Comment on Little weapons

• litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Thank you for the kind words! All of the tools I used were things that were laying around. I’m marginally better at woodworking than metalworking, so that’s why the jig holding the bar was all wood.

  I did think about attaching the motor from a disused drill press to spin the bar, but that seemed like it would invite all manner of complexity.

  Lathe is in my future, but I kinda want a CNC first. But a CNC + lathe would be god-tier.

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  • MacAnus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well I am a woodworker myself and I gotta say that bench looks clean af, nice job!

    I also think about that sort of things every time I need a lathe and have tried repurposing old motors, but i haven’t yet made a semi decent one.

    I feel you, I crave so many tools…

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    • litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well, since I’ve already linked to two of my not-quite-a-lathe projects, I might as well link to the one which started it all: sh.itjust.works/post/16087080

      This one does have a motor, but not a conventional one at all. And this only worked because the thing I’m turning would need a center hole drilled through anyway.

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      • MacAnus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Woaw now that’s a nice jig I’m going to keep in mind for later use!

        I love the multitude of solutions people can think of to get to their goals.

        Props on making your own stuff!

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