What you need to make a metal lathe in your home workshop - a piece of channel, a pair of angles, profile pipes, electric motor, lathe chuck, wide thrust bearing, drive pulleys. And from the tool, it is an angle grinder, drill or drilling machine, files and welding machine, and most importantly a great desire to do something with your own hands.
What did I do?
Almost all components of the lathe were found at the acceptance of scrap metal. I took a 200x75 mm channel as the basis of the machine, welded four legs to it, made spacers. Then welded fasteners for electric three-phase motor. Then, with smaller channels of 140 mm, I fastened the racks for the front headstock. I try to make everything collapsible, and fully welded. Then with the help of bolts and nuts fastened the thrust bearing of the front headstock. And to it a faceplate and a turning cartridge with a diameter of 125 mm. There were already two pulleys on the thrust bearing. I will also need to buy a drive belt, about 1305 mm long. The first part of the work is almost completed. Everything turned out to be much more complicated than I thought before starting work, as it almost always happens when you do something for the first time. The next stage will be the most difficult, I think, namely the design of longitudinal and transverse feeds. There are ideas, but their implementation will not be easy, but as you set out, you need to bring the case to an end.
Not 1K62, tv-4, izh250.
The self-made lathe on metal is made of scrap metal. How to make a lathe on metal. Look what I found at the metal reception.

In this video you can see the following things that I did myself:
Tap holder -    • Cutter Holder   this device should be...  
Trolley for welding machine -    • Welding Cart and Table for the drilli...  
Small metalwork vices -    • Small metalwork vices, Mini Drill DIY...  
Workbench table -    • Building a table for workshop, part 1...  
The lamp is made of gear -    • Art LED lamp made from old rusty gear...  
Belt grinder made of angle grinder -    • Belt grinder converted from bench gri...  


PS. There is a lot of milling machine for metal, but this is another level :). Thank you for viewing.

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