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| vtsteam:
It was so beautiful out and I was so tired I didn't know what I was doing and meandered down to Lesters old tyme machine shop. Ended up with some steel pieces. Just to see what they were like...... |
| vtsteam:
--- Quote from: Fergus OMore on March 11, 2015, 01:54:13 PM ---It was heady mixture of experts. So I look forward your contribution. --- End quote --- Yipes! Definitely not at that level! Bad enough seeing in the last week a video of a homemade lathe that has micron accuracy, and then the Stepperhead in all it's shiny, innovative, and versatile glory. It's enough to make a guy say he isn't building a lathe, and then sort of accidentally have stuff get stuck together, purely coincidentally, that you can sort of turn stuff on, just like a lathe! |
| Fergus OMore:
Looked at all this lovely steel. Thought that you could actually make a lathe with steel rather than cast iron. I went out to buy a little 1/6th 2880rpm motor really. The rest of the thing was not of interest. I was making one-for the second time. Result, I came back with a steel, fabricated Stent tool and cutter grinder complete with the intended motor. Works just like the real cast iron one. Keep going Norman |
| Manxmodder:
Just as long as we remember that Steve isn't really building a lathe but just visualising what the materials to build one would look like. I look forward to more photos of this 'visualising' process. :lol: ....OZ. |
| PekkaNF:
What is that square tube there for? Steve - don't step into dark side. One day I have to leave work early and get some visual aids for my project. Pekka |
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