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Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:25 pm
by Fredline
Looking good.
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:26 pm
by Duckett
I shall follow your posts on this with interest. I hope it goes well.
Phil
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:31 pm
by Trilob
Looking good! Looking forward to see the progression!
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:32 pm
by Hovis
Duckett wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:26 pm
I shall follow your posts on this with interest. I hope it goes well.
Phil
Scraped a bit only last week. Must persevere!
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:59 am
by Lea Dweller
Having had the pleasure of using Watermole's lathe to make the first few 'cut's in a billet of aluminium, I realise how difficult your task is. Watermole himself told me "people should see my bins full of mistakes"
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:42 am
by Hovis
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:49 pm
by Marc
Wow. Its a dream of mine to be able to do what you're doing. Best of luck and please update us regularly.
Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:13 am
by Liphook
For a second there I was thinking you had a pedal powered lathe, legs like Chris Hoy and the arms of a giant octopus
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Keep up the good work and please do keep us updated
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Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:43 am
by OldTackle
Woow, I love threads like this! Lovely Myford there
If I may ask:
How did you make the akku drill work on the tool holder? Something I wanted to add to my lathe for quite some time. I see a ball bearing there. Would you mind to show me the rest of it? Is it self made?
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Re: Inspired by watermole+
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:00 am
by Hovis
OldTackle wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:43 am
Woow, I love threads like this! Lovely Myford there
If I may ask:
How did you make the akku drill work on the tool holder? Something I wanted to add to my lathe for quite some time. I see a ball bearing there. Would you mind to show me the rest of it? Is it self made?
All my tooling and forms are home made. Most with little more than basic hand tools. The tool post drill was a length of 20mm steel stock turned down to 12mm (to fit in tool holder) with 2 shoulders at each end. These are then relieved to take a bearing in a light press fit. The collect is an er11 ebay special with a ground 8mm shaft. Finally its secured with a 8mm collar and grub screw (this can be moved along the shaft to set the depth). It's powered either by a dremal type tools and flexi drive or directly from a cordless drill. One day I'll build it a specific motor/speed controller attachment.
Also for interest is my indexing attachment. Just a 60t gear and detend pin allowing me to stop on every tooth and half tooth.
Anyway they say a picture speaks a thousand words.
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