09-01-2013, 11:48 AM
Hi,
Make a note Joe to add a welder and some angle iron on your list to Santa this year. I like to keep a stock of raw materials (junk).
We are indeed fortunate David to have You Tube at our disposal; I find lots of useful information and the videos make learning a pleasure. A picture paints a thousand words and to watch a video showing how a job is done is much better than reading about it.
A lot of thought must have gone into the making of the key-way jig; it is kept very basic and simple but once completed the jig performs extremely well. I found the most difficult part in making my copy of the jig was to add the "flat" on the point of the "V" to allow alignment whilst welding. I had to cut the flat in stages as my Clarke lathe is rather small but it did the job with a bit of patience. The jig will prove most useful; it occupies little space; has no moving parts to wear out and cost nothing monetary wise to make.
I don't have a "mill" Alan so I use whatever gets the job done for me; it's amazing what can be achieved using a lathe; if I only have an end milling cutter and I want to plunge cut using the lathe then I can always use a drill bit first to start a slot allowing access for the end mill. There is usually more than one way to do a job with a little thought. The correct cutter makes life easier but I'm not in a hurry.
Kind regards, Col.
Make a note Joe to add a welder and some angle iron on your list to Santa this year. I like to keep a stock of raw materials (junk).
We are indeed fortunate David to have You Tube at our disposal; I find lots of useful information and the videos make learning a pleasure. A picture paints a thousand words and to watch a video showing how a job is done is much better than reading about it.
A lot of thought must have gone into the making of the key-way jig; it is kept very basic and simple but once completed the jig performs extremely well. I found the most difficult part in making my copy of the jig was to add the "flat" on the point of the "V" to allow alignment whilst welding. I had to cut the flat in stages as my Clarke lathe is rather small but it did the job with a bit of patience. The jig will prove most useful; it occupies little space; has no moving parts to wear out and cost nothing monetary wise to make.
I don't have a "mill" Alan so I use whatever gets the job done for me; it's amazing what can be achieved using a lathe; if I only have an end milling cutter and I want to plunge cut using the lathe then I can always use a drill bit first to start a slot allowing access for the end mill. There is usually more than one way to do a job with a little thought. The correct cutter makes life easier but I'm not in a hurry.
Kind regards, Col.
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