Thanks for the video. I have a Sherline mill, you can machine steel on it. However, my mill has been converted to ball screws, the reason this makes a difference is because ball screws make the Sherline very repeatably accurate. The way you cut metal is with very light cuts. I did a low carbon steel rack for a large E Howard tower clock that was 3/16" thick, each cut was ~0.005", if I remember. The process took a long time, maybe an hour or more but you can cut very accurate steel parts on Sherline lathes.
Mosfet - I agree that the Sherline can cut steel; my comment was related to cutting the complex shape on my CNC router. The CNC router can sort of cut steel, but due to poor workholding scenarios and other factors, is far from ideal, which is why I cut this shape out on my Sherline. If I was willing to make this out of aluminum, I could have machined the whole part on the router.
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Great video and narration! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the video.
I have a Sherline mill, you can machine steel on it. However, my mill has been converted to ball screws, the reason this makes a difference is because ball screws make the Sherline very repeatably accurate.
The way you cut metal is with very light cuts. I did a low carbon steel rack for a large E Howard tower clock that was 3/16" thick, each cut was ~0.005", if I remember. The process took a long time, maybe an hour or more but you can cut very accurate steel parts on Sherline lathes.
Mosfet - I agree that the Sherline can cut steel; my comment was related to cutting the complex shape on my CNC router. The CNC router can sort of cut steel, but due to poor workholding scenarios and other factors, is far from ideal, which is why I cut this shape out on my Sherline. If I was willing to make this out of aluminum, I could have machined the whole part on the router.