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07-17-2019, 07:16 PM
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Spent a few hours making this...………..
1/2" UNF, to suit .177/.22/.25 calibre.
Getting the hang of this lathe lark!
oh, yeah, it's pretty bloody quiet as well!
Cheers.
Roy.
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Looks good! Would be great to see it in action.
What are the blue plastic pieces?
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(07-17-2019, 10:10 PM)TomG Wrote: What are the blue plastic pieces?
Tom
Looks like Roy has been into his wife's hair curler stash.
I'm wondering what material was used to make the other parts. Shiny!
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Yep, hair curlers for the baffles(it's good enough for Weihrauch!), craft felt for the sound dampening, and it's made from aluminium bar and tube from ebay, grade 6063-T6/6082-T6 dunno which one though?
Polished to death with 'Autosol' metal polish.
Cheers.
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Thanks Roy. I wasn't sure if it was aluminium (aluminum) or a piece of hard chrome rod from a hydraulic cylinder. That is quite a polish job you did there.
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Ok, scrap the first lot of pics, here's what it looks like fitted now!
Mod fitted with this adaptor I also made.
Anodised them myself as well...…..damn I'm learning stuff fast!
I also don't believe my chuck of choice is now a 4 jaw independent.
Cheers.
Roy.
p.s. yep I'm still using the curlers, just lost the pics!!
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(08-29-2019, 06:11 PM)Swarf_Newbie Wrote: my chuck of choice is now a 4 jaw independent.
You're definitely learning some good stuff.
Ed