Print PDF
Favorite
Email
Step 14Attaching the headstock to the bed
You will need to find a way of attaching the headstock firmly to the lathe bed - and in such a way that the drive shaft lines up as close to perfectly parallel as possible (luckily as this is not going to be a metal lathe this is not quite so crucial - still very important though).
Two cross bracing pieces (one made of the white metal, the other a doubled up alu sheet) will bolt onto the bed's rails. Fairly straightforward: drill the holes, and bolt up (I tapped a thread in the bed's rails, but a bolt through with a nut would probably have been ok too).
I needed to make a hole in the front panel for the bed angles to fit through, I did this with small angle grinder and some filing.
Two cross bracing pieces (one made of the white metal, the other a doubled up alu sheet) will bolt onto the bed's rails. Fairly straightforward: drill the holes, and bolt up (I tapped a thread in the bed's rails, but a bolt through with a nut would probably have been ok too).
I needed to make a hole in the front panel for the bed angles to fit through, I did this with small angle grinder and some filing.
| « Previous Step | Download PDFView All Steps | Next Step » |
 |
Add Comment
|
