More on my Homebuilt Router Lathe

Alex, thanks for the video. Your design, using what you have on hand, is great. By removing the lathe and adding a table for flat stock, you've also got a great horizontal router table for cutting mortises or cutting door panels with a smaller diameter bit than on a regular router table. All, you'd have to do is add a vertical axis with a way to lock the height of the router. I won't even suggest adding some screw stock with hand wheels to move the mechanism. You'd be very close to having a CNC milling lathe at that point. Also, when you switch to a round bit, the stylus that follows your template should have the same radius so your carving will be the same size as the template.

Thanks for the inside look at the build. Looking forward to seeing version two.

Thanks! Alex great! job

Fantastic Alex! Keep charging!

Fantastic build .your very innovative and creative. I'm sure as time goes on you will refine your design to meet your highest standards. You have a great fixture that will give you years of service. Great job.

Great job. Lots of great ideas in this. I'm looking forward to version two as it sounds like it should be much smoother and more precise.

Excellent first prototype - But, my word, what a great video! You have what it takes to do a very informative absorbing and might I say better, NO much better, than a lot of professionaly produced infomercials.

Great job. I look forward to seeing V2. I for one would be very interested in seeing your CAD drawings.

Great job Alex. I like home made jigs and this one looks very clever.
It may sound very stupid but I didn't understand the advantage of adding a router to the X,Y table when combined with a lathe.
While I can see how this X,Y table with a static cutting blade may have a lot of advantages such as copying or working on a pattern I fail to understand the extra bit with the router.
Can you please explain what is the advantage of X,Y router combined with a lathe over X,Y static blade?

ALEX YOU ARE A VERY CLEVER YOUNG MAN, WHAT AN OUT STANDING JOB.---FIREHOUSE

Well done Alex. Your 2nd model should be a good one.

Very clever and well done.

Did you ever draw it in CAD?