Hello all, I am looking for advice as to how to give a quality finish to parts. Is this related to the quality of tooling? Angle of tooling? Speed of feed? All...
Jason, Â The quality of finish is determined by a number of things... Â I'd start with tooling- ensure the tool is sharp... Â Speeds- Taking a very light...
Jason; Another thing is to put a radius on the tip of your tool. This rad.,also depends on what material you are cutting. The radius basically ''bridges''...
Jason, There are a number of strategies to get finish. Mark says most of them here. Another one to consider is at the "varmint al" website. He got a mirror...
Jason; I do this out of habit ,but JB mentions filing,to pay attention,DANGER ! When I file on the lathe ,I hold the file UNDER the work ,by the opposite end...
I always repeat the last cut with no alterations and a very fine feed. You will invariably find that the tool will take off just that litlle bit more. As for...
A vertical shear bit works well on most materials: http://www.gadgetbuilder.com/VerticalShearBit.html If you're cutting steel and you need a better finish than...
I am working on some small size parts. 7/8 bar stock turned down to some stepped pins from .750 large end to a .495 center area and a final .370 on the...
Does anyone have a link where I can read up on basic scraping skills? I need to do some scraping on my jointer's beds. Oh and on making a scraper. James...
Home Shop Machinist magazine has been running an exceptional good series of articles on scrapping by Michael Ward. Part one was in the May/June 2011 issue. The...
I believe that is a real member who has a virus on his PC. The virus is using his address book to send out the email. Does anyone else recognize the...
Neil, Thank you. I was hoping for something a little more convent. The cost of 5 back issues would be enough to buy a book on the subject. That is if there is...
I have a LH straight male thread which has an OD of .808 inches. It has about 22 tpi What is the procedure to find a close common thread value for this? I...
Scraping is a basic metal working hand tool action comparable to filing. Here is a Wiki article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_scraper It is a trial and...
Yes I have. I have not found any instructional information yet. A few videos of people doing it and talk of the craft. But nothing that would give me enough...
There's a "scraping" group. It's been fairly quiet for a while, there's some useful stuff in its "files" section. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scraping/ Roy...
Maryland Metric has a pretty handy thread identification chart that lists most commonly found ones; it's organized by diameter, so it's convenient. ...
it measures .809 and about 20 tpi, so the 13/16 guess is pretty good. It is a fitting on a Foredom electric flex shaft machine, made by a US company in...
Hi James Watch this you tube to get an idea how scraping is done. Any doubts simple email to Mr Nick, a very friendly German craftsman who specialise in...
Do you have a set of machine scrapers, some bearing Blue and a surface plate either Cast iron or Granite. What do you want to scrape White metal bearings,...
there is a great book. it has been a few years since I saw it, but the gent takes you through making your own standards via scraping so you can get practice...
Well, he ground 'em. Did a soopa job. He has a Starrett square, and they were right on the money, according to that square. They will be my work squares,...
Steve, Did you mean the video titled Metal scraping: How to read the spotting ... From: Steve Wan To: 7x10minilathe@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February...
Hi Simon, I have two 9x12 granite surface plates. I am looking to flatten the tables of my jointer. I do not know how practical this is for someone who has no...
