Lathes

[Just]

Hi All

I'm thinking about getting a lathe for doing grips, reel seats etc.
Sherlines (the most frequently recommended) seem expensive in
Australia, so I'm interested in what everyone uses or if you use a
lathe at all.

Thanks
Just

[Blake Swadling]

I'm looking at the same thing at the moment. There are some hobby lathes that seem like they would do the job (mostly on evilbay). 7" throw and 12" length, with a 20mm bore diameter for those thicker sections

Cheers
Blake

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[Just]

Hi Blake

The Sieg machines of that size on ebay and elsewhere seem to represent
the best value for money. That's the kind of thing I'm looking at
too.

Cheers
Just

On Jan 16, 2:51 pm, Blake Swadling <bl...@indigocreek.com.au> wrote:
> I'm looking at the same thing at the moment. There are some hobby lathes
> that seem like they would do the job (mostly on evilbay). 7" throw and

> 12" length, with a 20mm bore diameter for those thicker sections :)

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> Cheers
> Blake
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> Mobile: +61 407 026 277
> Web:http://indigocreek.com.au
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> On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 19:23 -0800, Just wrote:
> > Hi All
>
> > I'm thinking about getting a lathe for doing grips, reel seats etc.
> > Sherlines (the most frequently recommended) seem expensive in
> > Australia, so I'm interested in what everyone uses or if you use a
> > lathe at all.
>
> > Thanks
> > Just
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[Blake Swadling]

Missed a good one the other day, $400 including stand and a heap of tools ...

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[daft wader]

Hey Blake

did you ever look into using the one at the men's shed in Queanbeyan.
You mentioned a while back that they had one that nobody really uses.

cheers

norm

On Jan 16, 8:37 pm, Blake Swadling <bl...@indigocreek.com.au> wrote:
> Missed a good one the other day, $400 including stand and a heap of tools ...
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[Blake Swadling]

They have a big  old one at Yass. I haven't pursued it yet but I should. Just means of can't play of an evening and I'd need a 4' high steady rest for the spinning rod sections

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[daft wader]

You would I guess if you use the lathe for ferruling the blanks. But
for grips, you can glue up your cork rings on a mandrel and use that
to shape the grip on the lathe.

[Thunderbolt]

Taig and Sherline make great little lathes capable of making precision
things like ferrules. for a bench mounted lathe the hole through the
headstock is not that critical for rod work as you can hold rod by the
butt in the chuck and hang your rod out to your right, steadies can be
built off your benchtop. The Chinese lathes in 7x12 will work but they
have their limitations with precision work but that is probably not a
real consideration for rod work. I have a chinese 9x20 that I'm always
swearing at but you learn to live with and compensate for it's
shortcomings. The alternatives are expensive so for what you want to
do the sherline or chicom lathes will work. I couldn't live without a
lathe after owning one

Cheers
Cliff

[Thunderbolt]

If it's a big old lathe with a long bed you could turn your rod around
and put the butt in the chuck. You would then use a 3 roller rest off
the bed just to the right of the cork grip and then a simple fixture
built off the bed to restrain any tip whip, pretty easy ;) you may be
able to use the tailstock for this. Depending on bed length you may
have to remove the tailstock to set up. You don't have a 3 roller
rest? Use the lathe to make one.

Cheers
Cliff

[Pat Sheridan]

Hi guys,

I’ve been thinking of getting one myself and have been looking at the Carbatec Economy Mini Lathe @ $269. I’m not looking to doing much more than rod work so I’m thinking this might be OK. Anybody know anything about them, other than what’s on the Carbatec site? They seem to get a good wrp on the Woodworkers forum.

I’ve read some stuff on the GMC lathes and I would stay away from them.

Pat

[Blake Swadling]

That's a wood  lathe pat, you may struggle to get the precision you are after if you are doing reel seats and ferrule stations

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[Pat Sheridan]

Sorry Blake, lost the logic here.  Reel seats are made of wood and really they are nothing more than big pen cases so not sure the need for a metal lathe.  The local woodturners use the carbatec ones and some other one to do their work (can’t remember the name).  I saw one bloke using one of these to do wine glasses for dolls houses, they were only a little bit thicker than a match when finished.  Yes he was very good, but he was only using a mini lathe.  I’m so used to doing stations on my leg, I’m not too worried about using a lathe in the short term.

Regards,

Pat

[Blake Swadling]

Sorry Pat, bit slow getting back.

 

I don’t feel you can get the precision you are after if turning down ferrule stations with tool held free hand. (we are talking within a thou or 2). Turning reel seats, or the but section of the rod to allow fitting of the seat … not an issue!  A slight taper when turning down the station and your ferrule will seat out of alignment. A simple 1 degree cock up equates to around 18mm offset on the tip for a 2pc 7’ rod, 2 degrees = 37mm, etc.

 

Using a metal lathe you can set it up so that the bit moves exactly parallel to the axis of the rod section. No problem J

 

Cheers

Blake

[Blake Swadling]

It is a big ole one, but as per my message to Pat I'm interested in turning
down the ferrule stations. Not sure how I can achieve that without running
it through the headstock :(

So far I can do all the other stuff with my itty bitty drill powered hobby
wood lathe

Cheers
Blake

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