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With an upcoming project, I wanted a set of Dimple Dies, so I looked around the shop and found some CRS and figured I'd make my own:
Finished Project:
I started with 2 drops of CRS
center drilled and cleaned up outer diameter
Drilled out to 3/4" (largest drill I have)
Set up my boring bar to open up the female die
Bored out to 1.502" ID and flat bottomed the hole with the boring bar
Poor man's carriage stop
Set up cross slide at 45 degrees and beveled the die
Now on to the male punch
(Faced , centerdrilled, start turning to 1.500" dia)
Down to diameter, just need to add the 45 degree bevel and edge face
Somehow I lost the photos of the bevel/face setup (I can reset and take pics if anyone wants them)
Ran the lathe in reverse and cut on the back side to keep the angle the same and not have to reset the compound
Finished set after a little clean-up:
Who says the little HF 7x10 can't cut bigger metal... just go slow....
Tomorrow I'll give the set a try and post the results
Finished Project:
I started with 2 drops of CRS
center drilled and cleaned up outer diameter
Drilled out to 3/4" (largest drill I have)
Set up my boring bar to open up the female die
Bored out to 1.502" ID and flat bottomed the hole with the boring bar
Poor man's carriage stop
Set up cross slide at 45 degrees and beveled the die
Now on to the male punch
(Faced , centerdrilled, start turning to 1.500" dia)
Down to diameter, just need to add the 45 degree bevel and edge face
Somehow I lost the photos of the bevel/face setup (I can reset and take pics if anyone wants them)
Ran the lathe in reverse and cut on the back side to keep the angle the same and not have to reset the compound
Finished set after a little clean-up:
Who says the little HF 7x10 can't cut bigger metal... just go slow....
Tomorrow I'll give the set a try and post the results
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