Lathe Restoration And Improvements - Building A Quick Release Banjo
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- In this video I build a quick release banjo for the woodturning lathe. A banjo holds the different types of tool rests that you use when turning. It also allows you to move and position the tool rest in the correct position.
Older banjos are held, or clamped in position by tightening a bolt or nut. This can be tedious and time consuming because you need to reposition the banjo often when turning. This banjo has been designed with a quick lock and release system.
Another great video, JP. Very interesting to watch.
Thanks Kevin.
Great job Jon. Wow, that was heavy duty, I reckon you could attack a tree trunk with an axe resting on that without it protesting 🤣, and in that statement I have exhausted my knowledge of wood bothering lol. Cheers, Jon
Yes, it is quite solid. I cant wait to get this machine going so that I can make something. Thanks for watching.
Gday, very well thought out build and your almost at 3k subscribers, your channel is growing well mate, great job, cheers
Thanks Matty.
I see that I have reached 3,001 subscribers in the analytics this morning, so I have finally got to that milestone. Its been fun to do over the last 16 months. I have plenty more ideas and projects to do so there will be move videos coming.
Thanks for watching.
A very useful addition to your lathe. I worked with a lathe that has a similar tool support. It was a U shape from square tubing. Used exactly the same cam idea that you did. The bottom of the square tubing was cut off and you had a nice quick setup. You use what you have right!
Mark
Yes, use what you can and make it work. Thanks for watching.
Always interesting to see your prosses and OoOs
Thanks for watching.
That's a good upgrade. I will do something like that for my old Hyco lathe. I recall seeing a lathe that had a single locking handle that locked the banjo and the toolrest at the same time. It may have been a Record lathe? I always wondered how it worked. It may have had two eccentric cams on a common shaft.
Thanks Mark. I have not seen one that locks both the tool rest and the banjo, but I think you are right that it would work off of a common shaft.
Great job, hope you don't mind if I copy it as I've wanted to build one of these for years.👍
No problem go ahead.
I like the concept but you lose turning capacity for larger diameter wood turning projects. You may want to rebuild that second one that came with the latch with a simple T-nut in the event you do some bowl turning. My crappy old Sears Craftsman lathe has a pipe instead of two ways like yours and the cast banjo tightens with a bolt so the function of yours is very attractive to me.
Thanks for your comments. This lathe has a very small swing and the banjo is quite long. I will be able to use the banjo from the side without it being directly under the work so I should be able to the maximum piece in the lathe and turn it.
@@thehobbymachinistnz although I can image your thought process, and I think that really won’t do for you. If you are turning anything over 150mm you will not be able to reach the other end of the project with a stable setup. The only possible way to reach would be an extremely long tool-rest but at that distance the turning forces would cause flexing, bringing your tool lower below center the farther you go from the banjo.
@@azarellediaz4892 Yes, you are right. The spindle height is quite small so trying to turn bowls is problematic with the new banjo. I have actually purchased a new lathe which can turn large bowls, and the head also rotates so I can turn large platters as well. I will likely keep this lathe for spindle work.
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Thanks.