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- May 13, 2021
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I tore the guts out of an A/C compressor with 5/10 pistons. I want to round out the material around the bearing for some future use, but mostly, this is an exercise and learning opportunity.
* My lathe jaws are too large to fit in the hole
* 5 sides so I can't figure out how to fit it in my 4-jaw
* I can't figure out how to mount it in my rotary table and get it centered
So far, this is a fun puzzle, but I'm about to clamp the device in a vice and spin it with a flap disc on my angle grinder, but I'm not a neanderthal, or at least I don't want to be.
How would you turn this star-shape into a round shape? Pictured is one that I've been working on by milling the sides, one at a time, around and around, and the other, I haven't started on yet.
* My lathe jaws are too large to fit in the hole
* 5 sides so I can't figure out how to fit it in my 4-jaw
* I can't figure out how to mount it in my rotary table and get it centered
So far, this is a fun puzzle, but I'm about to clamp the device in a vice and spin it with a flap disc on my angle grinder, but I'm not a neanderthal, or at least I don't want to be.
How would you turn this star-shape into a round shape? Pictured is one that I've been working on by milling the sides, one at a time, around and around, and the other, I haven't started on yet.