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yota

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received my PM932M a couple of weeks ago. got it all set up and had no material to cut LOL. no where around my little town to buy stock. ordered some chunks of 6061 on ebay, took a while to get by USPS. anyway.. my 1st mill, in fact I've never even seen a mill live and in person. I have played a bit with a 1953 South Bend 9A lathe I picked up a while ago but not enough to get good at anything.

this is a power valve adjusting tool for a KTM/Husqvarna motocross bike. seemed like a good 1st project anyway. warning! this tool was not built with precision. I will strive to improve. took me over 3 hours and I still have to do final finish. I did learn a few things though. esp that when you cut away a lot of material the work gets harder and harder to hold in the vise.
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oh. I really really want to get a DRO for this thing now. would make things so much easier. at least I think so.
 
yota said:
when you cut away a lot of material the work gets harder and harder to hold in the vise.
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Yup, that it does. And you didn’t pick the easiest one in the bag to start with either — angles, plus a round, plus a square! I sometimes think we like machining so much not for the end product but the trying to figure out how to get there.

As already said, nice job :encourage:

-frank
 
thanks! I appreciate the encouragement. obviously I chucked it up in the lathe for the round section. I have heard these square drives called a Robertson wrench in the past.
 
Nice work on the tool. I had a 1980 husky 250. Also had a 1980 Yamaha 4 stroke 250 mono shock. The Husky was so much better in every way. Mike
 
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