Ralph Lindberg
04-18-2014, 8:41 PM
287607
For prototype #2 I did a four axis (one centered, three offset) that is about the same size as the five axis I did earlier.
I then sat down to do prototype #3, trying some differences on the cutting, which didn't work out at all, so I tossed the blank in the firewood bin.
I then setup to try something another one. Got it all rounded and then had to head into the house and cycle the laundry.
I then went back out to try another different approach, only to forget that I had the lathe set for 1800 rpm, rather then the 700 to 800 I had been turning the off-set axis at
287609
The result was a box blank launched across the shop and a bent mandrel.
Fortunately I always stand someplace else then "down range", when I first turn on the lathe
For prototype #2 I did a four axis (one centered, three offset) that is about the same size as the five axis I did earlier.
I then sat down to do prototype #3, trying some differences on the cutting, which didn't work out at all, so I tossed the blank in the firewood bin.
I then setup to try something another one. Got it all rounded and then had to head into the house and cycle the laundry.
I then went back out to try another different approach, only to forget that I had the lathe set for 1800 rpm, rather then the 700 to 800 I had been turning the off-set axis at
287609
The result was a box blank launched across the shop and a bent mandrel.
Fortunately I always stand someplace else then "down range", when I first turn on the lathe