First tool for the tiny lathe (home made) pics

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Polishing the hard steel point

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Bronze body with 3mm thrust installed

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Center with 13x5x4mm bearing (inner seal removed) +2 parts of the thrust

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Assembled with 30 weight oil

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Ready for action
I have already made a few test barrels on the lathe; this is the first real tool for the lathe made by the lathe

took a test cut across a 1/4" BRASS ROD
I could not believe my eyes when I read the vernier; "NO" taper at all 0.247" dia across the lenght of 95mm; I'm flabbergasted I really did not expect that; a bit of tweeking yes; but not dead on first try

The center sounded very quiet and had no residual vibrations to add to the test cut; with a cut of only 0.0015" at 1700 rpm I expected a bit of vibration
I'm still not happy with holding it so far out in a drill chuck (but it is a very good chuck) but hey if it works what the h*ll

Very exciting Stevie, I bet the 95mm no taper cut made your day:)
You have come a long way in a short period of time, recall you mentioning that "May CNC it one day" has not been all that long ago.

Two thumbs up on your work and also thaks for the effort it took to post the progress.

Ken

Thanks Ken
Yes I posted that thread 15th Feb; it's come along very well; and with many thanks to the members here; the reading was well worth it and very helpfull
I just hope the big Mill goes as well; I'll be updating the drawing soon with the parts off eBay

All I can say is wow! That is some quality craftsmanship. Well done sir!

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Made this today; it's close but not up to the standards I'm setting myself for the model barrels; this is a replacement barrel (or will be once I get it right) for the 1/200th scale Yamato model by Nachimo; the plastic items are garbage and people want the look of the real thing; I also want to use bronze not brass as above

The smaller gun on the spru are 1/350th Yamato by Tamiya; any keen eyed guy can see just how far off they are :rolleyes: