Dear Mr Animal,
May I ask some related questions for the group to ponder?
Firstly, ¡ª Thank you very much (Mr Animal) for posting this - I found it very interesting and the style of the video was both very sharp & polished. (Pun intended)
(I looked at the chuck and thought - this looks like a rather large chuck on a 7 x X lathe?.)
1. Seriously, is this an industry standard practice for polishing metals in a lathe?
2. A tongue in cheek question¡¡ As a matter of interest, if you had a similar large tool held in a milling machine and run using very close passes over the surface, would it (sort of) polish a flat piece of work? I realise it would not have quite the same effect as the work is not spinning. But the tool is. (Unless it was on a rotary table and you were turning it very very fast.?) Perhaps run in two passes at 90deg. to each other. Producing a sort of diamond effect? Does anyone have any knowledge?
3. Would you get a sort of similar(?) effect using a small(?) spherical shaped ball bearing held in a holder on a (mini) lathe?
Thank you all, in anticipation.
All in all, very interesting. Thank you. Just the harden steel ball doing the polishing.
David UK.
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On 11 Dec 2023, at 04:31, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:
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Watched this a few nites back , pretty cool
animal
