Off the shelf come a set of optical guide rails and linear bearings along with a chuck and tool ... vice to create the lead screw nut bracket, though. As homemade lathes go, this one is ...

WHEN the wood turner is turning drops or thin rosettes which are fastened on the screw chuck ... Removing a rosette from the chuck. on the back side of the lathe. With a quick pull on the belt ...

The project is based on a 7×12 Mini Lathe ... chuck was replaced with a 5″. Changing it over was easy using an adapter plate made for the task. For the X Axis, the stock ways and lead screw ...