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Meldonmech:
Hi Guys
              I bought a set of Myford lathe tools at a sale some time ago, and have never used them because the slipper was missing. I needed a short project, having just completed a big one, so decided to make one.
                The radius of the slipper was checked using a steel billet, placed in the lathe tool. Compasses where then set to this radius,  marking blue applied to the steel blank and the radius marked out

Meldonmech:
The marked out blank was gripped in the milling vice, and the radius roughed out.

Meldonmech:
The blank was then set up on the rotary table ready for milling the radius. Only light cuts of 5 thou were used to achieve a good finish without the cutter grabbing.

Meldonmech:
The machined radius was checked against the lathe tool to ensure a good fit had been achieved.

Meldonmech:
The job was the set up in the milling vice to cut the central slot, using a smaller end mill than the slot size, to enable light finishing cuts to be made.  The last pic. showing the slipper before finally sawing to its finished height.

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