01-30-2013, 05:06 PM
As long as we can think and deliver the thoughts to our hands, nothing is out of reach.
OK -- I have a set-up in the lathe that cannot be broken down till it is finished. So it's back to the mill to make the dial. The dial has a 15 degree face so I bolted my 3" rotary table to a 1" thick block. I mounted this in the milling vise at 15 degrees. I made an adapter for a micro chuck and mounted this assembly to the rotary table. Chucking up a test piece it was time to test the theory. Results below. Tomorrow we will do this with 1/2" brass. I will use the same set-up to make the graduation lines with a Dental Burr.
"Billy G"
OK -- I have a set-up in the lathe that cannot be broken down till it is finished. So it's back to the mill to make the dial. The dial has a 15 degree face so I bolted my 3" rotary table to a 1" thick block. I mounted this in the milling vise at 15 degrees. I made an adapter for a micro chuck and mounted this assembly to the rotary table. Chucking up a test piece it was time to test the theory. Results below. Tomorrow we will do this with 1/2" brass. I will use the same set-up to make the graduation lines with a Dental Burr.
"Billy G"