NOT A LATHE BUT IT WORKS

[melloroadman]

I needed some inserts that could not be bought .So I started to make the sizes that I think will work for me . I found a place that sells the round disc for 30 cents a piece . Then I have to drill a hole and turn them down with a file and polish them out . They are local for me and deal in plastic only so here is their site if you can use any of their products as well .Marvin
http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/category.php?bid=32&

[speedturtle]

smart work in there! That's great tinkering  there bro'.

Speedturtle

[Phil_B]

I LOVE IT. If you cant buy, it make it your self. Not to mention there is allot of pride being able to say I MADE IT
Keep UP The Good Work

[roix06]

Call me an Idiot but I can't really see how it works, just a guess.  Do you have a pic of this set-up in operation/action.
I think Dremel should make a small lathe to use with their new XPR 400 motor.  I just got one and it has power you wouldn't believe, compared to all the rest. Is that a bit holder on top of the vertical rod or part of the works?
The XPR 400 is the only Dremel-Type over 1.5 amps, it runs at 2 amps and you cannot stop the spindle with your fingers at even low speed.  Something I kinda miss.  For those really precision light cuts; I used to slow down my old one with my thumb and finger, just in case I missed my mark.  Please excuse my ignorance.

I got mine [Dremel XPR 400] for our '12th Year Wedding Anniversary', and I love it.  
Very, Very Nice work Melloroadman!

Roy
N. Ca
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[melloroadman]

Roy on this link right under the picture click on see this in action . First I use it as a drill press to drill the center hole . Then I turn it 90 degrees as you see it . Install a small machine screw and nut through the disc . Next I chuck the screw up in the dremenl and let it spin while I hold a file on the disc .Iif you still need a picture let me know and later this week when I make some more I will include them . This link is slow in loading  . Marvin
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/AttachmentsDetail.aspx?pid=220-01

[melloroadman]

The round disc that I bought had a slight distortion in them that would be a problem for hunting . So I bought a 1 foot square of their acrylite plus clear 1/8 thick that cost $6.90 that they cut into 1 inch squares at no cost  . That's over a hundred squares so it is still a inexpensive way to go .Marvin

[roix06]

Thanks melloroadman, sorry for taking soOO long to respond,  but I haven't been too well lately and we just got through with H.S. Graduation (HEII) week with my Daughter and I just haven't got back into the swing of things.

Dremel's Accessories page is not loading for me but I understand what you did now.  Can't believe I couldn't see it before...lol  

Great Idea! That is the Dremel XPR 400 there in your pic, is it not?

Roy

[melloroadman]

It is the 300 . And the tool stand has made a lot of little jobs much easier .Marvin