Project Idea...

[Michael Kessler]

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.

-Kessler

[James Gregson]

Interesting idea, but seems like a recipe for getting dumped to me.

[Chris Cudahy]

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.

C

[Stevemopolis]

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)

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[John Craver]

Mini milling machine, perhaps?

[loial...@gmail.com]

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.

[James Gregson]

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.

[John Craver]

Right, I need to bring my Foredom back.  I had to borrow it back a few weeks ago for  a personal project. 

 

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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.