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I have shallow drawers under my mini mill, so I want to lay my collets sideways and I want to make nice little trays. I also have an 7x14 mini lathe.
I’m not sure how to manually machine the cutout since the bottom isn’t flat and the collets even have a taper. If it weren’t for the taper, I could mill the body with a bowl cutter (is that what they are called).
Most of my _workable_ ideas so far have been to hand carve a positive, make a negative, and cast with paper fiber or sawdust and glue which I have plenty of. But are there any tricks for manually machining this instead of getting out the chisels — positive or negative?
Ok, maybe turn a wood or aluminum blank collet and embed it in epoxy for a negative?
I’m not sure how to manually machine the cutout since the bottom isn’t flat and the collets even have a taper. If it weren’t for the taper, I could mill the body with a bowl cutter (is that what they are called).
Most of my _workable_ ideas so far have been to hand carve a positive, make a negative, and cast with paper fiber or sawdust and glue which I have plenty of. But are there any tricks for manually machining this instead of getting out the chisels — positive or negative?
Ok, maybe turn a wood or aluminum blank collet and embed it in epoxy for a negative?