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| Pete.:
Use the term 'tracer attachment', you'll find what you want. |
| piper1:
--- Quote from: Pete. on November 15, 2013, 03:08:35 PM ---Use the term 'tracer attachment', you'll find what you want. --- End quote --- Thank you. |
| unc1esteve:
You could set up to do it free hand like a wood lathe. I think tubal cain has a video of that. |
| S. Heslop:
Do you intend to produce many of these to close tolerances? Since they're mostly decorative you could just rough out the majority of the material with plunge cuts and a parting tool, then smooth the steps with a file and emery tape. If you need to keep close enough to a plan for some reason you could figure out how far to plunge each step. Here's a shoddy representation. Although the way i'd do them would just be to cut the bulk material free hand with the carriage and crosslide handwheel and file it smooth. I know there's a great temptation to try do everything in clever and overly technical ways, but it's just not worth it for these one-off jobs. Keep it simple. |
| piper1:
--- Quote from: S. Heslop on November 15, 2013, 08:38:03 PM ---Do you intend to produce many of these to close tolerances? Since they're mostly decorative you could just rough out the majority of the material with plunge cuts and a parting tool, then smooth the steps with a file and emery tape. If you need to keep close enough to a plan for some reason you could figure out how far to plunge each step. Here's a shoddy representation. Although the way i'd do them would just be to cut the bulk material free hand with the carriage and crosslide handwheel and file it smooth. I know there's a great temptation to try do everything in clever and overly technical ways, but it's just not worth it for these one-off jobs. Keep it simple. --- End quote --- Thank you for the reply. I only intend to make them as one offs. The diagram and instructions look pretty easy for me to understand and follow so I'm going to have a bash in the morning. |
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