turning down square blocks

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mgj:
Can you drill and tap from behind so you can bolt it onto a faceplate - with a thin spacer in between if you need to do the whole length.

Divided he ad:
Tim', (Tim' eone!?)

Lots of different ways to do this... Some not so safe!

Really do need pic's :worthless:

Of the chuck and the workpiece, Preferably with a rule in the shots for scale?

We can all help figure it out if we have all the info :thumbup:

Ralph.

Jasonb:
Clamping dogs on the faceplate, or something a bit fancier like this

http://homews.co.uk/page40.html

J

Bogstandard:
The first five pictures of this post show what to do.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=228.0

or ignore the first couple of pics on this one except for the bit about putting the centre in.

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=1809.0

If you take it steady, you don't need to round over the edges first, just take steady cuts.

You don't say how long your bar is, but I would use this method for no longer than say 4" at a time. If you do it right, and get the bar well centred at the chuck end, there is no way that the material can come out of position.

If you try to take too much off at one time, the bar will just stop turning. Put a tiny bit more pressure on the rotating centre and carry on with shallower cuts.

Bogs

crabsign69:
thats how i did it bogs i must of got it from you . it works very well :beer:

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