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Thats a good one howcome I didnt think of that. CRS desease!!
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Simplest way to make a lathe dog please.
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Thats a good one howcome I didnt think of that. CRS desease!!
this took just a few minutes to make:
I made mine some time ago from copper. The dog’s tail is soldered. Ignore the second half of the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgErpvnjKG0
Here it is in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZ6G96h2Ok
Someone mentioned not getting your hands too close to this dog as it can bite. Goes without saying.
Anyway, I was using this thick 1.78” steel bar to make a test bar (same one described in How to Run a Lathe, published by South Bend 100 years ago.
The biggest bonus of using copper is it can’t cut into steel and mar it if you're working on something special.
I made mine some time ago from copper. The dog’s tail is soldered. Ignore the second half of the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgErpvnjKG0
Here it is in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZ6G96h2Ok
Someone mentioned not getting your hands too close to this dog as it can bite. Goes without saying.
Anyway, I was using this thick 1.78” steel bar to make a test bar (same one described in How to Run a Lathe, published by South Bend 100 years ago.
The biggest bonus of using copper is it can’t cut into steel and mar it if you're working on something special.