Comment Comment by Lio I bought a small screw-cutting lathe during lockdown.Ever since I've found my self looking a small metal parts and wondering if/how I would make them on my lathe.i.e. what order of operations I would use, how would I hold the work, do I need extra milling operations?I can happily waste an afternoon looking at a toilet roll holder working all that out.A real puzzler for me was, how do you make hex sockets at home? Answer: The magic that is the rotary broach[1].1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broaching_(metalworking)#Rotar... parent Lio 2 years ago
Ever since I've found my self looking a small metal parts and wondering if/how I would make them on my lathe.
i.e. what order of operations I would use, how would I hold the work, do I need extra milling operations?
I can happily waste an afternoon looking at a toilet roll holder working all that out.
A real puzzler for me was, how do you make hex sockets at home? Answer: The magic that is the rotary broach[1].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broaching_(metalworking)#Rotar...