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A buddy of mine asked me if I could make three of these small little plastic parts out of metal. Seemed easy enough. Yeah- it's small, but so what?
God... I'm such a newb. Projects like this are a frustrating reminder of just how much I have yet to learn. And also a serious kick in the backside to get my new lathe operational. The more I use the old worn out SB, the more frustrated I get. That said, here's another 'getter done.' (Sorry- I don't have a clue what StarWars model he's working on.)
"Hey can you make me three of these plastic parts?"
![296781 296781](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254002-90d38150c70beb96670a6e469ef6bbb0.jpg)
Yeah, probably- send me some dimensions.
"Here you go."
![296782 296782](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254003-365144009e823691463f2833a593a284.jpg)
...Hmmmm... Twelve attempts later I finally got three parts complete without breaking off the long stem. That was WAY harder than I think it should have been.
![296783 296783](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254004-51776d0cce6e7b8d9bd7fd6bc5937b54.jpg)
![296784 296784](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254005-190a3d4b9fc7efcda98b7c0f8eb68205.jpg)
![296785 296785](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254006-5a8fafcdf63bc907029d985415ef353e.jpg)
God... I'm such a newb. Projects like this are a frustrating reminder of just how much I have yet to learn. And also a serious kick in the backside to get my new lathe operational. The more I use the old worn out SB, the more frustrated I get. That said, here's another 'getter done.' (Sorry- I don't have a clue what StarWars model he's working on.)
"Hey can you make me three of these plastic parts?"
![296781 296781](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254002-90d38150c70beb96670a6e469ef6bbb0.jpg)
Yeah, probably- send me some dimensions.
"Here you go."
![296782 296782](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254003-365144009e823691463f2833a593a284.jpg)
...Hmmmm... Twelve attempts later I finally got three parts complete without breaking off the long stem. That was WAY harder than I think it should have been.
![296783 296783](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254004-51776d0cce6e7b8d9bd7fd6bc5937b54.jpg)
![296784 296784](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254005-190a3d4b9fc7efcda98b7c0f8eb68205.jpg)
![296785 296785](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/254/254006-5a8fafcdf63bc907029d985415ef353e.jpg)