My First Lathe Project

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I just knew I shouldn't click on that - luckily, I've had my tea.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat
it is not what you think, it is innocent.
I will show you the next image, if you want.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@slim_boy_fat
it is not what you think, it is innocent.
I will show you the next image, if you want.

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Ha, Ha - I did click on it though.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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See 100% innocent.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

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See 100% innocent.

Aye, but I'm still traumatised by the mankini one(s), even after all this time.

Aaaaanyway, back to lathe work [or vegetables], eh?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I was watching an old man today on a old fashioned lathe at my mates garage.
He was turning down BSA pistons to fit another engine.
Fag in mouth, tea on head stock and away he went.

I watched him heat the pistons.( yes he did the rings groves) in boiling water. Take them out. drop them into the bores.

They dropped with that classic noise "wiiiish"
He pulled them out, "2 more passes" and he repeated it.

This time the noise was "wooooish".

We all know the noise.

He left, I asked my friend, it was hi uncle rebuilding his old BSA bike.
He was 97 years old.

 

[decca]

ive put it in this section as my kitchen is also a Worksop that creates ........... Edible things

My Favorite cast iron pan has suffered with broken handles, no matter what you buy they don't ladt long. A while back I saw a set of similar pans with aluminium handles, so I had a go my self.

It was my first solo lathe project, after a bit of phone consultancy with dad I ground some HSS with a bullnose front. To complement the only other cutter I have.

I turned down the shank with the bull nose then adjusted the to slide at an angle to give me the chamfer I wanted. This wasn't to a dawing, just what looked right by eye.

I then centre drilled, drilled and tapped M6 for a SS pan head bolt.

Faced it off the made a little dished recess to accommodate the curve of the lid

Didn't have a parting off tool, so I cut (with hack saw) the half formed section from the bar so I could hold it the other way round.

Used some very thin copper sheet wrapped round the mandrel section of the handle to hold in the chuck

Faced off, rounded edges with a file and made a slight dish in the visible part of the handle.

Cleaned off with some wet n dry then quick rub with a garryson block followed by a quick buff with a cloth mop mounted in my wood lathe

Not a complicated project by some of the work ive seen in here, but complicated enough for me as a starter

Here is the result

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And yes, before you all say, yes it's going to get hot, but so did the crappy plastic ones, so I'm in the habit of always using some hot pads

I love to fix things. Every time you use that lid you will look at that and think I did that. Well done.

 

[Wedg1e]

Aye, none too shabby there Parm.
Lathes are like MIG sets: you don't realise how often you'll need one until you have one

If you have time to kill, find some 10mm diameter aluminium or brass and make pens out of it... nothing too fancy, pull the refill out of a Bic and work backwards
A few years back I made one for Nursy... then one for me... one each for her parents (including one that retracts the point, using a Parker refill) and then two that I listed on Ebay and sold for embarassingly large sums.
When I posted a thread on Pistonheads about them, I was contacted by a guy whose dad had been a turner and he wanted to get him something handmade as an 80th birthday present, so I sent him a pen and he sent me a cheque - for a REALLY embarassingly large sum.
Ten years later and every time Nursy gets her Filofax out (yes, some people still use them!) I see the pen I made her and start thinking how I'd do it better - but she won't let me.

Anyway, the point is that you generally end up setting tapers, knurling, grooving, deep drilling at titchy diameters etc. - all useful stuff

 

[Parm]

Aye, none too shabby there Parm.
Lathes are like MIG sets: you don't realise how often you'll need one until you have one

If you have time to kill, find some 10mm diameter aluminium or brass and make pens out of it... nothing too fancy, pull the refill out of a Bic and work backwards
A few years back I made one for Nursy... then one for me... one each for her parents (including one that retracts the point, using a Parker refill) and then two that I listed on Ebay and sold for embarassingly large sums.
When I posted a thread on Pistonheads about them, I was contacted by a guy whose dad had been a turner and he wanted to get him something handmade as an 80th birthday present, so I sent him a pen and he sent me a cheque - for a REALLY embarassingly large sum.
Ten years later and every time Nursy gets her Filofax out (yes, some people still use them!) I see the pen I made her and start thinking how I'd do it better - but she won't let me.

Anyway, the point is that you generally end up setting tapers, knurling, grooving, deep drilling at titchy diameters etc. - all useful stuff

Cheers Fella

That's a good idea and one I'm going to try as I have a good selection of brass rods.

How do you make a hole long enough for ink tube ?

Is it as simple as using a long drill bit or is there some other magic?

 

[Wedg1e]

How do you make a hole long enough for ink tube ?

Is it as simple as using a long drill bit or is there some other magic?

No, exactly that, deep drilling with long-series bits. Even so you'll find that the usual long-series 2 and 3mm drills are barely long enough for a Bic refill, might have to get creative

One thing to watch out for is taper angles; make it too steep and you'll break through into the bore.

Anyway, enough clues - get on with it!

 

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Cheers Fella

That's a good idea and one I'm going to try as I have a good selection of brass rods.

How do you make a hole long enough for ink tube ?

Is it as simple as using a long drill bit or is there some other magic?

Just make yourself a long drill out of a standard twist drill and a length of silver steel the same diameter.

 

[Wedg1e]

Just make yourself a long drill out of a standard twist drill and a length of silver steel the same diameter.

The only drawback to that is that you can end up a lot deeper in the hole than the flute length so the chips get packed and the drill siezes... just have to keep pulling out regularly (ooer)
On the other hand it's good welding practice as well

 

[Mee]

now dont forget when cooking, the onions are cut up on the lathe

And the slices of beetroot for pickling

No, exactly that, deep drilling with long-series bits. Even so you'll find that the usual long-series 2 and 3mm drills are barely long enough for a Bic refill, might have to get creative

One thing to watch out for is taper angles; make it too steep and you'll break through into the bore.

Anyway, enough clues - get on with it!

Drill blanks, you can get 3mm dia in lengths of up to 330mm off the shelf.