Stuff you have made today

[Kram]

Tonight I'm making a dent in the homemade sloe vodka. All the better for being drunk out of the homemade glass!

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From the colour, looked like you've lost a few teeth

 

[Kram]

I had an attempt at helical milling with @Onoff 's printed jig.

It works! Three 1mm deep cuts.
Difficult to feed smoothely and can see it in the finish.

 

[Onoff]

I had an attempt at helical milling with @Onoff 's printed jig.View attachment 389407View attachment 389408View attachment 389409

It works! Three 1mm deep cuts.
Difficult to feed smoothely and can see it in the finish.

As per the pm I think they're "chatter" marks. Basically the irregularities and imperfections of the print being faithfully transferred and "copied" by the cutter. I'm oddly pleased it copies so accurately!

I used silicone grease on one of the assemblies to smooth the action.

Are you cutting that dry? I reckon some cutting lubricant would help.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

More chuffing railings…

That's what you get for being so good at them.

 

[Onoff]

I had an attempt at helical milling with @Onoff 's printed jig.

The accompanying video:

https://flic.kr/p/2onf1Lz

I was thinking it needs constant lubrication whilst cutting. That and do a cut and withdraw the tool rather than winding the spinning tool back though what you've just cut.

Would it work to do the first cut then stop the lathe and wind the helical jig back to the start. Then fire up the lathe and do the second cut?

The principle is there.

 

[DAPPH]

Tonight I'm making a dent in the homemade sloe vodka. All the better for being drunk out of the homemade glass!

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Are those white things in the glass fallen out teeth , caused by drinking it ? ?

 

[MysterG]

Ditto this big dice.
It's a base for a table lamp.

I still need to rub the lotion on it's skin

Damn, wish I'd though of that. Not as a lamp base just as a 'thing'!

 

[DAPPH]

As per the pm I think they're "chatter" marks. Basically the irregularities and imperfections of the print being faithfully transferred and "copied" by the cutter. I'm oddly pleased it copies so accurately!

I used silicone grease on one of the assemblies to smooth the action.

Are you cutting that dry? I reckon some cutting lubricant would help.

Would a four or six flute cutter make any difference to the finish of the helical?

Closer examination of my routing out the Stok Board gave a similar chattering cut and the wood router bit I used only had two flutes , . Where I slowed down the router travel I got a much smoother finish . .

 

[DAPPH]

Damn, wish I'd though of that. Not as a lamp base just as a 'thing'!

Put a tiny battery operated gyroscope inside , operated by a mercury tilt or piezo switch with counter & trigger switch so when you tilt it or tap a set rhythm on it in a certain way you'll always get a six face on top .

 

[Brad93]

another house sign

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Did a lhd and rhd heater valve for the MGZT260 owners club shop. Im extremely impressed with the mapp gas torch I bought the other week

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Tonight I'm making a dent in the homemade sloe vodka. All the better for being drunk out of the homemade glass!

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Have your falsies fell in it

 

[Wildefalcon]

Rivets for the mudflaps on my Landrover. Couldn't find the right size to turned down some to suit. Didn't spend long looking for the right size, mind. It was an opportunity to practice turning.

 

[Turbo]

Did a lhd and rhd heater valve for the MGZT260 owners club shop. Im extremely impressed with the mapp gas torch I bought the other week

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I wouldn't use mapp gas to do soft soldering, its too hot & its very easy to overheat the fittings & boil the solder & flux. You are better to use straight propane (black or red cylinders), they don't burn as hot & are much safer.

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

I wouldn't use mapp gas to do soft soldering, its too hot & its very easy to overheat the fittings & boil the solder & flux. You are better to use straight propane (black or red cylinders), they don't burn as hot & are much safer.

Thanks Ill get a propane

 

[6ply]

Needed a chuck key. After setting the dividing head, thought I might as well make spares.

 

[Scalarocco]

One for each jaw plus a spare, just in case!

 

[500e]

Can we have a taper back off the square "aesthetically pleasing"

 

[Kram]

I wouldn't use mapp gas to do soft soldering, its too hot & its very easy to overheat the fittings & boil the solder & flux. You are better to use straight propane (black or red cylinders), they don't burn as hot & are much safer.

Its not that much hotter, just use a smaller flame. However propane is cheaper, and butane/propane mixes far cheaper if thats all the heat you need.
You can get butane mix to mapp adaptors cheap enough and works well so you can use he same torch.

 

[DAPPH]

Needed a chuck key. After setting the dividing head, thought I might as well make spares.
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As you get older & your hands aren't as clever as they used to be and you don't like bending your back to use the chuck keys etc . Now is the time to make two chuck keys , 400 mm long with half inch sleeves of aluminum epoxied on the handles to make them 16 mm in dia & 250 mm from tip to tip .