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A glassworking lathe is a specialized lathe for manipulating glass. A torch is used instead of a cutting tool for shaping the glass. The glass, usually in the form of a tube, is held by two rotating chucks. The chucks face each other and rotate in sync. One chuck is mounted on a stationary headstock while the other is mounted on a moving one. The chucks and headstock shafts are hollow so that the glass and/or a blowhose may be passed through them. The glassworking lathe described here is designed around TAIG metalworking lathe
kit components. Low cost. Simplicity. Optional headstock de-synchronization. This site describes but one approach to building a glassworking lathe and is not intended to be a "how-to". Your metalworking skills,
electronics experience, and pocketbook may dictate an entirely different design. Please note that there are no plans or kits for this lathe. Two headstocks and two scroll chucks were ordered instead of the normal
one of each, and no tailstock was purchased as that was replaced by the second, moving headstock.

Obviously some of the design constraints and parameters were set by the parts I was re-using from the drill press. This did introduce some less than optimal limitations -- such as the use of 19mm bearings, meaning that the mains-shaft of the lathe was also limited to 19mm in diameter. If this turns out to be too weak I'll just go buy some bigger bearings and make a new shaft. Other than the legacy components, there was the issue of exactly what I had sitting in my metal rack and scrap bin -- which wasn't much. Apart from the main-shaft, just about everything on this lathe was made from 25mm square or 25x50mm CRS 1020 steel bar stock.
There are no castings -- it's just cut to size and bolted together. The main spindle and the backplate were turned from 1214 free-machining steel which is much nicer to work with than plain old 1020. The chips from 1214 are small and blunt and -- unlike the razor sharp shards that come off 1020 when it's milled or turned. If you're planning to turn anything out of steel, do yourself a favor and get some free-machining stock such as 1214 or 12L14.

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