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After completing my steady rest, I had a longing to make more of a swarf mess all over my shop, so I decided to upgrade my fly cutter set. I purchased the set from littlemachineshop, it was, in fact, the first tooling I bought after getting my mill, and I was very underwhelmed with the results. I couldn't seem to get a good finish no matter what I tried, but figured it was my lack of experience. Then a machinist buddy of mine tried them and told me to scrap them. Onto the project!
Here I start with a 3" piece of CRS. Just some stock I have around. I wanted a solid, one piece cutter, instead of a screw on shank.
I figured a 1.5" shank would suffice, minus a little for a taper into the main head
After quite a few passes (and a couple beers later) the shank is turned down to 27/32", my second largest R8 collet.
Reversed in to chuck and faced and cleaned up. Notice the change to the 4-jaw chuck, for accuracy. That's all for tonight, I'll post more as I go
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Here I start with a 3" piece of CRS. Just some stock I have around. I wanted a solid, one piece cutter, instead of a screw on shank.
I figured a 1.5" shank would suffice, minus a little for a taper into the main head
After quite a few passes (and a couple beers later) the shank is turned down to 27/32", my second largest R8 collet.
Reversed in to chuck and faced and cleaned up. Notice the change to the 4-jaw chuck, for accuracy. That's all for tonight, I'll post more as I go
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