07-17-2013, 06:44 AM
Ed,
That part isn't too long to just grab with a four jaw. Save the change of underwear for your boring adventures.
Doing it in the mill would require a larger boring head. If you tried doing it with a 1/2 bar and if you could find one long enough, it would probably sing like the church choir.
A boring bar held in the lathe would be a lot more rigid.
Another option, just because there are many ways of doing this, would be to mount the block on a faceplate in the lathe. That would be even more rigid than a four jaw, and you could couterbalance it. Just a thought.
Tom
That part isn't too long to just grab with a four jaw. Save the change of underwear for your boring adventures.
Doing it in the mill would require a larger boring head. If you tried doing it with a 1/2 bar and if you could find one long enough, it would probably sing like the church choir.
A boring bar held in the lathe would be a lot more rigid. Another option, just because there are many ways of doing this, would be to mount the block on a faceplate in the lathe. That would be even more rigid than a four jaw, and you could couterbalance it. Just a thought.
Tom
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