Ok, don't laugh...

[mikey]

Yeah, what would take me an hour to tell you in person takes thousands of words in print. If you only need to know how to grind a tool, look at this one instead: https://www.hobby-machinist.com/threads/how-to-grind-a-hss-turning-tool.52581/

 

[ttabbal]

Find the latest version of the "Book of Mikey". That's got the most important bits in once place. It's still a bit of reading, but it makes sense once you get going. And feel free to ask questions, we have a friendly group over there and on this forum in general. I'll get a square tool ground up and sent out to you so you can give it a go. It's a really great tool design for general turning.

I've gotten a lot of help and even some tool bits and such from people on this forum. So if I can give back a little, I'm game. And I'm curious to hear how it compares for you.

Wow.. no pressure there @mikey. Thanks!

 

[TerryH]

Find the latest version of the "Book of Mikey". That's got the most important bits in once place. It's still a bit of reading, but it makes sense once you get going. And feel free to ask questions, we have a friendly group over there and on this forum in general. I'll get a square tool ground up and sent out to you so you can give it a go. It's a really great tool design for general turning.

I've gotten a lot of help and even some tool bits and such from people on this forum. So if I can give back a little, I'm game. And I'm curious to hear how it compares for you.

Wow.. no pressure there @mikey. Thanks!

Thanks man. I appreciate the help so much.

 

[mikey]

Wow.. no pressure there @mikey. Thanks!

Nah, I already know what you can do. Terry is lucky to have you in his corner.

 

[BtoVin83]

I never have trouble hitting size but the damn design keeps changing

 

[dulltool17]

Very good!- no laughing here.

Just a crazy idea (ok, another crazy idea).......I'm assuming you turned both diameters at the same time, so they should be concentric. Now chuck up the smaller dia and indicate the larger diameter. Rotate 60 degrees and indicate again. Repeat. Now you have three measurements of your 3-jaw chuck's run-out. Might be useful to know when you get to other projects.

 

[Jake2465]

The first "thing" that I ever machined. What a great resource HM is. I faced, turned, drilled and threaded on my G8688 lathe after much reading. It was great fun. I didn't even break anything...yet.

Do you normally leave your key in the lathe chuck ?
That's a pretty nice looking part. Did you use a cut off tool?

 

[TerryH]

Do you normally leave your key in the lathe chuck ?
That's a pretty nice looking part. Did you use a cut off tool?

Hmmm...no , thanks, and yes.

Key is back in it's rightful storage place now. I did use a cut off tool. I tried something that I saw in a video, turning the spindle in reverse with the cutter up side down. Actually worked pretty well with a bit of Tap Magic as I went.

 

[fast freddie]

That is the way to learn, just do it

 

[RWanke]

Do you normally leave your key in the lathe chuck ?

Good catch. I didn't even notice. That was a verbal warning offense where I worked.