DIY Duplicator

[Dokkodo]

Anyone ever made a homemade duplicator? Did a search but nothing comes up.

Was recently watching this video, and it made me want something similar. I have seen the versions online with a bolt on bed, a template and a flat base with handle and cutter that you freehand along the template, but i feel like having something run along a chain (or gears maybe?) must make for an even cut along the length rather than the imperfection of running a cutter along unevenly by hand...

I'd mainly want it for making consistent lengths of dowel and tapers, and i reckon it really wouldn't so hard to engineer something that does the same job...

 

[Dokkodo]

oops - video here

which is one of these

 

[clogs]

"simples" seems quite good and def not hard to make.....
the carriage could be made from wood.....
actually apart from the cutting tool, handles and the nec chain n sprocket, it could be all made from wood n decent ply.....
looked on Amazon and could not find a price...

also rather liked those shaped chair legs with the mouylded joint....
will look later.....

question....
is instagramme any good for vids....++===/='/

 

[Lefley]

oops - video here

which is one of these

That’s 1,250$ US .

 

[Dokkodo]

Aye not cheap, so making ones own might be worthwhile...

 

[Inspector]

If I needed one I would buy this one but if making my own I would use an angle grinder rather than a fixed cutter. The live cutter does a better job than the fixed cutter types. Duplicateur Universel Viel Large | Outils Viel Inc. They sell the cutter and inserts for the grinder separately.

Pete

 

[Sachakins]

This is a bit heath Robinson build, but cheap and simple

 

[Dokkodo]

Wow yeah, admirable ingenuity in that.

well made ones seem pretty pricey, that viel one looks the cats pyjamas

Actually though by a stroke of luck I have found a copy lathe for sale locally which I might buy and have the duplicator off of, see if I can adapt it to fit mine, and sell on the lathe without it.