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Favorite Comment: Fixer NeoN says, “This is quite obviously an automated rodent stripper pole trap. Cover it with glue, wait for a slutty mouse to molest said pole, pull the switch and cetrufugal force will do the rest.”
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OK, I’ll bite; what kind of bit is that?
Looks like a chunk of dowel for turning as though it were a lathe …
A LATHE?! get off the line, Guy!
Ernie suddenly has the urge to leave his workshop in search of a chocolate malt.
What does it do? It screws a straw into a plastic plate, secured by a rubber band?
I’d have to see it in action first, before I told you how close you’ve probably come to the truth.
Bet that thing would make a hell of a Latte.
Ed took matters into his own hands, after misreading the note from his wife: “I would love it if you’d get me a latte.”
Correction: Now that I look again, I see that it wasn’t Ed, but Brad.
a latte of what?
Doubles as a Kitchenaide Mixer rip off.
Guy Fleegman would be proud! But how exactly will it be used to defeat the rock monster (a.k.a. Gorignak)?
Wow what a random and obscure movie reference.
If you’re “Crewman Number 6″, you might as well just throw in the towel right now.
omg thats the first thing I thought of when I saw this. love it.
Add a bolt up from the base parallel with and close to the wood–now you have a tool rest.
I don’t need no match. I’mma make fire the ol’ fashion way.
Haven’t you guys heard of a vertical lathe? The rubber band mount is kind of kludgy, but the setup is recommended as a way of turning pens, for people who don’t want to buy a lathe.
Also, for people who don’t want to just go out and buy a pen.
Sits and turns her pen in her fingers. “Why do I need a drill?”
I’ve REturned a few pens before but I didn’t need a lathe.
Narrator: The town was in a state of panic. Their shipment of pens had been backordered!! How were the people going to write things down until then? Who could help avert this crisis? One drill stand answered that call…but he couldn’t do it on his own.
Stand: You! I need your help here NOW!
Drill: Me? Oh…you don’t want MY help. I usually just screw things up.
Stand: Don’t be silly! I need you to help turn these pens.
Drill: Okay…I’ll do my best. If this is going to work, though, we’ll have to band together.
Rubberband: Perhaps I can be of assistance.
Stand and Drill: Yay!!
Drill: But wait…where is your cousin, Duct Tape?
Rubberband: He couldn’t make it. He is too busy solving countless other disasters.
Stand: It’s okay. I know this will work. It’s GOT to!!
Narrator: And so, our unlikely heroes turned a whole crate full of pens over the course of that day, and the town was saved. They then went their separate ways and waited until they were needed once more.
THE END
I had a nightmare a lot like this once, after surgery, thanks to percocet.
Are those rubber band? ::sigh::
Yeah. Really. Should be duck tape!
A wooden dowel, a 2×4, and a 100 mile long extension cord and I’m ready to start a fire like a true outdoorsman!
‘coz CNC-milling is soooo 99′
I am wondering what it is mounted on, is it his son’s plastic toy workbench pieces?
The blue foam appears to be Dow brand R3 residential foam, sheathing insulation with a 15 year limited thermal warranty. “The best proven value for over 50 years.”
….the PVC pipe attached to the drill goes through the oak and stirs the painters buckets on the floor below.
those are bases for a Playmobile house
Yes, they are.
With that precision rubber band mounting system, about the only thing he’s turning is embarrassed.
(Mulligan)
With that precision rubber band mounting system, about the only thing he’s turning is red with embarrassment.
..and playing a snappy tune.
Looks like it would work as a drill press too.
This is actually a pretty good idea. The metal stand is just a cheap mount for a drill press. Instead it has been modified to be a vertical lathe…Some people do make wooden pens as a hobby, and they are very expensive to purchase if they are made out of the right wood.
To all the kludges I’ve loved before, goodbye, for this will be my end.
Yeah! We’re rid of the troll!
Ding dong, the troll is dead
The bad old troll, the mean old trooollll
Ding dong the wikied troll is dead!
He’s gone, goodbye, hello,
He’s gone, the wikied troll is dead!
This is quite obviously an automated rodent stripper pole trap. Cover it with glue, wait for a slutty mouse to molest said pole, pull the switch and cetrufugal force will do the rest.
*centripetal force
you mean centripetal force. centrifugal force does not exist.
If you play mousehunt on facebook… you’ll piss yourself laughing! I just wish they’d make it usable in-game….
My advice is to put that thing in reverse, go back in time to when you just started to build this kludge and then change your mind.
Then how did you prevent yourself from making it? So you DID make it, so you DIDN”T, and so on with a paradox.
ok! Who’s hungry for high-speed gyros!
Friction welding of plastic parts? Maybe they needed to assemble small series of plsatic parts, not really worth to buy a real wleding machine.
Caffelathe.
bootleg drum sander?
Slutty mouse? WTF?
As the builder of this Home-Rigged Vertical Lathe, I would just like to let you guys know a few things. The rubber band is only there to keep the drill at an exact angle and if it were to fail (which would be very very unlikely), then the drill would stay in its place due to its own wight keeping it in the mount. Additionally, for those of you who would like to see this machine in action, here is a link to a youtube video of it.
Huh–and here I was thinking there was the possibility that this was a tool used for winding coils for electronics and the people commenting were just idiots. Though I do seem to recall seeing a similar rig used horizontally as a winder for those really *big* kites.
That said, doesn’t using a lathe vertically get kind of tricky/uncomfortable? Horizontal seems better for that use.
@Chris : actually, holding it vertical rather than horizontal prevents flexing issues when cutting long pieces, as gravity can and will work against you. wheel manufacturers use vertical lathes for turning those nice pretty rims to prevent flexing and taper problems.
@Cheesy : looks like a pretty good home-build
quick thought though- a u-bolt and a couple wingnuts and some barstock and you could have a mounted cutting tool that would somewhat follow the centerline…. (yes would need a little bit more hardware than that but I’m sure you get the idea) 
So THIS how they tattoo you on the INside!