03 February 2008
Philadelphia Woodturners Review our Prototype
Yesterday, we got a chance to have the Philadelphia
Woodturning Center review our prototype lathe. Albert
and Tina LeCoff and David Bender (Bender) spent over
an hour reviewing each of the components, looking for
weak spots, giving advice and generally being very
excited about our project. Overall, it went very well
-- I'll post a more updated version of their ideas a
little later, but to celebrate, Josh, Dave, and I
rewarded ourselves with some yummy burritos.
Prototype Lathe
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A final modification to our prototype lathe
(reinforcing the headstock with thicker bolts) will
lead us into our testing phase. This coupled with our
metrics will provide us a detailed parts list which
can be used to create safe and reliable lathes
anywhere our manual is distributed. More photos to
come!
Metrics pt. 1
04/02/08 20:26 |
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Currently, we're working on our part metrics to
quantify each of the critical parts to ensure that we
create a safe lathe. Priorities include the
headstock, drive shaft, tailstock and base. Each of
these will be broken down and material specifications
will be created.
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