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Combination gloat and question
Hello all,
It's been a while, but I've been working two jobs all winter (construction for the boss, and construction as a freelancer on nights and weekends) and haven't had much time to cool my heels. Of course, killing yerself has it's advantages- I recently got myself a pretty nice gloat for a guy I built a shop for the year before last. He recently opened his own hardwood supply store and became a lathe dealer, so he was unloading his secondhand machine for a sweet price. I ended up with a Delta 12" variable speed with a couple of brand new link belts for $675. Lot of machine for that price (the sucker weighs 400#)- and my first piece of big iron. Add that to a ton (give or take) of weeping willow burl I got from a customer who was having a giant willow cut down, and a new chainsaw, and I'm set for a while with the lathe. Of course, the march of progress never ends, and I recently saw a technique I hadn't considered on the DIY network- metal spinning. Looks like a terribly useful thing to be able to do, and I'm planning on having the local machinist/welder/small engine repairman (I live in a small town, so there's still one of those guys around) make me a tool rest with posts and a "spoon" for doing this. The guy's prices are pretty good, and he's got the stuff to make whatever I decide to go with, but I figured it couldn't hurt to see if anyone here has any first-hand experience doing this to help me get the right stuff. (For those of you who don't know what this is, here's the link- http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/wt_too...552588,00.html) My thought was that I should get the tool rest made of steel flat stock 1" x 1" x 12" long with 10 pin holes in it (one per inch leaving out the ends) that are about 3/4" deep. Not sure how long the pins to go in those holes should be, so there's question one- I'm also wondering if anyone has a ready-made source for the spinning tool, or if this is best custom-made- and if so, to what dimentions? He also used a lubricant on the piece being spun that he said was a vegitable-based soap. There were no specifics given about this, so I'm kind of in the dark. Will any old soap work, or must it be a specific type- and where does a guy find something like that? All in all, it looks like it might be a fun thing to try out, so any good advice would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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