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0:00 intro

1:12 build

4:30 concrete time BAYBEEE

6:01 ready to use

9:58 thoughts My name is Chris, I am a 3D printing hobbyist from australia. I dont really specialise in anything specific, but 3D printed tools and tabletop accessories are some things youll probably seen quiet often. I do all my 3d printing on a Ender 3, which I highly recommend as a budget printer. Currently I only run 1 printer but I hope to expand that in the future. Recently acquired a photon 0 to do resin printing with. I like to share all my 3D printing ideas for free although I do plan to sell stuff in the future. Most of my projects will be mostly 3D printed with a few non printed components included, these can often be found on ebay. I actually use the cheapest filament I can get for all my projects, again I hope to change this in the future.

I've been watching Chris' lathe builds for awhile. This concrete pour seems like a really useful idea. The lessons learned and advice given here are valuable insights into the practical aspects of this technique.

My main underlying curiosity is what happens when such a methodology is used to create automated single purpose machines.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I said check out his book, not follow his patterns. There are some great ideas in this build, but also some things Gingery did better - and since Gingery explained why he did a lot of things like he did you will likely in turn be able to adapt the good ideas to this build. The way Gingery does the head stock is much better than this cast in place option for example. Combine the two and you will get better results.

BTW, if you are serious about building a lathe I'd recommend epoxy-granite not concrete or castings. Something more to research before building (or maybe just stop someplace and build - your choice)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Where did you say "check out his book?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

It was implied