Machinist chest I'm making and my bench

[dikman]

What's the little lathe on the left?

[Rossr]

7 minutes ago, dikman said:

What's the little lathe on the left?

That's a craftsman model 109.21270 1949.  I recently got it.  I dont know much about it bit they were sold as hobby lathes and at beat I suspect can do light cuts. But will be fun to play with I suspect 

[YinTx]

That my friend is not a machinist's chest.  That is a fine piece of art!  Most folks don't have something that nice to put their jewelry in, let alone some leather stamps!  That is fantastic!

YinTx

[Rossr]

6 hours ago, YinTx said:

That my friend is not a machinist's chest.  That is a fine piece of art!  Most folks don't have something that nice to put their jewelry in, let alone some leather stamps!  That is fantastic!

YinTx

Thank you sir.  

[Tugadude]

9 hours ago, Rossr said:

That's a craftsman model 109.21270 1949.  I recently got it.  I dont know much about it bit they were sold as hobby lathes and at beat I suspect can do light cuts. But will be fun to play with I suspect 

I'm thinking that you can use that lathe if you were ever to want to fashion your own ink pens.  Or handles for tools, awl hafts, etc.  Nothing too heavy.  As with everything, it probably is as much about the cutting tool as it is about the lathe.

[Rossr]

13 hours ago, Tugadude said:

I'm thinking that you can use that lathe if you were ever to want to fashion your own ink pens.  Or handles for tools, awl hafts, etc.  Nothing too heavy.  As with everything, it probably is as much about the cutting tool as it is about the lathe.

Oh I suspect there are lots.of small projects that could be done j have a bench top wood lathe too that will suit those needs as well.    I might have a tool.problem....nahhh

[Hardrada]

I'm interested in the tool rack. Did you make that one too?

I've been trying to make a not so fancy rack myself, but finding wood has been a nightmare. I was thinking of getting an 8x4 abour 12 inches long and just drill holes on it, but the hardware stores won't cut it and won't sell me anything less than the whole log.

[dikman]

That lathe should be quite useful. I have a "medium" sized metal lathe (I'm sometimes surprised how useful it is!) and bought one of those generic Chinese "mini" lathes off ebay. A small lathe is a very handy tool.

[Rossr]

14 hours ago, Hardrada said:

I'm interested in the tool rack. Did you make that one too?

I've been trying to make a not so fancy rack myself, but finding wood has been a nightmare. I was thinking of getting an 8x4 abour 12 inches long and just drill holes on it, but the hardware stores won't cut it and won't sell me anything less than the whole log.

I had gotten these racks with a buyout of tools but they were made by someone.  They used a basic 2x4 drilled holes through it.  The attached a 3/4 thick board to the bottom.    I did make the angled part they sit on.   Pretty simple.  You can obviously buy racks too 

A simple hand saw and a hand held drill and you could make these up . Not the prettiest thing but functional

 

[rodneywt1180b]

Beautiful job on the chest!