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I used some polymorph (black) to capture the shape of the SIEG 7xN mini-lathe ways, then oiled it and used...

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Uploaded on Aug 17, 2008

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Here are the raw materials for the lathe carriage stop (as currently designed). From the top, there's the...

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Uploaded on Aug 17, 2008

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One of my first home projects, whilst I was getting familiar with the lathe and mill, was this optical...

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Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008

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Another view of the punch,under a flash.

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Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008

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Here you can see how the punch works. One of the optics has a cross-hair, and the other has a 'bubble'...

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Uploaded on Aug 15, 2008

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The bottom of the punch. As you can see, only one hole completely penetrates. After taking this photo I...

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2008

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Another view of the punch with all the parts seated for storage.

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2008

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Another view of the three business parts of the punch.

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2008

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This was in a box of random electro-mechanical bits and pieces I picked up from a surplus place. I think...

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Uploaded on Jul 8, 2008

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I'm making an optical punch for practice (see John Moran's page), but I don't -- yet -- have a radius cutter...

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Uploaded on Jul 7, 2008

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This shows the travel nut for the alignment fixture, as well as the top and bottom locking nuts for it.

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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2008

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This is a tool for the lathe, but was mostly made on the mill. I don't know why, but I kinda went overboard...

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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2008

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Here you can see the brass knob locking the rider in place on the base, the stand locked to the rider, and the front of the fixture.

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Uploaded on Jul 2, 2008

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Boring bar adapter. 0.5" O.D., 0.375" I.D. Mates my 3/8" boring bars with my 1/2"...

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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2008

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Here's the arbor with a 3" diameter 0.0625" slitting saw mounted.

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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2008

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I needed something to let me mount a diamond saw with a 0.5" shank hole, and it seemed like a good...

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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2008

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As have so many others before me, I machined a chip guard to keep swarf out of the carriage handwheel...

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Uploaded on Jun 25, 2008

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Showing the narrowing left-to-right gap between the table and the scale. The encoder would bind before reaching the right-hand end.

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Uploaded on May 28, 2008

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