Kiwi Airgunners Forum : Mini lathe www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/ This is an XML content feed of; Kiwi Airgunners Forum : Pauly's Technical Area : Mini lathe Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:19:17 +0000 Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:38:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.14 360 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=449 Kiwi Airgunners Forum www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_images/logo.jpg www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/ Mini lathe : i have an old apprentices text... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2720#2720 Author: dvlnme
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Posted: 15 Feb 2020 at 12:38am

i have an old apprentices text book here somewhere on lathe work Paul it tells you all the bassic stuff bout setting up and using a lathe if of any help to you let me know and will send it to you,really old book mate published by one the old english machine tool manufacturers for apprentices before second world war,but has all the bassics on lathe use mate explained in simple terms with pics.
 cheers mike
]]> Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:38:14 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2720#2720 Mini lathe : nice! They are looking good! www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2719#2719 Author: J-S
Subject: 449
Posted: 14 Feb 2020 at 4:49am

nice! They are looking good! ]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:49:49 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2719#2719 Mini lathe : www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2718#2718 Author: Pauly5
Subject: 449
Posted: 14 Feb 2020 at 4:19am

]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:19:31 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2718#2718 Mini lathe : Thanks Mike. Yea, the delrin turns... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2717#2717 Author: Pauly5
Subject: 449
Posted: 14 Feb 2020 at 2:54am

Thanks Mike. Yea, the delrin turns like butter, the black stuff is a bit softer, so I was thinking of getting some black delrin.
I'm still learning about angles for the tools, and got it right on some aluminium, using kero for lube.]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:54:01 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2717#2717 Mini lathe : you getting very creative now... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2716#2716 Author: dvlnme
Subject: 449
Posted: 14 Feb 2020 at 2:16am

you getting very creative now Paul,dosnt matter eh as long as it works,you can buy all sorts round plastic rod mate,but guess as long the toasty thingy works you dont need to eh!!!
 cheers mike
]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:16:02 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2716#2716 Mini lathe : Last night I melted some HDPE... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2715#2715 Author: Pauly5
Subject: 449
Posted: 13 Feb 2020 at 12:11pm

Last night I melted some HDPE on the toasty machine, rolled it into a brandy snap shape, yummm, then compressed it in an aluminium tube and got a turnable piece of black plastic. Photo shows the muck around bit I turned. There were a couple of air bubbles in it, which are the imperfections you can see. I have another bit I molded, and hope to have a better result. They will work well for baffles, and would be fine for ends, but they just don't finish as nicely.





Here's that bluing too.

]]> Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:11:35 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2715#2715 Mini lathe : Funny you should say that Jono.... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2714#2714 Author: Pauly5
Subject: 449
Posted: 13 Feb 2020 at 12:02pm

Funny you should say that Jono. Do you mean, kinda, like this?



or like this?



I have played around a bit with some different materials, and even had a go bluing this mild steel when I didn't have any aluminium. The white is delrin, and very white, which I don't actually mind, but black would be better.]]> Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:02:01 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2714#2714 Mini lathe : Pauly, perhaps you need to start... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2713#2713 Author: J-S
Subject: 449
Posted: 13 Feb 2020 at 9:50am

Pauly, perhaps you need to start making carbon fibre supressors... I know of one guy who could use some competition Wink
]]> Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:50:45 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2713#2713 Mini lathe : that should work fine mate,the... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2640#2640 Author: dvlnme
Subject: 449
Posted: 29 Dec 2019 at 12:20am

that should work fine mate,the fist of many projects i would think,now you have the capablity to do things yourself,you will now be constantly looking for more projects mate.
 cheers mike
]]> Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:20:28 +0000 www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2640#2640 Mini lathe : Here's a screen shot of what... www.kiwiairgunners.co.nz/forum_posts.asp?TID=449&PID=2639#2639 Author: Pauly5
Subject: 449
Posted: 28 Dec 2019 at 3:17am

Here's a screen shot of what I got. Baffles and all.



Figure I might drill out the threaded part and put a sleeve in that will slide over the barrel, and be held in place with a grub screw. This will be for a small air chief pistol.
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