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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!
![1c547e8704ff68800f6564d5f9b49076.jpg 1c547e8704ff68800f6564d5f9b49076.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136820-49ed6da879e4ed92496d04f8555f4b2d.jpg)
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.
![66035f83388a249434687aa1200912b1.jpg 66035f83388a249434687aa1200912b1.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136824-c5c538b362dd7ee094c0302deb36db39.jpg)
I figured a 1.5" shank would suffice, minus a little for a taper into the main head
![4f1b72f0749ea55ab7a4faadac58bf70.jpg 4f1b72f0749ea55ab7a4faadac58bf70.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136828-43556e3fd4ec46ece2d08cb41577fbd8.jpg)
After quite a few passes (and a couple beers later) the shank is turned down to 27/32", my second largest R8 collet.![a9d33d1455507ff2547e0f3c795f15d4.jpg a9d33d1455507ff2547e0f3c795f15d4.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136832-f3bdb8f37094c0ef541c0da15b34cec8.jpg)
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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![1c547e8704ff68800f6564d5f9b49076.jpg 1c547e8704ff68800f6564d5f9b49076.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136820-49ed6da879e4ed92496d04f8555f4b2d.jpg)
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.
![66035f83388a249434687aa1200912b1.jpg 66035f83388a249434687aa1200912b1.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136824-c5c538b362dd7ee094c0302deb36db39.jpg)
I figured a 1.5" shank would suffice, minus a little for a taper into the main head
![4f1b72f0749ea55ab7a4faadac58bf70.jpg 4f1b72f0749ea55ab7a4faadac58bf70.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136828-43556e3fd4ec46ece2d08cb41577fbd8.jpg)
After quite a few passes (and a couple beers later) the shank is turned down to 27/32", my second largest R8 collet.
![a9d33d1455507ff2547e0f3c795f15d4.jpg a9d33d1455507ff2547e0f3c795f15d4.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/136/136832-f3bdb8f37094c0ef541c0da15b34cec8.jpg)
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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