CNC Wood Lathe

Upgrading a milling machine by adding a lathe axis.

This section is fully dedicated to building a wood lathe.

Components:

• Headstock and tailstock from STD-120 lathe
• Profiled steel tube and angle iron
• 0.75 kW electric motor
• A handful of bolts

Frame Fabrication

February 14, 2018 – Cutting tubes and angle iron

February 15, 2018 – Welding

February 17, 2018 – Milling

I spent the evening leveling the guides, milling quietly :)
Here’s what came out:

After milling, the headstocks fit perfectly into place.

February 19, 2018 – Frame installation

Marked the subframe and drilled mounting holes, then set the frame in place.

February 20, 2018 – Replacing bearings in the front headstock and making the tailstock clamp

Looking for suitable hardware, I found an old plate and a piece of metal rod, and made a support from the profile tube so that the clamp wouldn’t rotate while fixing the headstock.

February 22, 2018 – Tailstock quill

Preparing drawings for the quill combined with a revolving center for the tailstock.

March 5, 2018 – Motor installation and first startup

March 12, 2018 – Installing the quill and first test run with wood

Woodturning foot video

“How this CNC machine was created is described in the article: Second Homemade CNC Router.