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1st Jun 2018, 11:19 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Turnado
Interesting freehand turning tool from Eccentric Engineering:
https://youtu.be/Xs8XZ8X1I-gChris
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2nd Jun 2018, 07:01 PM #2Banned
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I saw a wood lathe tooling system much like this around 30 years ago. Great for copy turning.
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That wood have been Symtec Lathes, as I have one. There were several others that made a tool to do copy work, Woodfast was one.
It would be interesting to see how it went on steel, I think the You tube clip Jack posted, looks like aluminium? I could be wrong, as I'm always told I am!!!
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2nd Jun 2018, 10:22 PM #4
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2nd Jun 2018, 10:43 PM #5
You have to watch the whole thing! He shows turning steel, stainless, titanium, copper and others.
Seems like a ripper of an idea!Cheers, Joe
retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....
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3rd Jun 2018, 11:01 AM #6
The unit is another winner.
Every new product Eccentric Engineering brings out, it is always awesome. I will have to save but its worth it.
Grahame
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3rd Jun 2018, 07:37 PM #7Diamond Member
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Nice new tool. Definitely want one. What does everyone think of the ER Collet chuck they are selling?
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4th Jun 2018, 01:27 PM #8.
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Ben,
The chuck body looks like it's purpose made for the Acute. It has a small diameter ER16M nut.
ERM 16.JPG
If you were simply after an ER16M chuck they are in cheap abundance on eBay with a variety of arbor sizes.
Bob.
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4th Jun 2018, 03:40 PM #9
Yes it is a smaller nut from memory to allow the system table not to collide with the nut.
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10th Jun 2018, 06:22 PM #10Diamond Member
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If you were simply after an ER16M chuck they are in cheap abundance on eBay with a variety of arbor sizes.
Bob.[/QUOTE]
I'm looking at getting a Collet chuck for my hercus lathe. AMWH makes them but Mal is out of stock for some time due to the move down south. I'm thinking of just getting a Hercus backing plate and a ER32 adapter plate.
Ben.
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10th Jun 2018, 07:20 PM #11Senior Member
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Is yours an imperial screwed lathe? If so, make your own. Cool little project, not too hard at all.
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10th Jun 2018, 08:38 PM #12Most Valued Member
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11th Jun 2018, 09:18 AM #13Diamond Member
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The last time I spoke to Mal (about a month or so a go) he said he won't be manufacturing much until the premises is up and running.
I have the metric 260 with imperial spindle thread. So to cut the imperial thread I'd have to buy the transposing gear. Which I should look at doing. I'm also thinking of upgrading my lathe.
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15th Jul 2018, 11:26 AM #14Golden Member
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Variation on Turnado
Did some googling on the turnado
Found a similar discussion on MEW
Somebody there posted this video
https://youtu.be/IEsSS5KwZ9E
Interesting ...... he simply lays the toolsteel flat on the table ........ I think its a fairly hefty lump of toolsteel ........... I think he can easily adjust his table height ..... that bloke has a few interesting videos up on youtube.
My birthday soon ...... no prizes for guessing what I'm gonna get myself. Would be simply brilliant for turning out consistent chess pieces especially with the copying jig and templates.
Bill
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15th Jul 2018, 12:50 PM #15Diamond Member
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I watched a you tube video they other day, a DiRestore (I think) and he did some freehand turning with HSS blanks on brass. Pretty wild I reckon.
Ben.