AdventiveIowa
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So I turned my first piece today. It's been about five years since I used a mill, so there was a bit of a learning curve there, but I got through it.
This is actually a jig piece to make my kit less brass pen. There's a point where the tutorial I'm following recommends to grip into the outer threads of the section with a collet, and I don't really wanna do that, so I just made a piece to thread onto the section so I can hold it in place for the final procedures.
I used it as an opportunity to practice some of the various processes, such as parting, squaring, drilling, etc.
Some things I could use advice on:
-Cutting speed: the tools kept squealing, and I wasn't sure if I needed to go slower or faster. I varied from 300-700 rpm
-finishing process: I have 00 and 0000 steel wool along with brasso, but I feel like the 00 steel wool doesn't have as much of an effect on the plain surface finish off the lathe, so I think I might need something tougher for that first pass
-setting up your coordinate system: any best practices on how to get a precise coordinate system laid out? This is especially important when drilling: I have a set of digital calipers on my tail piece, but any time I move the tail piece I lose my zero. I have a similar issue when I have to switch cutting tools on the main cutting piece, which has a digital readout on it.
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