In the continuing development of the Blues-line, this one is done in chechen burl.
Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />I'd love to see it!
Originally posted by wayneis
<br />A couple idea that may help you Lou. First I would soften the edge just a touch, just slightly rounding it. The next is that the recess is pretty simple if you have access to or know someone that does to a metal lathe. What I have seen is a modifyed barrel trimmer that the outside edge of the cutting surface is cut down so that the inside cutting surface drills a recess when you square the tube end. The way that I saw it done was the trimmer part was put into a chuck and I think that somehow he used a dremel to grind the cutting edge down. The dremel would have to be mounted somehow to the lathe or to the rest. If someone could figure out how to do it they could possibly make a few bucks modifying these for others.
Wayne
Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />I'd love to see it!
Originally posted by Fred in NC
<br />Don, a machinist's end mill should work ok too. You can get them in a lot of different sizes.
Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />Hmmm. It might be my eyes, but I can't even find the finial on the spalted pecan. Did you cut the recess with a Dremel?
Originally posted by its_virgil
<br />Yes, a piloted end mil works best, I think they are called counter bores. I know nothing about metal machining. thanks.
Do a good turn daily!
don
They are called piloted counter bores. They are made for setting socket head cap screws below the surface. You can get them with the ability to change the pilot and make one the size of the tube.
You can get them from MSC. www.mscdirect.comOriginally posted by wayneis
<br />Where would someone get one of these Piloted counter boars?
Wayne