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12-29-2003, 08:01 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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My home made lathe
Not sure if I ever showed this before. This is what I've been working with since I started a month ago!
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Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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12-29-2003, 08:02 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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my hole under the house
Where ALL the magic happens  Sad huh? |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
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12-29-2003, 08:07 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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closer
It's cobbled from a fan motor and other "parts". The spur center is also homemade and the live center is ball bearing. Next to the on/off is the variable speed dial........hi tech all the way.  |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
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12-29-2003, 08:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,557
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Hey if it works....
Sometimes going out and buying something is a cop out.
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12-29-2003, 09:31 PM
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Authoritaah
Join Date: May 2003
Location: attleboro MA
Posts: 574
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necessity is the mother of all invention
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Is it good, or is it Sofa King good?
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12-29-2003, 10:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Kentucky
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Pretty impressive! Obviously works quite well too. Is that a pikie on your lathe, or are you just  to see us 
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12-29-2003, 10:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Damn, you're Mcguyver! Great job !
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12-30-2003, 01:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
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Excellent, not what I pictured at all  |
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12-30-2003, 01:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Edison,NJ USA
Posts: 362
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...Now show us more pics of your Van Penn mod reel... |
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12-30-2003, 11:35 AM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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Talked me into it
You like Chummy...aye?
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Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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12-30-2003, 11:40 AM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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I'll be honest.....
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Originally posted by Eben
Hey if it works....
Sometimes going out and buying something is a cop out.
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It works but is limited. I will save and buy a real lathe soon and use this on the side. Can't have too many. It takes me about 20 min. to hog down a 2x2 cedar in to pikie shape! My Brother in Arizona hooked me up with "Real" carving tools for Christmas. I was working with pencil sized tools up until then. The lathe was originally built by my Grandfather 15 or so years ago for turning out spindles for furniture. I made some minor changes to suit my needs. |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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01-06-2004, 08:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
Posts: 4,949
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nice reel How bout I send u a cup to a 706.
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01-06-2004, 07:56 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Whoa! That Van Penn is the nutz! How'd ya do it?
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01-06-2004, 08:12 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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Van Penn
I started out just drillin holes to let the sand wash out. One thing led to another. I have considered doing a few in 704 and 706 sizes and selling them. Only cost about $20 new. I could do them and have them powder coated (any color..."think gold"!) and resell for under $40.
All done by hand (a steady one!) with a drill and cut off wheel.
What ya don't see in the pics are the extras. There is a grease fitting under the pinion gear and a screw just behind the reel stem that you remove before pumping in the light grease (releases the pressure so ya don't blow it out the plastic sideplate..CRACK!). The side plate is lightly sealed as is the rotor nut. It's no VS but it works for a redneck plugger like me!
Last edited by Surfster; 01-06-2004 at 08:17 PM..
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Hank
LIBBA 1838
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01-06-2004, 08:36 PM
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Authoritaah
Join Date: May 2003
Location: attleboro MA
Posts: 574
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surfster, you smell like a fabricator/metalworker
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Is it good, or is it Sofa King good?
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01-07-2004, 10:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Edison,NJ USA
Posts: 362
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....Chummy like! Chummy like it alot! |
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01-08-2004, 04:10 PM
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REDNECK Plugger
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East end L.I.
Posts: 309
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Quote:
Originally posted by blackeye
surfster, you smell like a fabricator/metalworker
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I was a machinist before the industry left the island and there was no money in it. Right now I'm just a fleet mechanic who likes to think and "do things" with me hands. I love to think , too bad it hurts sometimes!  |
Hank
LIBBA 1838
MSA 905
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