mini lathe

This is by no means complete or accurate (especially the chuck) however I made this model in preparation for the building of a mini lathe from jarrah with hand tools. The lathe uses a 540 brushless RC car motor, ESC and a servo tester for speed control and on/off, a NiMH battery sits underneath away from sharp tools. There is no live end, the wood simply spins on the pointy metal piece, which I will machine myself. In between the motor shaft and the chuck is a coupler from a CNC that has some am