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| Stilldrillin:
NICE! :thumbup: David D |
| Bogstandard:
Many thanks for the good comments gents. I don't know if I put people off by my comments about hand graving and the safety issues, but in all honesty, if you care to take the time and train yourself to work very closely to the chuck, it can be a very rewarding experience. I have forgotten the amount of boiler funnel caps I have made for people, but something like that can really put the finishing touches to a steam plant or a distinguishing part for an engine can really set it out from the ordinary. As I have shown before, where I turned up shaped steel handles, they are not available commercially, but if you can have a go yourself, almost any turned shape is possible. From little hand turned finials in place of nuts as on my mine engine, to a spinner shaped cone to fit my small turbine and elbow engines. All done in a matter of minutes, and totally unique. For my graver rest, when I use a graver, I just mount a bar in my toolpost and bring it close up to the job, so no special lathe fitments are required. BTW, great gravers can be made out of worn out files, just grind up the shape you require on the end and leave most of the teeth on there, they give a good non slip surface to hold onto, but make sure you leave the original handle in place. John |
| NickG:
Very nice John, have often wondered how people make the fancy shapes on funnels, etc. You're right, it was a bit of a gaping hole on the top of that casting before. Very professional looking now, I love it! Nick |
| madjackghengis:
Hi John, glad you were able to get that "bling drive" out of your system. I guess hand tool work on lathes is something for old folks to remember, it was where I started on both a wood and metal lathe. It's not that dangerous, it just hurts sometimes, like when I smashed my fingernail off when one of the chuck jaws hit it. Wasted almost ten minutes getting a clean rag taped around it so it would quit leaking, and just from using a file :lol:. That funnel looks great and will certainly be unique, it fits the whole of the engine very nicely, and does look much better than a plain old hole. I'm really looking forward to seeing and hearing this engine run, great work at making it look easy. :nrocks: jack |
| Jasonb:
Good to see you back onto this engine and giving it your own touches, the flared spout gives the hopper a lot more caricter. As John says provided you are careful and think about what you are doing hand turning can be quite rewarding and is not at all hard particularly in a material like brass. Its a very good way to refine curved forms, these bits for a traction engine whistle were all hand turned using a 3/16" dia scraper. And once you are confident with hand turning you won't have any worries about trying metal spinning. J |
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