Log Lathe Design

[Donald D]

Hi to all,

I am trying to design a lathe that will compliment (fit onto)my LT40 so I can turn logs for log cabins, then saw two flats on them. I built a fixture for cutting 45 degree angles for a notch on the side of a log, and on the ends of the logs to fit in the notch that works quite well and is very accurate. I would like to talk with anyone that has toyed with this concept. I have a steel fab shop with a CNC plasma table, brake, roll machine, lathe, track beveler, and so on, so the fab work is not a problem. I want to operate the future device with the mills hydraulic system, and keep it as simple as possible.  If you have any idea's, I'd love to talk with you.

[Chico]

I would get a pole machine pretty simple to use and keep up it's basically a debarker and a cutting head a lathe of the size your talking to peel the longer logs is going to be very expensive  most cabin cos use profile machines much like a planer but it'a shaper jmo
You could build one fairly easily with the tools you have but you can prob buy one right now cheaper than buying the metal

[Donald D]

Thanks for the input. Your the only person that replied so either I'm way off base for trying to build this, or there is no need for it. I figure with my resources I can put it together for about $5,000.00. Rome was not built in a day....