Inspired by watermole+
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Looking good.
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I shall follow your posts on this with interest. I hope it goes well.
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Looking good! Looking forward to see the progression!
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Scraped a bit only last week. Must persevere!
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Having had the pleasure of using Watermole's lathe to make the first few 'cut's in a billet of aluminium, I realise how difficult your task is. Watermole himself told me "people should see my bins full of mistakes"
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Not much progress I'm afraid other than turning bits of metal to swarf then transferring them to the scrap bin. However I thought you might want to see how some of the processes are undertaken? If you want details refer to the wonderful threads of WM+. I'll just add a few pictures of my bodge set up.
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Wow. Its a dream of mine to be able to do what you're doing. Best of luck and please update us regularly.
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For a second there I was thinking you had a pedal powered lathe, legs like Chris Hoy and the arms of a giant octopus Keep up the good work and please do keep us updated
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Woow, I love threads like this! Lovely Myford there
If I may ask:
How did you make the akku drill work on the tool holder? Something I wanted to add to my lathe for quite some time. I see a ball bearing there. Would you mind to show me the rest of it? Is it self made?
If I may ask:
How did you make the akku drill work on the tool holder? Something I wanted to add to my lathe for quite some time. I see a ball bearing there. Would you mind to show me the rest of it? Is it self made?
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All my tooling and forms are home made. Most with little more than basic hand tools. The tool post drill was a length of 20mm steel stock turned down to 12mm (to fit in tool holder) with 2 shoulders at each end. These are then relieved to take a bearing in a light press fit. The collect is an er11 ebay special with a ground 8mm shaft. Finally its secured with a 8mm collar and grub screw (this can be moved along the shaft to set the depth). It's powered either by a dremal type tools and flexi drive or directly from a cordless drill. One day I'll build it a specific motor/speed controller attachment.OldTackle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:43 am Woow, I love threads like this! Lovely Myford there
If I may ask:
How did you make the akku drill work on the tool holder? Something I wanted to add to my lathe for quite some time. I see a ball bearing there. Would you mind to show me the rest of it? Is it self made?
Also for interest is my indexing attachment. Just a 60t gear and detend pin allowing me to stop on every tooth and half tooth.
Anyway they say a picture speaks a thousand words.
I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.
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