Lathe Restoration And Improvements - Building A Quick Release Banjo

[@jonsworkshop]

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

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Yes, it is quite solid. I cant wait to get this machine going so that I can make something. Thanks for watching.

[@KravchenkoAudioPerth]

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

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Yes, use what you can and make it work. Thanks for watching.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday, very well thought out build and your almost at 3k subscribers, your channel is growing well mate, great job, cheers

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

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.

[@kevinwatts73]

Another great video, JP. Very interesting to watch.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks Kevin.

[@afterthemouse]

Always interesting to see your prosses and OoOs

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks for watching.

[@Preso58]

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.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

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.

[@kevinsmith1976]

Great job, hope you don't mind if I copy it as I've wanted to build one of these for years.👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

No problem go ahead.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

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.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

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.

[@azarellediaz4892]

@@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.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

@@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.

[@joell439]

👍👍😎👍👍

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Thanks.