Mini hollowing rig finished

[Travis Stinson]

And it works like a charm. I made a 12" bed extension for the rear rest to ride on. Still need to make the arm for a laser and a bar for finish scraping.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/tstin27/DSC02285b.jpg

[Clem Wixted]

I hope to make a hollowing rig for my 3520 one of these days.
Did you have plans or is it an original design?

Clem

[Jim Becker]

Very nice job, Travis! Captive systems are the way to go, IMHO!

[Travis Stinson]

Clem, it's just a scaled down version of the Jamieson captive rig. I have the full sized one for my 3520. I agree Jim, captive systems are the way to go.:cool:

[Jim Ketron]

Very nice job, Travis! Captive systems are the way to go, IMHO!
No Doubt!
Nice Rig Travis!

[Brad Hart]

I hope to make a hollowing rig for my 3520 one of these days.
Did you have plans or is it an original design?

Clem

They are quite easy to make if you sit down and plan it for your purposes. My friend and I made one for his full size lathe yeasterday for under $55 and that included everything from buying bits & taps to a $20 teardrop cutter. The only thing this doesn't have is a swanneck tool (we will get to it when we figure out the best way to make it) And we haven't made a laser setup yet either.

I am working off the same design and will be making mine with a swivel head which will save money as will borrowing his set of taps.


The secondary tool rest needs in my opinion needs to be designed with your uses and lathe in mind so no set of ready made plans are really going to be adequate. We followed Lyle Jamieson's suggestion from his website and made the captive rest, which doesn't really take very much abuse, out of scrap plywood.

[Brad Hart]

No Doubt!
Nice Rig Travis!

whole heartedly agree and wish I had thought to use a wooden block for the t corner instead of trying to screw black pipe pieces together without unscrewing the other end.

[Travis Stinson]

Brad, the D handle is all welded, the wooden block is for the laser mount.;)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nice job Travis. Awesome looking rig.

[Dick Parr]

Great job Travis!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Travis......You're not just a turning artist......you are a good engineer and fabricator too! Great work!

[John Hart]

Nice work Travis!!!
All I need now is a welder....
...and some talent!:o

[Dennis Peacock]

Looks really good Travis. :D

Say....can you build me a lathe bed extension for my 3520? :p :rolleyes: :D

BTW, Lyle Jamieson shows ya how to make his HF rig on his web site. Just and FYI. :cool:

[Ernie Nyvall]

Nice Travis. I've got to get around to trying that.

Ernie

[Jim Bell]

Excellent! I gotta have one of those! I also have the Jamieson rig for my 3520. I'll contact my fabricator today and build that system,
Jim