johnnydb Report post Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 7:49 AM, chuck123wapati said: Thank you, I hear that! I think its human nature to want to create. I come from a family that has always made /built /created in some form. Mom an excellent seamstress, dad a mechanic always with more time than money lol always enforced our creative nature. i cant afford a quality built one and wont buy a chinamo brand piece of junk that i would have to re build anyway lol. A lathe and mill would be friggin awesome!!!!!!! See, now the electrician in me wants to add gears and a motor to your skiver and make it do all the work of putting the leather through the blade.... But then that means I have to go through the complicated math for designing, cutting and mounting gears (keyways and etc)so I get the speed correct....for the appropriate torque needed to do it well. Because I'm definitely lazy just like you...ha ha ha. I'm thinking that a one horse DC motor and.... However....if you watch and look around there's a bunch of very old lathes and verticle mills (in great shape) that can be had for very little $ but they are going to require some heavy lifting, Rigging, installation, and hauling...which usually is the larger expense in these things. If you have room in a workshop.. I'm thinking that my house needs to be around 1200 square feet but my workshop needs at least 4000 Sq feet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted July 14, 2022 48 minutes ago, johnnydb said: See, now the electrician in me wants to add gears and a motor to your skiver and make it do all the work of putting the leather through the blade.... But then that means I have to go through the complicated math for designing, cutting and mounting gears (keyways and etc)so I get the speed correct....for the appropriate torque needed to do it well. Because I'm definitely lazy just like you...ha ha ha. I'm thinking that a one horse DC motor and.... However....if you watch and look around there's a bunch of very old lathes and verticle mills (in great shape) that can be had for very little $ but they are going to require some heavy lifting, Rigging, installation, and hauling...which usually is the larger expense in these things. If you have room in a workshop.. I'm thinking that my house needs to be around 1200 square feet but my workshop needs at least 4000 Sq feet. Thats why i haven't trimmed the main roller shaft yet lol. was actually thinking about a hand crank. it would be easy to power it I have a one stall garage lol, i spend most of my time moving the few tools i have back and forth lol, wood working, knife making, welding and auto repair take turns. I'm afraid at my age a lathe and mill are just dreams for me, but i can do some small stuff on my wood lathe, made ferules out of 45 shells the other day for some hand tools. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnydb Report post Posted July 14, 2022 56 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: Thats why i haven't trimmed the main roller shaft yet lol. was actually thinking about a hand crank. it would be easy to power it I have a one stall garage lol, i spend most of my time moving the few tools i have back and forth lol, wood working, knife making, welding and auto repair take turns. I'm afraid at my age a lathe and mill are just dreams for me, but i can do some small stuff on my wood lathe, made ferules out of 45 shells the other day for some hand tools. A bunch of decent tabletop CNC mills are getting to be within budget too.... Just saying.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
