The lathe with 5/8″ endmill plowing through some 1″ 2011 aluminum in vice held in compound to make some D shaped washers. Lathe is Southbend from the 1916.
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A lathe milling aluminum
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im doing this for …
im doing this for my a2, and this really helped. thank you
I’ll have to try …
I’ll have to try that out, usually I use WD40 if I need a good finish or have enough to cut that the chips would weld to the tool.
denatured etanol is …
denatured etanol is the best for alu.
You should always …
You should always use some type oil with aluminum, just because aluminum is very a stickly metal to cut. Using some type of oil based coolant will prevent some of this from occuring and will prevent the tool from becoming blunt very quickly.
true
true
Yeah, but if it’s …
Yeah, but if it’s the only machine you have, it’ll suffice.
thats usually done …
thats usually done a vertical mill not a lathe
Cool. There’s …
Cool. There’s actually milling attachments for lathes where you could also move the piece up and down.
thats pretty cool. …
thats pretty cool. i didnt know you could do that with a lathe
It doesn’t move up …
It doesn’t move up and down, so it can only mill the size of the tool. I had to grip it in the vise perfectly at the right vertical position.
how to move the …
how to move the piece up and down
The vise I used was …
The vise I used was one I made in machine shop in ‘97. I removed the base to the vise, and clamped it on the compound with some allthread and a pair of plates. You can see the top one is held on with a flange nut.
yea
yea
what is the name …
what is the name for the vice mounted on the lathe slide i could do with one