New Lathe - Woodworking Talk

Burlkraft · 10-24-2006, 08:26 AM

I got to use my new lathe yesterday......

Big Dave · 10-24-2006, 03:31 PM

Now that's a lathe. What is the capacity/brand? Come on man don't leave us hanging.

Tom R · 10-24-2006, 05:49 PM

Wow, Burl!! 8'-plus or what??

YOU are SPOILED!!

Burlkraft · 10-24-2006, 11:16 PM

It's a LatheMizer...a toy...eerrrrr.....attachment for my new LT 28 WoodMizer sawmill. It comes standard at 8' and I got a section comin' to stretch her out to 12. This post I made was a red pine butt log that was too big to use for legs or railings. I was burning them because I couldn't use them, but now they are any size I want them. I can put up to a 16" log on there. The head is indexed and you saw it into an octagon. Then you fire up the lathe and take 1/16 on the cut scale per pass. the band blade acts like a chisel. I'm planning on doing a few more tomorrow and I'll get some better shots.

steg32168 · 10-30-2006, 05:54 PM

Man, I had to wipe down the front of my shirt !! That is just AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave

**joasis** · 10-30-2006, 09:46 PM

Very, very impressive!

JMIC · 10-31-2006, 06:33 PM

That is One Sweet Lathe!

Old Wrangler · 06-20-2007, 03:34 PM

What kind of pen kits do you use with that one?

Travis · 06-20-2007, 04:26 PM

Wow! That is one massive lathe. I've never seen anything like it.

Glenmore · 08-04-2007, 04:29 PM

That is the biggest lathe I've ever seen. I seen the model of saw mill but didn't know they had that attachment. Really neat.

johnep · 08-05-2007, 03:07 AM

Gee whiz, aint that a big one. watched discovery prog on modern sawmill and although you have not got laser centering, you can do what a mill costing half a million $ can do.

posts are always in demand and with your ability to give custom sizes should be a nice little earner.
johnep