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 I got asked to make one of these . . |
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 First part done . Not bad . . |
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 Little bit of polishing |
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 Almost done ... |
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 all done . . Very happy with it too |
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it's for the little things like this... a decent machine shop would be amazingly useful!
Ah well... just have to make do with a (homebuilt) MIG, a cheap pillar drill, and a BFH until that lottery ticket comes my way
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You're like a crazy backyard genius! |
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Is that a boxford lathe thats on ?
Ive been using one for a few months learning stuff . One question , how do you get the grippy bit on there ?
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I've struck gold working at the place I do
we have cnc millers , lathes , brake and shear, massive driller, mig ,gas welder, 6 different kinds of grinders (did my valves at work )etc etc
And I get to play on as much as I can
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Its a knurling tool
not the crisscross kind
It's got a straight line pattern on both wheels
You just line it up with the work and force it to find of print the patterns on the ali
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That's a great job, I'm fairly experienced on a lathe but I'm not sure I could do that good a job of those.
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mikeymk
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It is certainly handy, i machined up my new cycle hubs the other day..  |
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That's cool how did you get on drilling all the holes for the spokes ?
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That's a great job, I'm fairly experienced on a lathe but I'm not sure I could do that good a job of those. I just made them a bit ruff and did the rest of the smoothing out with sand paper at 2000rpm |
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May 10, 2015 12:00:16 GMT
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Its a knurling tool not the crisscross kind It's got a straight line pattern on both wheels You just line it up with the work and force it to find of print the patterns on the ali Yes, just about to say i have seen the crisscross nurl for tool handles etc , but not that type . I gather you have a good stock of tooling then , ive only got basics to use . |
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May 10, 2015 14:31:18 GMT
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The old boys that work in our tool room seem to have everything. ..
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May 10, 2015 18:56:51 GMT
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I have a very small lathe and its surprising just what you can make, when I was looking I did see a few for £200 so bargains can be had, mine was only £160
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It will come in handy even if you never use it
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May 10, 2015 18:59:34 GMT
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Very nice.
I have a very small lathe and its surprising just what you can make, when I was looking I did see a few for £200 so bargains can be had, mine was only £160
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It will come in handy even if you never use it
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