Please post pictures of your projects

My lathe is used mostly for tobacco pipe making and also for pipe tampers. Here's a few I've made lately.Tampers For Sale 10-17-13 2013-10-17 001 (1280x683).jpgTampers For Sale 10-17-13 2013-10-17 005 (1280x1115).jpgLaminated Tamper 2013-10-20 005 (1280x655).jpg

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There seems to be a lack of sufficient pictures of projects posted by members of the forum. Hey! Let's see your work!!

Here are some pics of a ball turning tool I made recently. The main rotor is mild steel and the slot was machined using my tiny little extended table Sieg X1. It was after I finished the 12 mm deep slot (at 0.5 mm per pass) that I was motivated to build a drive for the x - table. Mind you I am impressed with the capability of this tiny machine, and with the addition of the simple Chinese DRO scales its accuracy is amazing.

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Current project is a modified Stan Bray horizontal mill steam engine. I'm trying to attempt some reality in modelling this engine and also had a shot at making bearing bushes. They turned out successfully as you see in the photo below.

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I've had good success doing relatively deep face grooves with the butt end of a carbide end mill ground flat across the section right to centerline and a little back. Relieve the front face and you have the bottom half of the end mill for clearance on the inner and outer sides...Top rake as desired, and also to provide a little extra side clearance, because as you grind past centerline, the effective "diameter" or width shrinks. No reason HSS would not work.
TONY
Thanks for this
However, without some pics, we are unfortunately not in Your line of thought
Regrets
aRM
 
Wow, I'm jealous of that telescope... :)

Nothing fancy from me, but they function well as tail/brake lights for motorcycles. They start life as 6061 on my hacksaw by Millers Falls (patented 1893!), bulk done on the South Bend 9B and usually finish up with some hand files and the drill press. Simple but effective. The lenses are off vintage cars from the 30's to the 50's found online at random.

I am always inspired seeing the projects done by you folks here - and although the lights are very basic projects, I have applied much of what I have learned here into these, and it's nice to see the work riding down the road when you're finished....

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Motor preserve
I don't know which costs more, astronomy or machining.
Pierre
 
TONY
Thanks for this
However, without some pics, we are unfortunately not in Your line of thought
Regrets
aRM


I'll try to get a pic or two this afternoon.
 
I'll try to get a pic or two this afternoon.

Much appreciate that TONY WELLS Esq
While we are at this, might as well post some more pics of our 16 mm Cartridges.
Turning these taught us numerous moves on our Machine.
The one on the left is a singular unit in Ti. Man, working this was an explosive experience !!!
Junior battled with the colouring. His set up for Folders is just not accommodating enough. Need to make a bigger Anodising Basket.
The other one in mild steel we tried to chemically blue, and ended up with this antique effect.
Different steels turn out otherwise.
Hope it's worth the posting !!!
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