These are my favorites. Short, 17mm (top to very bottom) 11mm from top to where it meets the RM2........fat, 11mm across at the flat(ish) top. As with hand grenades....anything close.
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These are my favorites. Short, 17mm (top to very bottom) 11mm from top to where it meets the RM2........fat, 11mm across at the flat(ish) top. As with hand grenades....anything close.
I think the cannon tip is cool as hell! What kind of setup you using on your drill press?
Edit: Like you, I work with wood a lot and have many tools.
Edit: Like you, I work with wood a lot and have many tools.
+1 would be interested in the drill press setup. Do you drill the hole before or after turning it?
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I managed to set something up on the lathe. Screwed a chunk of wood to the plate, screwed in one of those brass inserts (coarse wood screw on the outside, threaded for machine screw on the inside), and machine screwed the work piece (through the suck-me-up-some-vapor hole which I predrilled) to the plate thusly.
on the drill press, I had drilled out the center hole, then chucked the drill bit with the piece on it. Then I put a stop collar on the drill bit and snugged it up to the bottom of the work piece with dbl stick tape. Then I clamped a sacrificial chunk of ply to the bed/table and drillpressed the exposed end of the drill bit into the ply until the stop collar was firmly resting on the ply. Then I clamped a stick on the ply, projecting to center, as a tool rest....
Kay, here's the lathe. Block of wood screwed to plate . . . . Yes, the block is spinning. Yes, I should round it off so I don't break my finger.
here's the brass insert that is screwed into the block, and the machine screw is screwed into that.
here's the brass insert that is screwed into the block, and the machine screw is screwed into that.
Here's the drill press set up. Where you see drill bit showing is where the blank would be; snugged in tight by the chuck lips and the stop collar w/ double stick tape (or sticky back sand paper, or super glue and a piece of paper) btwn the collar and the work piece. Yes, first thing I did, Geo, was drill out the work piece ctr hole (same bit as becomes spindle)
Here's my "tool rest"
here's how I would hold a cutting tool (screwdriver represents)
This was indeed awkward and I would find a different spinny thing next time, but it worked . . . sort of The lathe seems to work better (scratches his head)
Here's my "tool rest"
here's how I would hold a cutting tool (screwdriver represents)
This was indeed awkward and I would find a different spinny thing next time, but it worked . . . sort of
The lathe seems to work better (scratches his head)
Thanks dib. Never would of thought of turning something on my drill press. It's a good way to break a finger or two, I know, so kids don't try this at home without some skills. That said, what the hell, I'm gonna have to give it a go.
Here's another one . .. . . .
bit rough . . . . . this one, but I like the shape.
bit rough . . . . . this one, but I like the shape.
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Full size? . . . the size of your thumb? (no, the other one, the one that's still all there.)
Oh, yeah! That's a TB special right there. A "pdib" autograph would be golden.
How's this Tree?
(perfect? no . . .. made w/ love? yep)
Oh, yeah! That's a TB special right there. A "pdib" autograph would be golden.
Tree!!! dammit. i already warned ya once!!!!
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