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| AdeV:
--- Quote from: No1_sonuk on September 11, 2010, 05:38:37 PM ---Yup. It looks rough, but it feels smooth - I'm assuming my lack of flycutting experience contributed to the look of it. BTW, that block is aluminium. --- End quote --- Whaddayamean "rough"? That surface looks almost glassy. You'll be there for hours with the ultra-fine wet&dry, polishing compounds and other paraphernalia trying to get a better surface than that... Seriously, that looks really good. And great idea to use the button insert tool, that should be good for steel and even this lousy ali-bronze stuff I'm using just now. |
| wongster:
That's a good idea!!! No need to rely on my grinding skill, or the lack of it... Are you able to give me the angle of that holder of yours? The part that is slanted to the horizontal. Regards, Wong |
| No1_sonuk:
I'm not sure of the exact angle - it looks like about 20 degrees off horizontal. It's a body I bought that came with an unground HSS tool. I just took that out and put the lathe tool in instead. I should think just about any angle would do, though, as the cutter is circular. |
| j45on:
--- Quote from: No1_sonuk on September 11, 2010, 05:38:37 PM ---Yup. It looks rough, but it feels smooth - I'm assuming my lack of flycutting experience contributed to the look of it. BTW, that block is aluminium. --- End quote --- I was not criticising the finish it looks great :thumbup: I dont have a fly cutter yet and grinding a tool has put me off but you post made me buy a glanze profile tool to complete my lathe set And now i'm shopping for a fly cutter to fit it |
| No1_sonuk:
As I said - lack of experience. That's the largest area I've ever fly cut. My comment about it being rough was because of Bogs' photo and comment about a "mirror" finish on the first page of this thread. Mine's kind of a very scratched or smeary mirror. :thumbup: |
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