Sometimes there is a need to urgently grind some small part, but there is no lathe in the workshop. In this case, you can use an alternative option - for example, do-it-yourself mini-lathe from a conventional electric drill.
The bed is made of a piece of channel. The length of the bed can be different (in this case, the author uses a piece of channel 240 mm long, 30 mm high and 50 mm wide). At the ends of the channel, two plugs are welded from a strip 5 mm thick (dimensions 30 * 50 mm).
As legs for the bed of a mini lathe, the author decided to use two blanks from the corner 75 * 75 mm. First you need to cut the shelves of the corner, giving the workpiece the desired shape.
Design Features of a Simple Mini Lathe
The headstock is made of two pieces of corner. The clamp itself is made of a piece of water pipe. A slot was made in it with a grinder, and two nuts were welded along the edges (and in one of them the master drilled a hole).
The tailstock of a mini lathe is welded from a metal strip 5 mm thick and segments of a corner. A nut for fixing is also welded here. An elongated nut is welded to the corner itself.
The screws for the longitudinal and transverse feeds are made of M14 studs. The tool holder is also made of two pieces of metal strip. For details on how to make a mini-lathe from an ordinary electric drill with your own hands, see the video on the website.
