Roby's First LAthe Project

[Roby]

I finally got the system set up the way I want, so now I can play.  Be nice!!!! This is my very first project, and hopefully a prototype for a new puzzlebox. 

Chinney, I could not have done it without pics of your threading method, but notice that I have altered it and do my exterior threads perpendicular to the thread cut.  I just could not get a long enough drimmel bit to put threads down an entire 6" project the traditional way.  The inside threads I did the traditional way.

Notice on the finished project that the lid will not move because the bolt holds it firm to the box with the threads.  However, if you twist the bolt down the project a place where the threads are sheered off of the main box but are still left on the lid, then the bolt turns without moving down the box, but the lid will start moving open. 

I picture having 2 of these bolts on the outside with wooden gears between them, so when you turn one bolt, the other will rotate as long as they are close enough to connect.   

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[Roby]

More pics of the way I make side threads.

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[Roby]

And the finished product - or at least a working model to build upon.

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[Canuck]

Very nice...you're well on your way!!!!

[Trooper]

Very nice.  I can see that the disease 'latheitis is starting to take hold. 

Perhaps you could incorporate that technique when making the handle (and the front part) for a 'certain' puzzlebox..........Yeah, you know which one!!!!!!!!!!

[Arc Light]

Amazing concept!!! Seriously, how in the world do you come up with all these fantastic ideas!  You have a gift!  Now me thinks my table saw has to go to fit a Lathe in the garage 

[Chinnomotto]

O My God, most people make a bowl or a ball for their first project

I actaully saw that box in my mind when you described it to me, eeek

To see the proto, that speaks a thousand words

Well done, ingenius threading method, thats ground breaking

Maybe a beehive shell housing the rings, with honey bees inside the box

Easily done on the lathe, just a thought.

Amazing

[Roby]

Now me thinks my table saw has to go to fit a Lathe in the garage 

Sorry there, I meant to comment on your new table saw set up, but it was posted while I was finishing up the last of my puzzles and did not have time for the forum.  When I got back, the thread had slowed down, but it is wonderful that you now have a saw and a small corner of your home (allowed by the wife) to play around it.  It will bring you endless pleasure. 

The lathe is great fun, but you can do what I have done by simply gluing a project onto one of your table saw blades.     

[Roby]

Chinney, you don't say "Oh My God".  Remember to play the part.  You say, "Oh My Myself".

See, you guys have taken me over to the dark side, but I have had my affect on you as well.  Chinney, if you were able to picture this puzzle in your mind from my simple description last week, then I have already started to affect your mind.  (I'm in there man - messing with stuff and rewireing the way you think).  Nobody can ever understand what I am talkng about from a description, except now perhaps for Chinney.

[Canuck]

Well...thankfully you haven't infiltrated my brain cells...thank God, ummm I mean 'thank goodness' 

Chinny, 'resistance is futile'....soon you will be one with the 'borg' 

[Roby]

When it comes to "who" effected "who", (proper English for those cultures who can't afford to buy Queens proper English word "whom"), then it is really you guys who have planted a seed in my mind and have warped my way of thinking.  Honestly John, did you ever expect to see me with an actual lathe project in my hands. 

[Canuck]

NO!!!  Now this is for all other puzzlebox craftsmen:  BE VERY AFRAID OF THE STICKMAN!!!

Roby you now have a full complement in your arsenal!

[Roby]

I still am missing a jointer.

[Canuck]

Jointer???  That piece of machinery is for 'rookies', you don't need no 'jointer' 

Believe it or not, I just sold mine...took up way too much floor space in my workshop! 

[Roby]

I agree.  The man who shall not be named has told me to get one for years now.  Never had a need for one.  A perfectly alligned table saw and plainer will do the same thing, all while makeing other necessary cuts in the process.  So I guess I do have it all now.  I've come a long way from sanding, lathing, and plaining on the widow maker (radial arm saw) and drilling holes with a hand drill.  And yes, I did all of those things on this one piece of equipment for years.