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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => The Shop => : daved May 28, 2010, 06:08:52 PM

: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: daved May 28, 2010, 06:08:52 PM

I've had my lathe for a few weeks now, been doing web research, and practicing what I've learned. Well, today I decided it was time to actually make something, and being the incredibly creative guy I am, my first project was a muzzle brake :-). I think it came out pretty good for a first attempt:

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/Turning-005.jpg) (http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/?action=view¤t=Turning-005.jpg)

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/Turning-004.jpg) (http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/?action=view¤t=Turning-004.jpg)

(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/Turning-006.jpg) (http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x226/daved20319/?action=view¤t=Turning-006.jpg)

The pics are as machined, other than wiping off cutting lubricant, I haven't done anything else to it. Material is 6061 aluminum. The machine is an older (10-12 years) Grizzly 12x24 belt drive, and I think it leaves a surprisingly nice finish. I need to invest in some more tooling, especially some longer boring bars. I'm limited to about a 3" reach with what I have.

If any of you machinists out there have any critiques, I'd love to hear them. This is all new to me, and I'm learning as I go. Any tips and suggestions would be more than welcome. Later.

Dave

: Re: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: jay morgan May 28, 2010, 06:51:04 PM

daved,I'm no machinist for sure, but if my 2 cent's is worth anything to ya,I believe you've done a very fine job!! look's GREAT & very smooth for no polishing yet. keep it up !!!

: Re: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: Gene_SC May 28, 2010, 07:40:33 PM

David, it makes a big difference what type of cutting radius bits you use. They vary in degrees of radiius.  Nice job on the first one..

: RE: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: Truman May 28, 2010, 10:23:21 PM

Looking mighty fine! The more you machine things, the more you realize it is an art form and not just a means to an end product! Keep it up David, make an artist out of you yet!

: RE: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: kiwi May 28, 2010, 10:49:42 PM

That look pretty sharp...
your lathe runs quite true aswell'...

pete

: Re: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: kp4att May 29, 2010, 05:50:40 AM

LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT CUTTED MUZZLE BREAKE ... GOOD JOB.

/GERALD

: Re: Enough practice, finally MADE something :-)!
: Bentong May 29, 2010, 05:27:08 PM

That's pretty! Would look prettier with my B-26. LoL