I never knew you could do such things with a lathe.

Way cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=587&v=AuS6HDHc7XE

Whoa!

I was most impressed by the surface finish at the end. It was flawless.

The hot glue portion was particularly clever.

I need a lathe.

RealMiniDriver wrote: I need a lathe.

Everyone needs a lathe. I wouldn't trade mine for anything.

I might have to try that project. It looks like fun.

Am I the only one who noticed his hand was bandaged?

Important lathe lesson. Swarf is sharp. Very sharp.

And no, I didn't.

That hurt my brain a little.

I love the fact that it was done by hand, no CNC. I need some machine tools.

I was wondering how he was going to hold it all together for the last cut. nice trick with the hot glue!

Them some mad lathe skillz yo!

A lot of time spent on a trinket though.

English version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSHH4kWD7z4

psssh. Now that I have watched a couple times I'm ready to see someone do this with some more challenging shapes than a cube. Same process should work on a pyramid (triangle or square base), a hexagonal 3d structure, or even a soccer ball. How about a soccer ball within a soccer ball within a soccer ball?

I'm waiting, youtube, I'm waiting.

Holy crap.

now anodize each one a different color.

I'd heard that was the final test for an apprentice to become a master. Upon completion he was given his very own lightsaber.

i told a guy at work about this.. he had just dropped out of machinist school because he realized that they weren't teaching him anything that applies to the actual real world job of machining stuff out of metal, and he said that every student has to make one of them in order to pass the manual lathe segment of the class and that the ones they make have to have the cubes inside held to each other with a small tab that breaks and lets them bounce freely when the instructor drops it on the table.... he was working on a cnc mill program for a 4 axis machine to make one with only 2 setups when he dropped out of school..

I think I was surprised that the metal-cutting process wasn't so hot as to melt the hot glue.

In reply to EvanR:

Aluminum stays cool for the most part, unless your speeds are high. Steel can get pretty hot. Run properly, most of the heat is carried off by the swarf.

also, there really wasn't a lot of hard cutting going on in any of those processes. the big drill probably made the most, but the aluminum soaks up and disperses heat pretty quickly.

I've never made anything that useless on my lathe.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I've never made anything that useless on my lathe.

Agreed. If you have a lathe and that is all you can come up with to make, you need more projects...