I know what the issues were, first thing I need to buy a smaller diameter cutter.
Good drawing and that’s exactly what I tried to do, but you can see from my picture that it didn’t quite go to plan
I know what the issues were, first thing I need to buy a smaller diameter cutter. Next I need to learn how to seton cutter to marks and then use the markings on the hand wheels to move job around
it’s wasn’t a total loss as I’ve learnt some stuff
That's my method on the lathe . Have a nice 40mm travel clock with a mag base.Sometimes on this smaller stuff it’s nice and easy to use a clock on each of the axis to get you where you need to be
Then there wasn’t enough light and I was holding a torch to see what’s going on
That’s a good idea John, Definitely something I need to doYou need to do what I did mate, build yourself one of these. The light is a cycle one ex Banggood and the rest is from offcuts/scrap etc. Very controllable, hands free and it can be like Blackpool if you want, with it's three power setting . Bonus is it USB chargeable so no more batteries....ever
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I don't have a dro, but i got a couple of digital scales cheap off ebay. This gives x and Y measurements independently but none of the functions. But was only a few quid compared to few hundred.
What size cutter are you after? I’ve got some 3mm & 2mm you can have, what RPM will the mill run up to?
No DRO, it’s a small baby bench top mill made by hobby matDo you have a dro on the mill Parm ? They usually have a pocket milling feature. You tell it the centre of the pocket, the size, the dro works everything out and all you do is keep zeroing the dials.
m not sure, but it goes fast enough if required. I can check when I’m home latter on in the week.
and yes small cutters will be good. How long are they?
Done2mm - 2mm shank, 40mm o/a, ~8mm flute
3mm - 3mm shank, 38mm o/a, ~15mm flute
PM me an address if you want them.