Dedicated rotary axis

[SupraGuy (Dan)]

How about the LatheRider?

LatheRider Anyone?

Been mulling this over for quite a while now. A job popped up that this would be just the ticket for. I haven’t used my LowRider for about a year, it was replaced by a giant Onsrud. This is a 3/4 hp motor driving a belt to a pulley going through bearings to create a makeshift lathe. The lowrider is mounted lengthwise along the lathe axis. Using only the X axis and Z axis to move the router over the workpiece. Of course, since the lowrider hasn’t been fired up in months, it doesn’t work. The s…

It is based on the LR2, which is slightly dated, but has some advantages in centering the machine over the axis of rotation.