[WIP] Woodworking Lathe -- Late 1800's

tuna1957

Very cool ! Curious where you found dimension drawings of the various parts. It's pretty hit and miss when I try and find dimension drawings for cool old stuff online ( usually miss ). Looking forward to seeing it printed.

Dave R

Thank you. Old text books are good sources for this sort of stuff.

Bryan K

Cool project!

Dave R

Thank you Bryan.

A little more progress. Tailstock isn't finished yet and I need the hand wheel for the tool rest.

Lathe progress 2.png

L i am

I can feel the wieght of that piece it looks very authentic and believable

Dave R

Thank you Liam.

A little more progress this morning. Not happy with the back part of the tail stock casting. It needs work but I decided to leave it for awhile and think about it. On to other parts.

Dave R

Only a little more progress. Hand wheels, reworking the tail stock casting and a bunch of small parts left to do.
Lathe Xray.png

Mike Amos

Very nice indeed.

Bryan K

Looking great!

Dave R

Thank you.

Lathe has turned to the back burner but I did get handwheels and a few other parts modeled.

Bryan K

Nice!

Dave R

Thank you Bryan.

Thanks to Aaron and his live stream modeling, I found an engine to power it with. This one actually might be overkill for just a lathe, though.
Twin Cylinder Steam Engine.png

Bryan K

That looks cool.

Mike Amos

Very impressive engine.

railwaxking

Hello Dave,
i like your lathe and steam engine. The steam engine seams to be a little bit oversized for your lathe.
In former days they had spezial models to fit the needs of small workshops. Here an example hanging on a wall:

Dampfmaschiene (FILEminimizer) (2).jpg

I found the drawing some time ago in the internet and started a sketchup drawing. As you can see still wisp (work in slow Progress).
To build a live steam model you find a similar engine here:
http://dampfmodellbauer.de/webshop/product_info.php?products_id=74

geatings
Martin

railwaxking

Hello Dave,
today i founnd your steam engine at the 3d-warehouse. https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/fece5c92-7dd7-44fc-bd1e-7ae20f04a6b1/TWIN-CYLINDER-HORIZONTAL-STEAM-ENGINE
After some colour/material adjustments i made a quick twilight render.

TWIN+CYLINDER+HORIZONTAL+STEAM+ENGINE2a.jpg

I hope you like the result.

Greetings from Germany
Martin

Dave R

Looks like a good rendering. It isn't my model of the engine, though.must be one made by someone else.