The Home Machinist!

That video would probably very helpful IF the guy would have talked slow enough to be understood . So many people seem to be practicing to be auctioneers .
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When I was working as an engineer, it was standard practice for the machinists to deburr each and every surface, and I never observed them deburring raw stock for personal safety. I may have just missed it, or the company order in sufficient quantity that they could get deburred raw stock as a matt...

Back in ancient times there were machines that you stuck the end of a bar into and they centered and drilled it automatically. You could make an end cap on the lathe, stepped to accept the workpiece and the center drill, and use a hand drill to make a centered hole. I did exactly that a few weeks a...

You've just done "line boring" on a simulated Vertical lathe . All that's different is a "steady rest" in place of a tailstock center.
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Sheech! It's "raw material". Do you expect the steaks from the butcher to be already grilled?
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They aren't quite as "simple to make" if you cope the ends of cotter to the shaft your clamping. I've done that for the new ones I've made for a Bridgeport quill. I feel that is a better (less marring) thing. It does mean setting up and boring to the right radius.
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And while you're at it make some with 5/16 and 1/4 threaded holes to fit the slots. They come in handy often.
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If you haven't caught Robin Renzetti on youtube, you should. He does some incredibly precise work. Here he makes his own carbide-tipped boring / internal grooving tools. He makes them so precise that he can swap them out on the CNC and keep going. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQ5pOkCeW0 Steve I...

I think that McMaster 1100 stuff would be the ideal but all I need for ever would be a 3 or 4 ft., a 50 ft roll would be overkill :-) All the cans and like has been tried in the past and is way toooo hard . I don't "do" any welding even Oxy Acet. so that annealing is out. As to how much machining is...

I have a small piece of the stuff but am going to need several square feet at least. It's about .005" thick but would like some even thicker if possible. The stuff I have is like very thick Food wrap foil . I want to use it to cushion the knurl when I hold a bunch of parts in the lathe chuck to fini...

Re: Consider this; these boring bars + 10 inserts cost $18 for the lot.
boring bars.
Until the "Virus" problem is solved You may have a problem getting any of those. I was jut getting ready to buy a set of those.
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I was thinking the same thing. If the "magic" word is "Stainless" just use some other BS terms like the alloy words and numbers to confuse the silly consumers. Then there is always the magic word "Billet".
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