10-16-2013, 07:05 AM
(10-16-2013, 06:54 AM)PixMan Wrote: Ed,
That's a pretty tool, but it's overkill. There is no need for all that gearing, and in my opinion it just weakens the overall mass of the tool that is so important to smooth cutting action.
You might be right Ken, but that's the only one I've found plans for and I certainly don't have the skills to design one of my own. It would likely be rigid enough for my 14x40 hobby lathe, but then I don't know that for a fact.
Ed