if I made another with a stapled belt.

You are crazy 😁 But well, I think that is the smartest idea ever when you don't have electricity in your workshop. And as I am a huge fan of your style to work, I also like your "muscle strength lathe" 👍😉🔨

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Haha maybe just a little! Thanks a lot :D

Brilliant!

The original belt was a round leather one, joined at the end with a staple. So no need to disassemble to change belts.

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Correct, the confusing thing is how they got it assembled in the first place. At the point where I couldn't get the shaft out, it was no longer contacting the screw; it's literally too long for the frame!

LOVE this. Hopefully find the parts to make one just like it this year. :)

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Awesome, good luck!

Excelente trabajo Estimado. Es una herramienta totalmente reciclado,

I'm impressed by you are so smart 🤓 👦 🕴 Thanks for sharing yourself and invents. Keep and going forward.

Привет!Отличный получился станок!Молодец!Лайк!!!👍👍👍

Great job 👍

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

very cool!!!

Passionnant!!!!!

Bravo 👏

congratulations. it is beautiful ;)

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Original treadle sewing machines used a round leather strap/cord that was held together by a metal clip. Like a pig nose ring or perhaps one used in furniture restoration.

Super Arbeit

This would be a good lathe build. I just need to source the same kind of lathe that you have there.

Pura vida Gillis great project and also you can do exercise at the same time

Smart ide!

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Danke!

Very nice. A live center will create less drag though

thats a nice build and lucky you had one of the heavy type singer flywheels. man I wish I had seen this video years ago, there are some good ideas here that I should've opted for on mine but oh well, why makes it easy if you can break your back and take 5 more days, right?! XD

why on earth use noisy energy-consuming electrical lkathes when you can work like this? Brava. Not all inventions of the past are for the museum. Lets bring them back to (new) use!!!

Green wood turns much better- it's what you want to use.

Could you chase threads with this to make threaded boxes? Or does it not go fast enough?

Fantastic :-) I look forward to seeing you incorporate turning into your work. Have you seen the channel "Chop with Chris"?

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Yep that's a great channel! Every time I wear a yellow t-shirt I feel like I must swing an axe

@CraigsWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

@@GillisBjork 😂

Salut super vidéo. Je recherche des éléments similaires pour le tournage. J ai deja la table a coudre, il me manque la structure du tour a bois. Serait tu où je pourrais trouver ce type de matériel ? Passe une bonne journée

i think the lathe belts they just pulled them through and sewed them together on the wheel itself. No need to put half the machine apart

What length belt did you use?

Excelent project my friend. How many RPM? Gracias por tu respuesta!

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! RPM is as fast as the user can pedal

I like the idea of yhe sewing machibe base, but I thiink the chuck can be rather dangerous when you get too close with your chisel

I have an old sewing machine in my basement that I want to make a lathe out of also. Someday!

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Cool! Good luck!

i had the exact same idea but in germany the only thing you can get dirt chap is the old sewing machine, the old lathe is practicaly impossible to get under 300 euros.

@GillisBjork

2 жыл бұрын

I think I got pretty lucky with the lathe, haven't seen something similar for sale again since then. But if you have the base, it would probably not be impossible to build the lathe from wood. I bet Mathias Wandel has some videos that could help with that

@nemo1987b

2 жыл бұрын

@@GillisBjork thx

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍👌🤝

i am trying to make this exact thing. i cant find a lathe that is just like this anywhere. i only can find one thats are $500 and really small can you help me?

What is the lathe mechanism and where did you get it?

@GillisBjork

3 ай бұрын

No visible brand, found on local ebay equivalent

Que sea en español

What about a metal lathe?

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If you were not in Norway (Finland?), I would give you the DC motor, out of my wife's broken tread mill. Then again, you don't have any power, in your place in the woods, do you?

@augusthermann5111

3 жыл бұрын

Göteborg is the second largest town of sweden with more than 500 000 people. I think they have more power than they need there😂

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

That's nice of you! But indeed, there's no electricity in my shed so foot power is the best I can get!

@GillisBjork

3 жыл бұрын

Lol that's true August, though my workshop is not on the grid :)

Me parece que sin un volante de inercia eso se para al tornear seguro.

WHY ? Never cut the lathe casting. Totally ruined this for me. I would have gone for a larger pulley possibly on the lath spindle to get the clearance past the lathe foot. Perhaps a longer spindle might have worked but that might have put added strain on the bearings. Cutting the foot casting is a horrible way to resolve the clearance issue. :/