Lathe

 

March 4 2004 I start my Lathe

 

 

I am a signmaker by day so I have lots of different materials laying about so I chose 6mm pvc (Sintra) to
build my model from

 

 

my tools for world domination include this small drill press my wife gave me for christmas '03
and this scrollsaw she got for my birthday a couple of years ago.

 

 

I used a utility knife and straightedge to cut the pvc and mounted a sanding drum to my drill press to sand the edges
prior to glueing.

 

 

here is the finished model of the base that the ways will rest on

 

 

 

here I used spot putty to create fillets (rounded the inside corners) just needs a little sanding and I'll be ready to cast
after building a molding box.

 

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