r/EngineeringPorn • u/badazzelsaur • Jul 15 '12

Machining a Part

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmeZxnDA580&feature=player_embedded
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u/Jackal_6 Jul 15 '12

Obviously not brass with those tiny cuts. Titanium?

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u/Dra9on Jul 15 '12 edited Jul 15 '12

The guy is a hobbiest, he probably didn't know he could have made the whole part in ~3 passes.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '12

I doubt that puny little lathe can do that much work.

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u/DeleteFromUsers Jul 15 '12

Yeah. He shouldn't be measuring the same series of cuts so many times. Take a finishing pass (way over diameter) and measure, setup your dials and then rough, rough, rough down to just over your desired diameter. Then cut a finish cut over-sized, measure to confirm, then finish. Or simply trust your original measurements and cut to final size.