It could be a little shorter, for sure.I wanted to give myself plenty of room for error, since this is my first attempt, and all. I still might shorten the body a bit... Right now, it's 3-3/8" tall. The same height as a Grand without the catch cup.
Thanks Capt'n.
Not too sure about my wood workin' skills though....
I do still have a chunk of stabilized red maple burl.....
ETA: It's this one...
I think I'll leave the two I'm building now, raw aluminum. I need to turn that burl into a mod though.
Super duper hot!
My first attempt at hybrid'ing a Derringer...man I love having a lathe, so much easier
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Basically I just copied the D pin up top, I ditched the slots and went with an oversized hole (not a big fan of the slots) and added a tail threaded to 6-32. I used Order Brass 464 Round in Small Quantities at OnlineMetals.com for this one...Pb free. Though machining brass without Pb is not fun, it's not copper nasty but close...
Direct connect to my beryllium copper contactor strip, no leaks, no v drop...no BS
I fully agree that for guys like us who vape the same atty everyday it makes perfect sense.
CC buddy if you can do what you've done already then I'm certain you can cut a couple of 3.5mm pieces off that beautiful maple burl slab and machine each side to fit them in. I'm just throwing ideas your side pal, I don't want in anyway to influence your design. I love what you've done with this and I believe (just my humble opinion) that some fine wood siding will just skyrocket the wow factor of this mod.
You've done a stellar job already that's for sure buddy
...the burl inserts would look pretty good but I get where CC may be coming from...I've been watching this build from the cheap seats (and looking on line for round over mill bits )...there's something so clean and minimalist about these builds I think I'm in camp CC on the wood thing...though I would be looking around for an anodizing shop...or try some bluing...or really feed the OCD machine and polish one.
I gotta say, I'm pretty impressed with this little mill. It's taken everything I've thrown at it, from a 1/2" radius corner rounding end mill, to a 2-1/2" fly cutter, to a 5/8" end mill plunging to almost 3 inches, to a boring head with a 3" boring bar..... I know it's only 6061 aluminum, but I wasn't sure it'd handle all that. So far, no complaints...
Little closer.....
'Cause stainless steel 7x0.5mm threads are a lot stronger and more resistant to wear than aluminum ones?
'Cause stainless steel 7x0.5mm threads are a lot stronger than aluminum ones?
Personally, I'm waiting anxiously to see how he holds the cap onto the body. I'm hoping it won't be with machine screws.
Though, it would be easier........
God bless neodymium
Indeed!
I'm going with 1/4" diameter x 1/2" long, N48's for the body. They'll be recessed quite a bit. I'm hoping that by using these, they'll have plenty of holding power....
