capt jake Posted February 22, 2003 Author Posted February 22, 2003 Oh, I forgot, the radius on the outside I did on a router table, very carefully!!!! Quote
Bill Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 I like the drill press idea... never thought of it! Good excuse to go and buy a drill press and do a few verticle lathe operations. I wanted to pick one up sometime anyway so I could set it up for mortising... Thanks for the info and ideas... Bill Quote
capt jake Posted February 22, 2003 Author Posted February 22, 2003 Bill, when you go to buy lathe tools, do not buy hte cheapies!! II can say from personal experience, they are a waste of money. The good ones appear to be much more expensive, and they are, but they will pay for themselves very quickly. Less headaches and hassles. When the time comes, give me a shout, I can help direct you to a good source and decent tools for what you might need. I have well over $800 invested in lathe tooling alone. :shock: Yaeh, too much! :shock: Quote
Arnie Eaton Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Jake, would you please post your measurements of your dead eyes? They look great and will add much to your boat. I have some ash which is 1.5" thick and I'm thinking 3" in dia. which I can cut with a hole bit. Any bigger and I will have to do the job on my lathe. Might actualy be easier on my drill press, much simpler to mount then the lathe. Quote
capt jake Posted February 23, 2003 Author Posted February 23, 2003 Mine are 1 5/8" thick and 2 7/8" diameter. They started out at 3" but after trueing them up they lost a bit. Mine are scrap Zebrawood that I laminated together. Ash would be much better. I actually chucked 4 at a time on a long bolt onto the lathe, but the press is handy. Especailly now that I have a broken tool rest and broken tail piece on the lathe. Quote
Tim Diebert Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 "now that I have a broken tool rest and broken tail piece on the lathe." So let me get this straight....you bought $800 worth of lathe tools...and $175 lathe? Quote
capt jake Posted February 23, 2003 Author Posted February 23, 2003 Lathe cost a little more than that!! Gouges and scrapers (good ones) are very expensive. I have one scraper that cost over $90! Now for a decent 4 jaw chuck?? The start at about $200 with no accessories. :roll: Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 Jake they look fantastic. Are the measurements off the original drawings of the Stevensons from the original Weekender? Quote
capt jake Posted February 25, 2003 Author Posted February 25, 2003 No, the measurements were a comprimise of different measurements given to me by you folks. :) Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.