Watching lots of AvE, This Old Tony, Stefan Gotteswinter etc recently has filled my brain with many lathey thoughts.
Been trying to work out the viability of a completely DIY lathe based on the plenty kW IPM motor from a Denso ES27 aircon compressor vs just buying a chinesium 7x12 lathe and learning how to finish the ways properly.
If you've got the tooling to make a lathe from scratch, then you already have a lathe. Which makes you wonder how they made the first lathe. But there you go.
Everyone should have a lathe though. I've got a Chester DB10G. Cheap and cheerful, but does the job.
Watching lots of AvE, This Old Tony, Stefan Gotteswinter etc recently has filled my brain with many lathey thoughts.
Been trying to work out the viability of a completely DIY lathe based on the plenty kW IPM motor from a Denso ES27 aircon compressor vs just buying a chinesium 7x12 lathe and learning how to finish the ways properly.