While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case
anyone wanted to try it out.
I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe" does
not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port thinking
"there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make dremel-esque
devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case
> anyone wanted to try it out.
> I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe"
> does not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port
> thinking "there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make
> dremel-esque devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
> Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
> motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who does most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for ages. A lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical since the attachment point is fairly low rpm. Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment for my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
James Gregson <james.greg...@gmail.com> wrote: >Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
>On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case anyone wanted to try it out.
>I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe" does not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port thinking "there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make dremel-esque devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
>Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong, motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
A motor salvaged from a KitchenAid mixer would likely make a great motor
for a Taig or Sherline lathe or mill. Probably not so much for a full size
lathe, though.
Using a KitchenAid with some sort of lathe attachment would not be ideal
for wood as the rpm is too low due to the gearing.
A somewhat decent mini wood lathe can be had for less than the cost of a
KitchenAide mixer and comes with all the turning accessories you would need.
Steve (woodturner)
Sent from my 'droid tablet.
On Nov 3, 2012 10:00 PM, "Chris Cudahy" <ccud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who does
> most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for ages. A
> lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical since the
> attachment point is fairly low rpm.
> Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment
> for my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
> Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in
>> case anyone wanted to try it out.
>> I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe"
>> does not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port
>> thinking "there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make
>> dremel-esque devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
>> Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
>> motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
From: vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca [mailto:vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca]
On Behalf Of Stevemopolis
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 9:10 PM
To: vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca
Subject: Re: Project Idea...
A motor salvaged from a KitchenAid mixer would likely make a great motor for
a Taig or Sherline lathe or mill. Probably not so much for a full size
lathe, though.
Using a KitchenAid with some sort of lathe attachment would not be ideal for
wood as the rpm is too low due to the gearing.
A somewhat decent mini wood lathe can be had for less than the cost of a
KitchenAide mixer and comes with all the turning accessories you would need.
Steve (woodturner)
Sent from my 'droid tablet.
On Nov 3, 2012 10:00 PM, "Chris Cudahy" <ccud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who does
most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for ages. A
lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical since the
attachment point is fairly low rpm.
Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment for
my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com> wrote:
While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case
anyone wanted to try it out.
I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe" does
not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port thinking
"there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make dremel-esque
devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
A champion juicer would make a better starting point except it doesnt have speed control... Then again a champion juicer is just a huge AC motor in a nice case.
On 12-11-03 10:10 PM Stevemopolis wrote:
A motor salvaged from a KitchenAid mixer would likely make a great motor for a Taig or Sherline lathe or mill. Probably not so much for a full size lathe, though.
Using a KitchenAid with some sort of lathe attachment would not be ideal for wood as the rpm is too low due to the gearing.
A somewhat decent mini wood lathe can be had for less than the cost of a KitchenAide mixer and comes with all the turning accessories you would need.
Steve (woodturner)
Sent from my 'droid tablet.
On Nov 3, 2012 10:00 PM, "Chris Cudahy" <ccud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who does most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for ages. A lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical since the attachment point is fairly low rpm.
Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment for my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com> wrote:
While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case anyone wanted to try it out.
I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe" does not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port thinking "there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make dremel-esque devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong, motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
There were no assumptions in that statement. My actual girlfriend would
actually be quite mad if I started using her actual Kitchenaid for shop
work.
For 80-250$, 1/8-1/4 HP high AC motors can be had in the form of jeweler's
handpiece motors. These will do up to 20k rpm and come with a flex-shaft +
collet chuck plus a (presumably hackable) speed control pedal. Rather
than start gutting things that cost the same with fewer features, I'd just
use one of these. In fact we have/had one in the space, hanging up near
the CNC, although I don't know whose it is.
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:54 AM, <loialot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A champion juicer would make a better starting point except it doesnt have
> speed control... Then again a champion juicer is just a huge AC motor in a
> nice case.
> On 12-11-03 10:10 PM Stevemopolis wrote:
> A motor salvaged from a KitchenAid mixer would likely make a great motor
> for a Taig or Sherline lathe or mill. Probably not so much for a full size
> lathe, though.
> Using a KitchenAid with some sort of lathe attachment would not be ideal
> for wood as the rpm is too low due to the gearing.
> A somewhat decent mini wood lathe can be had for less than the cost of a
> KitchenAide mixer and comes with all the turning accessories you would need.
> Steve (woodturner)
> Sent from my 'droid tablet.
> On Nov 3, 2012 10:00 PM, "Chris Cudahy" <ccud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who
>> does most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for
>> ages. A lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical
>> since the attachment point is fairly low rpm.
>> Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment
>> for my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
>> Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
>> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in
>>> case anyone wanted to try it out.
>>> I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe"
>>> does not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port
>>> thinking "there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make
>>> dremel-esque devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
>>> Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
>>> motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
Right, I need to bring my Foredom back. I had to borrow it back a few weeks
ago for a personal project.
From: vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca [mailto:vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca]
On Behalf Of James Gregson
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 7:10 AM
To: vhs-gene...@lists.hackspace.ca
Subject: Re: Project Idea...
There were no assumptions in that statement. My actual girlfriend would
actually be quite mad if I started using her actual Kitchenaid for shop
work.
For 80-250$, 1/8-1/4 HP high AC motors can be had in the form of jeweler's
handpiece motors. These will do up to 20k rpm and come with a flex-shaft +
collet chuck plus a (presumably hackable) speed control pedal. Rather than
start gutting things that cost the same with fewer features, I'd just use
one of these. In fact we have/had one in the space, hanging up near the
CNC, although I don't know whose it is.
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:54 AM, <loialot...@gmail.com> wrote:
A champion juicer would make a better starting point except it doesnt have
speed control... Then again a champion juicer is just a huge AC motor in a
nice case.
On 12-11-03 10:10 PM Stevemopolis wrote:
A motor salvaged from a KitchenAid mixer would likely make a great motor for
a Taig or Sherline lathe or mill. Probably not so much for a full size
lathe, though.
Using a KitchenAid with some sort of lathe attachment would not be ideal for
wood as the rpm is too low due to the gearing.
A somewhat decent mini wood lathe can be had for less than the cost of a
KitchenAide mixer and comes with all the turning accessories you would need.
Steve (woodturner)
Sent from my 'droid tablet.
On Nov 3, 2012 10:00 PM, "Chris Cudahy" <ccud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
There are a bunch of assumptions in that statement! As the person who does
most of the baking in the house I've been eyeing a kitchen aid for ages. A
lathe attachment sounds amusing, though perhaps not too practical since the
attachment point is fairly low rpm.
Of course this has now got me thinking of a R8 taper blender attachment for
my cnc bench mill. A seductively bad idea.
Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Michael Kessler <mikep...@gmail.com> wrote:
While I admit this isn't my best idea, I thought I'd pass it along in case
anyone wanted to try it out.
I came to my attention that the google search: "kitchenaid wood lathe" does
not return anything useful. I was looking at the attachment port thinking
"there's one hell of a motor in there, someone could make dremel-esque
devices or even a wood lathe attachment."
Imagine a kitchenaid being a staple in a woodshop. Its a good, strong,
motor, well built, and the attachment socket is prime for hacking.
