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| Bangkok Mick:
--- 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 --- Plunge cuts cleaned up with file and emery cloth is exactly what I used to make my mini shisha pipe and I was pleased with the result. Cheers Mick |
| Fergus OMore:
As you have called yourself 'Piper' and show a strangled octopus :lol: you should know what a chanter and drones looks like. So the question is how did they make them? Actually, it is simple enough if you forget these dreadful carbide inserts and think that there are other things which remove metal or wood. What carves nice shapes in pipes and a lot of other things is not fancy carbides or fancier exotics but plain and simple 'form tools' in carbon steel or better high speed stuff. I made me a left hand and right handed pair of form tools to do my chanter and drones in ten minutes. You don't need fancy stuff, you need form tools. Sorry but first things first. Cheers Norman |
| DaveH:
--- Quote from: piper1 on November 16, 2013, 04:58:06 PM ---is this a devise that can be purchased or do you have to build one to fit your own lathe? sorry for the dumb questions. Kev --- End quote --- Hi Kev, You can buy them, but most guys tend to make their own. There are a few different designs some easier to make than others. One that seems to have become a favourite is the 'Steve bedair' one. His site shows how to make it http://bedair.org/Ball/ball1.html :beer: DaveH |
| piper1:
--- Quote from: DaveH on November 17, 2013, 06:14:01 AM --- --- Quote from: piper1 on November 16, 2013, 04:58:06 PM ---is this a devise that can be purchased or do you have to build one to fit your own lathe? sorry for the dumb questions. Kev --- End quote --- Hi Kev, You can buy them, but most guys tend to make their own. There are a few different designs some easier to make than others. One that seems to have become a favourite is the 'Steve bedair' one. His site shows how to make it http://bedair.org/Ball/ball1.html :beer: DaveH --- End quote --- Thank you Dave I will go and have a read. Kev |
| DaveH:
Kev, There are some on here - here's one http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,548.0.html :beer: DaveH |
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