Radius Cutting Lathe Experiment

[MetalDesigner]

Excellent ... Good Cad design. Nice Jig.

Not the most beautiful tool I have made, but it seems to work pretty good so far.
The whole thing was a test so I can design a better one to be Cast in Iron.

However, I was pleased with the smooth cut it made to create the Brass Knob.

The future plan is to use the 3D-Printer to make an ABS Plastic Sand Mold pattern for the main Turner body and also the L-Shape Cutter Holder. Will design the future version to sit lower on my lathe allowing the unit to cut larger diameter round stock items.

Once have the 3D-Printed split mold will use them in Green-Sand and melt some metal in the home foundry-forge to cast it in iron. Then will machine it with a larger diameter Face Mill Cutter to look better.

It was a fun experiment. The single (1 Nut ) Mounting design was my main goal and it worked out so happy about that.

Here is a Video of some 3D-Printed Sand Mold Patterns I made for Keith Rucker for the 'Vintage Machinery Museum' ~

Thanks for the Note. CHEERS!!