[video=youtube;UvCB3_KtSz0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCB3_KtSz0[/video]
So satisfying to watch
Lathe work is my absolute favorite.
I really want to make one now
[editline]3rd November 2015[/editline]
Except I don't have a lathe
or raw materials
or skills to use a lathe
[QUOTE=DeadCow;49045020]I really want to make one now
[editline]3rd November 2015[/editline]
Except I don't have a lathe
or raw materials
or skills to use a lathe[/QUOTE]
Simple, just substitute a paper towel tube, a bicycle pump handle and seal liberally with duct tape.
The principle is the same however you will need to use lighter fluid and something to create a spark. For this a bic lighter and a rubberband will do the trick. Place the activated lighter into the tube, soak the handle in lighter fluid and than chuck it hard into the paper towel tube.
Fire should result.
[QUOTE=DeadCow;49045020]I really want to make one now
[editline]3rd November 2015[/editline]
Except I don't have a lathe
or raw materials
or skills to use a lathe[/QUOTE]
home depot and lowes both sell aluminum tube and bar stock right next to the nuts and bolts. buy a tube and bar stock that fits inside the tube snugly, hacksaw a chunk of bar stock off and plug one end of the tube with it, jb weld the plug in place so it doesn't just pop out, cut a groove for an o-ring into the bar stock and you're done. easy way to cut a groove for an o-ring is to put your drill in a vise, put the bar stock into the drill chuck, and run a file where you want the groove.
[editline]4th November 2015[/editline]
there's no such thing as "I don't have the tools", just "I don't have the creativity."
modern machining tools have only been around for about 150 years, but we've been working metal for many thousands of years. it had to get done somehow for those 10,000 or so years.
More machining porn
[video=youtube;v4jwVdFsoGo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4jwVdFsoGo[/video]
mmmm cnc
[video=youtube;8wpzhcVh5wM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wpzhcVh5wM[/video]
[sp]I'm sad that my dad is selling off his machine shop because he can't maintain it on his own and he can't hire anyone[/sp] :frown:
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