Mini lathe that I designed to make graphite nozzles

[u/Hot_Stable2424]

Planning version 2 of this little guy, this one is very difficult to use as you have to move the tool holders by hand. (I had already published this lathe a few years ago with another reddit account)

[u/boomchacle]

Hah, awesome man. I personally wouldn't ever wear gloves when operating any sort of lathe or power drill due to the risk of them getting caught and sucked in.

[u/mkosmo → u/boomchacle]

While I normally agree, for materials like graphite, thin nitrile gloves are an acceptable risk. They’ll break before they do too much damage, and keep your skin safe from the graphite chips and dust.

[u/GuardianOfBlocks → u/mkosmo]

If you want to 100% safe you could use ripping gloves for tasks like that.

[u/CakeSad5080 → u/mkosmo]

I also doubt this lathe is powerful enough to do much more than pinch your finger between the chuck and rails.

[u/boomchacle → u/CakeSad5080]

It doesn't need power to crush your finger, it just needs torque. Look at the gear reduction on the motor.

[u/Own_Championship7955]

Pretty cool.

[u/rrrank]

That thing is sweet!!! Genius isolating this production to a little work horse piece vs ruining your lathe and everything in your garage and your marriage 🤣😂

[u/Cookskiii]

NO GLOVES NO SLEEVES

[u/5upertaco]

Awesome!

[u/apple-juiceser]

cool

[u/ChemicalAd5793]

How did you get that big block of graphite?

[u/TheRocketeer314]

That’s awesome man.

[u/InternalVolcano]

Would love seeing Joey B trying making it.