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    Miniature boring head

    This past Christmas I made a miniature boring head as a gift for my buddy, Justin. I had made one for myself before that, that was even a bit smaller, and it has been the perfect size for much of the work I do on my mini mill. Justin was in need of one smaller than his commercially made R8 shank boring head, so I improved upon my previous design with this one. Still room for improvement, but it came out nice, works well, and my buddy is really happy with it.

    I've taken to doing videos of my projects lately, this one was in two parts:




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    Thanks mars-red! We've added your Miniature Boring Head to our Machining category,
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