Minilathe Overhaul and Upgrades

Discussion in 'Other metal working projects' started by Rotarysmp, Dec 31, 2019.

  1. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Episode 19 is now up


    Happy fathers day in Austria,
    Mark
     
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  2. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Hi guys,

    I just uploaded episode 20.

    Mark
     
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  3. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Episode 21 is now in Youtube.

    Mark
     
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  4. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Here is the link to Episode 22.


    Mark
     
  5. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Episode 23 is now online...

    Enjoy,
    Mark
     
  6. JCSalomon

    JCSalomon Copper

    I remember hobbyists in the late ’90s bragging about installing Linux on one or another obscure or tiny device; now you’re installing it on a lathe.
     
  7. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    This is a pretty mainstream Linux installation on a little pc. The PC gets intalled on the lathe :) Thanks for watching.

    Here is eipsode 24.

    Enjoy
    Mark.
     
  8. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Trying out 4K seemed like a good idea at the time. Till I tried to edit and render it on a G1 Zbook. The first attempt render ran over night, and failed at 89% finished. Changed a few settings, and the second attempt was successful, but took nearly 8 hours + three hours to upload to Youtube. I'm going back to HD/1080P.

    Enjoy,
    Mark
     
  9. Jason

    Jason Gold

    yup.. 4k is not worth it. You only make that mistake once.
     
  10. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    After that first fail, I googled what people recommend for an optimum PC for 4K editing. I wonder how long it takes for an 8Gb graphic card (Nividia TRX2070 super) to come up for sale used for €50 :)
     
  11. dtsh

    dtsh Silver

    I don't think enough people have the bandwidth to view 4K, I certainly don't, so the effort isn't worth it IMO as it'll be transcoded to something smaller for most people anyhow.
     
  12. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    I have neither the DSL band width, nor any screen which supports 4K so I don't even know how much better it looks. The whole thing was more a theoretical exercise of me. Now I know it sucks with my current set up.
     
  13. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    This week I finally get some motion going...

    MArk
     
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  14. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Episode 27 is up...

    Enjoy
    Mark
     
  15. FishbonzWV

    FishbonzWV Silver Banner Member

    Bravo Mark
    That was quite the undertaking and a job well done!
     
  16. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Thanks. There is still a lot of work to do...
    - get the spindle working closed loop so I can do CSS
    - Overhaul the tail stock
    -do a user interface panel
    - make a riser block and a set of QCT holders.
    Mark
     
  17. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    Looks like I forgot to link in Episode 28... sorry...


    ...and here is also Episode 29...

    Mark
     
    Last edited: Sep 6, 2020
  18. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    E30 is up. The first time I used tool offsets, including crash due to my lack of understanding.


    Enjoy,
    Mark
     
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  19. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    E31 is now up...

    Mark
     
  20. Rotarysmp

    Rotarysmp Silver

    I just uploaded E32. Having to fix a previous screw up.

    Mark
     

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