Mass production with the lathe attachment
I made this lathe not long after I got my bot I had a job to make chairs that had turned legs for a church my first real big job using the shopbot back in 2004.
It does not get used very often but it comes in handy for the occasional job.
I had to make 85 spindles for a 1908 house that is being restored the wood I used was eastern hemlock purchesed from the local sawmill and then dried in my kiln. Hemlock has great rot resistance but it tends to chip I found slowing the lathe to 200 rpm helped a lot normal speed on hardwoods has been 400.
The cutter was a 6mm solid carbide ballnose. The final details and sanding was done on the manual lathe.
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Originally Posted by cwshop
