oldatheart
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I wanted a small one for soft nose casting. Scrap brass, scrap wood and 30 min. Fyi I found out you can turn wood on a metal lathe. Still need to stain the wood and seal it but hey it should work
Made a ladle "small"
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Hmmm. The stem looks suspiciously like a stock repair pin.
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Nope just brass rod.
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Yea it's threaded 10-32 and I made another size cup today as well so I can change the size out with a few turns. I had to make a new handle because it split when it heated up. Second one is not so tight.
oldatheart
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Brass turns easy it helps to grind your bit a bit wider. It will give you a better finish.
I am learning about things like that. I am finding that the HSS turning tool I ground with a very gentle radius on it gives a nicer finish than most other tools. I need to grind a new one as the one I am using now has too much of an angle on the cutting edge so it is a bit fragile. Nothing a quick bit of work with a stone can't fix.
I really need to come see you once your new shop is set up. I have a feeling a few minutes of hands on learning will do wonders. Who knows, you might even be able to teach Bob.
I really need to come see you once your new shop is set up. I have a feeling a few minutes of hands on learning will do wonders. Who knows, you might even be able to teach Bob.
oldatheart
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I would be glad to have you over. Bob IS going to learn! He has no choice.
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The nice thing about a rounded tool is it leads the cut making the closest edge just cut a very small amount. Like a finish pass. My hss bit for plastics is round as hell and cuts beautifully. The best part about cutting plastic is the bit lasts forever. I don't think I have sharpened it 10 times in 8 years.
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I'll tell you what, when I get everything settled down and get some free time you can bring a barrel blank and action to the shop and we will build a rifle and take photos for the site. It will be a while out, but should be good fun.
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Watch hell I'll make you do it
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I just realized it looks like a crack pipe for the rich and famous
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Toms already pre-selling me to prospective customers. He calls it "apprentice work", significantly discounted. He hasn't told me yet how much I have to pay him to be allowed to work for him. It'll be interesting to see what I can do when my "lathe" is no longer two counter-rotating drills, used to make weird screws and things like that. BTW, the counter-rotating drill thing works really well for turning small parts down evenly, as long as I stay out of the coffee in the morning.
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I'll get started on the marketing campaign. We'll target Colorado first.