Another dial made

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iron man

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I wanted to make another dial to make sure it was not begginers luck with this type of setup but I wanted to make the lines different lengths so I setup my rotory dial.




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I setup the saw blade and the one tooth at a time rachet.

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And proceded to cut lines it gets pretty gnarly doing it this way but the end line is nice and square. I just turn on the lathe and hold a hardwood stick against it it cleans up nice.

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Here is the dial before full clean up the lines are now multiple lengths it is hard to get a good picture of it. It looks better in real life than in the photo it turned out nice. On to paint. Ray

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Can't wait to see this finished project. What color for the lines this time?
 
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Just another photo before I totally cleaned it up thanks for lookin.. Ray

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Cool Beans! I think ya got it down!

Another great job Ray.
 
Thanks ,,,I just did it with black lacquer I sprayed some in a piece of cloth and wiped it over the dial let it dry turned the lathe on and held a popcycle stick over the surface to remove the excess it really looks nice now. the lacquer paint drys fast and lays flater than enamel.. Ray
 
Well I think that proves it wernt beginners luck.
Have you considered nail polish? That goes on pretty thick and dries hard and durable. And as a plus you can probably get it with glitter!

Cheers Phil
 
Indexing from the saw blade is brilliant, Ray. I made my own 50 hole index with a DRO to scribe a dial, but there are a ton of different saw blades with all sorts of tooth-counts available. An arbor for any given lathe would be easy to construct.

Great idea.

-Ryan
 
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