First project on new lathe. Cigar ashtray

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I had some free time the other day, and a couple inch thick round of 9 1/2" 6061. So, I figured I'd turn out an ashtray for my buddy's Christmas present. There's practically no dimensioning, and I don't really have the tooling I needed to do this, but I thought it came out pretty ok for the first thing I've turned in about 27 years. Especially given the chinese inserts I had. I think it'd probably be a good idea to relieve the bottom minus a bit of a rim so it'll sit better on an uneven surface, and I don't have a mill for the cigar rests. Might have to see if the local guys have a ball mill that big and 10 minutes to do that. This is as turned, i didn't emery it.
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Nice job.


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Mark the cigar positions you want, mount it vertically in the mill vise, and an end mill of your chosen diameter, and you don't need a ball. It might be interesting to have each position made with different diameter slots for different diameter cigars like two, or three different sizes right next to each other at 4 positions??? Just blabbering....
 
Aukai said:
Mark the cigar positions you want, mount it vertically in the mill vise, and an end mill of your chosen diameter, and you don't need a ball. It might be interesting to have each position made with different diameter slots for different diameter cigars like two, or three different sizes right next to each other at 4 positions??? Just blabbering....
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He stated he doesn’t have a mill so he needs to take it to a shop…
 
You can always rig up your lathe. Remove your compound and mount the ashtray then mount an end mill or even a boring bar to cut the cutouts. As it is totally non critical this would be fine. It would also be a fun exercise to expand your creative problem solving skills. Just a thought.


Cutting oil is my blood.
 
I'm sorry, I knew he did not have a mill, I was not clear that if he took it to his "local guys" he could do it that way.
 
You could knurl the outside with a light knurl.

We made a tool for working on Atmos clocks, started as a scrap yard slug.

Smooth did not look right so light knurl and it looks mush better.

Easier to hold too.
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