Homemade metal lathe.

**Es Welding** · Sep 7, 2019, 07:04 AM

Hello my name is Elias and i have built a metal lathe. This project took very long time to make but is finally done.
This was note easy to make. This metal lathe is available on Youtube. Es Welding.

more info on Youtube.

Link

**DIYSwede** · Sep 7, 2019, 08:55 AM

-Yikes, man! Great first project and welcome aboard HMT!
Clever use of a chain and sprocket "leadscrew"!
Feel free to add info on the machine and your method for producing it!

BTW: Are you a fellow electrician, per chance?
Not many here at the forum feel comfy about hooking up 400VAC 3-phase like that.

Keep up the good work and Good Luck, Elias!
Cheers, Johan

**Altair** · Sep 8, 2019, 11:31 AM

Thanks Es Welding! We've added your Metal Lathe to our Lathes category,
as well as to your builder page: Es Welding's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Metal Lathe by Es Welding

tags: lathe

**wizard69** · Sep 9, 2019, 09:55 PM

Great video!

This pretty much proves that a DIY machine can indeed work. Further this is a great alternative to the popular Gingery approach to DIY lathes.

**skypilot** · Sep 10, 2019, 06:48 AM

Nicely done I would be intersted to know how you controlled or compensated for warpage that inevitably comes from arc welding. thanks for sharing.

Steve

**Jon** · Sep 13, 2019, 03:44 PM

Congratulations Es Welding - your Lathe is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Good win, on your very first post on this forum! This was a difficult week to win, but fortunately this is a serious lathe.

Some more nice builds from this week:

Leadscrew Protectors by Stevohdee
Electro-Chemical Etching Machine by JKeetonKnives
Belt Grinder by TomBuilder
Quarter Window Tool by ranald
Belt Grinder by Zengineer
Stop Block by Christofix
Flexible Shaft Extension by Kwandotechnic
Drum Sander by RCTURKA
Hammers by Dr.Al
Bandsaw Mill by tecnopufi
Grinder and Sander Stand by Crusty
Woodturning Lathe by Mazay
Model Boat Vise by Dr.Al
Hand Punch Press by Marsh
Fly Cutter by celsoari
Access Cover Lifter by rgsparber
Foot Switch by Dr.Al

Es Welding - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:

You'll be receiving a $25 online gift card, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and award choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

Nice work!

**Dav_Daddy** · Sep 14, 2019, 04:07 PM

Nice! I homemade an Yeoman's Lathe myself. I like it, it works well enough when it does work. My problem is the thing is constantly breaking in some fashion or another. It drives me nuts! I'll get a few hours of perfect operation then something will break. I'll patch it up and get another day or three out of it until something major breaks and takes it out of commission for a while.

You'll have to report back in a few months and let us know how reliable it has turned out. Knowing what I know now I would have gone and sweet talked someone at a local scrap yard to let me know when an old discarded metal lathe came in I could buy on the cheap.