Pushing the limit of my 7 x 10

[wam]

I needed to make some dies for a 3 roll bender I am building. I though hey...I have a lathe no problem.... The dies have a 4" diameter and are 2 1/2" thick. I had to purchase a 5" chuck from LMS to turn these bad boys. I also had to remove some of the cross slide pieces and make a new tool post mount.

[Simon C]

Those pullys look real nice. are all three of them driven or just the top middle one? any pics of the back?

[wam]

The out side dies are driven by a 1/2 HP motor that goes through a 128:1 reducer then is chain driven through a massive #80 chain on that is connected to a 1 1/2" shaft. And yes...the keyways on the dies were tough to cut.

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[wam]

I thought it would be nice to show you the lathe with the 5" chuck installed

[Simon C]

Looks like a pea on a drum, or mabe a drum on a pea Its amazing what thease little lathes are realy capable of.

[H.A.S.]

Sweet machine! Nice job on your fabrication work, also.