How to cut a Radius
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- Опубликовано: 24 сен 2015
- Problem-solving is what we do as machinists. I had two radii I needed to cut on a part, something I don't like to do. But I came up with a faster way to do this task that I want to share with you guys. I think you'll appreciate it, enjoy.
I have been a manual machinist for 30 years.........and this is the first time i have seen this Idea...........thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Keven, I hope your get to use it very soon.
Great to get ideas even after a lifetime of fabricating..Im 70, and still learn something new everyday. thanks for your tips
I'm just in the process of buying my first milling machine, and this is the first "how to" video I've watched. Already I feel like I've learned a lot. Looking forward to trying this out as a learning exercise. :)
How's the milling machine, made anything cool?
@@tictac9229 well, it's standing there in the garage, not doing anything sadly. I've been struggling this last year to get my head into the right place to make anything. I have started making a brake lever for a motorbike though, and that's about 60% done. Once I get my head together I'll resume making it. It's not the easiest thing to make for a first project! Haha 😅
@@ShivJG13 get yourself together and find a nice project! this is no excuse ;) i was 7 years homeless and injected 20 shots heroine each day ! and i am on my machines each day! i make a small engine as my first timer project. maybe i can motivate u to find something cool and get the mill going
@ShivJG boop... how did the project go?
I've found Bach Flower Remedies to help with all kinds of emotional/mental states...
You can also use NLP techniques to change those old 'triggers'...
(We do it all the time, changing from one state to another... if you want to make one, all you have to do is remember the steps you chose to be your 'trigger'... and your 'emotional peak' is key, as well.)
Another is,
Change the way you perceive it by 'muting' it or shrink it...
And make it ginormous and loud... and Blissful... of that which you want to be your experience in life...
Just think about all those Blissful moments you can create by being free from those pesky limiting voices... (the 'mask' that looks and sounds like you, but it only limits and creates suffering; you'd be surprised who is behind that mask)...
Towards more Blissful moments~!
Fortunately the finger I am using to enter this comment healed after I learned not to do what you were doing. Good idea dangerously executed.
"Every day is a school day"
That will be the motto
I was a job shop machinist for 15 years and that's the first time I have seen that done . Very nice job.
why not vise the pin then rotate the part in an up/down motion?
@@erikdevaney4781 good way for the endmill to snatch the part, and tenderize your fingers. Especially with a big 2 fluter like that.
I saw you at the grocery store in pacifica and asked if you would sign my special clough42 4-jaw chuck challenge printed thumbnail screenshot and you told me "Get away from me you freak!". I have been a fan of yours for thirteen minutes and I cannot believe this is how you treat the people you love.
Thanks again Dale.
I watched this video when you first put it out. Now I have a project that requires it. I'm glad I watched it again because I forget about moving the pin to the side of the vice. Thanks to you, I can now do it right the first time. I really appreciate you. Keep up the good work.
"every day is a school day in the machine shop" I love that. And it should be true to all machinists out there.
That should be true to anybody that works in a workshop of any kind. Assuming that because you've done a certain shop task a certain number of times over a certain number of years means that you know the best way is just blindingly arrogant and crippling to your growth as a craftsman.
Calvin Edmonson and still he hasn’t learn to turn off the spindle every time he reposition the parts
most excellent trick. thank you for sharing.
I really appreciate your video, I'm 61 and recently started work in a machine shop with no experience, great bunch of guy's to work with and learn new things every day, Thank You.
I worked for many years as a prototyping/research machinist for an aerospace R&D firm. I can't tell you how many times we'd have a "whiteboard engineering" session, and I'd then be asked at 11:00 if I can have something knocked out for the 1:00 AM meeting. Tricks like this are invaluable when it needs to happen "now if not sooner." It may not always yield perfect results, but in the R&D business, perfect is almost always the enemy of good. Thanks for a great video!
I specifically don't design them because
Of the time involved in setup, the guys are gonna love this one. Thank You for sharing your knowledge.
:-)
Great tip when need the man ...
If you are planning to stay manual, look for a cross-slide rotary. This type of table mounts to your mill table just like anything else, but there is a built in cross slide on top of the rotary. You can mount your Kurt type vise on top of that. This allows you to turn a radius on one end of that short workpiece, move the cross slide over and cut the radius at the other end. You can keep this setup on the mill permanently. You will need a 6 inch riser too no doubt.
what part of "faster, easier way" missed you?
As a 40 year machinist that was incredible. Nice demo. I am now subscribed . I run cnc's now but remember the handle cranking.
That was awesome greet trick I've been a machinist/toolmaker for 40 yrs and in this field you can learn something different every day thanks I'm looking forward to using that method some day .
There are those who choose to take safety to a degree that is necessary and those who go beyond that point. Regardless of the tool you're working with, it all comes down to personal choice that is dependent on one's experience and ability. Awesome video and greatly appreciated.
Cheers brother
Hey mate i' m a tool maker myself and i have been working fixing molds for 9 years and tooling 17 years and i have never had the need to make a radius like that. I' ve used the radius dresser on the grinding wheel to grind the metal part or make the radius on the electrode to burn the metal part on the EDM. But man! Thumbs up i learned something new today, bless you man.
I've had a machine for 9 hours and 17 minutes. I'll take any tips I can get.
Very COOL!! My mini mill is arriving in a couple days, and I was dreading buying a rotary vise to
Make the small Parts needed for a prototype truck part I am inventing..I was quoted $700.00
To have 6 radiused parts made on a CNC mill plus 3-4 week lead time..if they needed adjustments
It was the same cost, and wait time..You have solved both my prototype cost plus a long wait!
I have approximately $1200.00 in the mill, tooling, clamps etc... I will have them completed by
The end of the week, and now I can also prototype an actuator assembly with radiused ends!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
GREAT TIP AND VIDEO!
Don Sullivan
I been a Machinist for almost 20 years and that's the first time ive ever seen this. That was a very fast way to make a radius on a part. I guess you learn something new everyday well that's my goal anyway. Keep up the good work and teaching these things cause there are people like me who love to learn.
First time viewer. I love the way you get to the point quickly.
+Gregory Phillips I'm glad you like it :-)
Gregory Phillips I'm a first timer reading your comment so ditto also I'll double down on that!
He didn't get to the point till 5:23
10 minutes, it could of been explained in almost 1 or 2 min, but hes nice to watch
Are you joking
From a journeyman machinist - you are lucky you have all your fingers attached. Good tip but please be safe.
It's like the world sent this video to me. Just today, I wss struggling to figure out how I could cut 3 radii quickly. Thank you so much!!!
Awesome video!
Awesome attitude!
Awesome teaching technique!
What a perfect hit for the day..... You have made this hobby machinist a happy fellow...Thank You !!
Very nice. A Rotary table would be better for a large run, but I usually do a one-off like this project. Setup takes longer than this, plus this is in tolerance for most radius work. Perfect.
Lol my name is Stephen Mellon. Just saw your name and thought it was mine haha
Really slick. Sometimes the easiest methods are the best. Keep up the good work.
I’m grateful for this lesson. Keep up the good work!
That was a good tip. I have ALWAYS had access to a rotary table and of course now a CNC mill so I never had to do what you describe here but that being said for those that do not have access to either of the two afore mentioned machines this was an excellent way to achieve that radius. For the garage machinist with little to no fancy equipment you demonstrated a great way to achieve the goal.
I served my tool and die making apprenticeship with Ford Motor Company over 53 years ago and always had good machines to work with. We even had a mill that had a rotary table built into the bed so you could move both X & Y but also circular. This of course would allow one to make complicated parts with many radiuses and straight cuts with one setup. That was back in the 60s. Of course as time went by we acquired NC and CNC machines including Mills, Lathes, and EDM machines so I never had to do what you demonstrated here but you know what the say, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". Well that is crap. I am 75 and turned the handles all my life and now have a CNC mill in my garage but you have defiantly taught this old dog a new trick and for that I am grateful and quite frankly impressed to say the least. I am a firm believer in the KISS Principle, Keep It Simple Stupid!
The world today is full of ignorant people and they haven't a clue as to what it takes to make parts for whatever and they don't realize what it takes to make something, anything. A lot goes into the setup and just holding parts to machine them is something that has to be learned. You have to be able to improvise and adapt to use the tools you have at hand. This is the sign of a good tradesman. Machine tools cost a lot and even the tool holders and end mills will run you into the thousands.
Great job my friend.
Maximus has spoken.
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This is one thing I have an issue with the 3D printing community. Because you are drawing straight from CAD to CAM, they never learn how to make efficient designs, or ones that are easily end user serviceable. Many 3D printed designs are very difficult to translate to higher quality metal products, even through advanced casting techniques.
very clever Dale. I subscribed. can't wait to see more of your tips and tricks.
thank you for sharing. I enjoy it and I'm not even a machinist! subscribed.
Being a machinist for 15 years. In both CNC and manuel. I thank you for showing me this method. I never know when or how I will use this method but I know one day it will come up and now I know. Thanks for the time and knowledge my friend.
Glade you like this video:-)
This is a great idea! Never thought of it. I have a machine at home, an '81 Bridgeport. I don't want to invest in a seldom needed rotary table or a lathe for round work either. If you have a digital you can also do facets using a hole pattern movement with end mill. That is trigonometry for rise and run/ radius math stuff.
WOW!!
I'm impressed with many of your attributes... with your humble but yet intelligent and informative teaching style. I learn better when an instructor has patience and is passionate about their work.
I happen to bump into your channel by accident. I am a Designer/Machinist, in the past I dealt with many machinists that have a cocky attitude-- and that ignorance interfered with my creativity, and full imagination capacity. Now I work on on my own with no interference, which in turn allows me to make Ultra- Modern metal sculptures from begging to end, and I get way.... better results. I just called three Designers (one from MIT) and told them all about you, and your channel, we are all exited, because we concentrate on the explicit and implicit, to save time, money and aggregation, that allows the ability to exercise creative freedom, without any interference. On the technical aspect, you have incredible-well thoguht- out machining solutions, very intelligent approaches.
Thanks!!!
How does his butt-hole taste? I'm sure you're quite the designer/machinist. So talented aye!? Way better results now that you're not distracted. Why did you get distracted? Did others opinions of you or your work influence your output? if that's the case, then you are week-willed. The concept of this video is interesting, yes, but its applications are slim. How many pieces will you be cutting that has a thru-hole conveniently placed in it? What if you have a small radius and a large piece? It's definitely not "WOW!!". You are no designer my friend. You are no machinist. Please reevaluate your life.
metal sculptures? lol Im glad you convinced some idiots to pay for your work.
Dale great outside the box thinking. I'm a carpenter/metalworker and I find that a lot of your trips and tricks work with wood as well. Great job keep it up!
Dam, never thought of this. Crude but incredibly effective and time saving. Brilliant! Thanks
Great tip. I liked the other viewer's tip:: NEVER turn a machine off when you open the jaw to move the work, reposition, and repeat. The moving machine can never hurt you. Right? Great tip!
I showed that same "trick" to a coworker , when he didn't believe that I could shear a circle
You and others here, have renewed my interest in metal working. Love your video's.
Great tip Dave, I,m a retired tool maker & I seem to remember that trick many years back. Maybe not but ether way you refreshed my memory if I did & forgot. It,s funny to what you said. We NEVER quit learning.
Good tips Dale!!! Hey get up with me soon.
+Abom79
Thanks, Ill call you this week
Nice !
Awesome, thanks!
:-)
Hello there DALE
This was simple practical easy and a superb other way of solving a problemo. We are all not blessed with all the necessary Equipment in our Shops and this was just great. Thanks a zillion for showing sharing and teaching us tyros as well to think "Outside the Box".
Much appreciated. Keep 'em rolling,
aRM
Good advice. I used that method many times with excellent results.
Very little clean up need and it looks awesome.
When I took 3D design classes when I was younger, I learned to make circles that same way when you could only use straight lines, and I never thought of carrying it into machining. I always figured that it would be extremely inaccurate, but apparently it seems to be accurate enough. Thanks for the tip!
+Lucas Acevedo Hi Lucas, the key words in you comment is "accurate enough". I Agree with you. Some guys mis that very important point. 😀
My boss is wondering if there's a faster way to do that. I told him to buy a CNC.
LAUGHT OUT LOUD
CNC would be far slower, build in the time to proggy could do 5 by the time even done that way above.
Or retrofit a ProtoTrak controller on your mill.
But for a couple one off parts, this is the smartest, most efficient, way.
@@jhareng promise you I could fatfinger a program and have 20 done in the time it took to do your 5. That program would be like 10-20 lines of code, start to finish.
@@themonkeyproject I would certainly hope so thats very basic. One thing all you cncers cant grasp is simple basic work holding on zero, in any case radius should have been put in with the holes.
You think i would part machine the end profile like the video above, think again. Done exactly the same as your cnc super machine without the programming and setup which means i would do faster!
Great video. Thanks for posting it. I like seeing people make do with what they have.
in my 50 years of machining and toolmaking, I never saw this, kudos to you, nice job and you didn't even use your anilam DRO! I just subscribed!
"Every day is a school day" - My new mantra.
+Jeff Stewart
I wish I could say that quote is mine.
Thanks for watching
Scotty ,that's because your use to the rotary table ,what if the rotary table is being used,Try to do it like this a few times and you might like it.I like it ,as long as I'm only doing a few parts,it might be kind of slow if you have to do it to a string of parts.
I have a rotary table and if doing 1 or 2 parts, I think this is it. Thanks
I’m David. Also a first time viewer, and also like the way you get to the point.
• I’m completely new to machining, but I know I like it!
• I feel I’m going to have to buy that sign that says, “I’m the Machinist your Mom warned you about!”
• Yesterday I received a pair of 123 blocks in a red plastic case, via eBay. It comes also with the five bolts and the Allen wrench. The blocks were wrapped in the extremely thin paper infused with all the waxy goo, so I took it these have never been used before.
• I got the waxy stuff off with Goo-Gone, and found that plain newsprint was best for wiping them clean without leaving paper towel lint on them. With shipping they cost about $30. Unbranded.
• The day before, I received a nice Starrett planer gage in wooden box with all the accessories, about $200, perfect condition, probably unused.
• Thank you!
Ingenious. A very clever solution and well demonstrated. Thank you for this brilliant insight.
Always cool to see real machinists solve these problems. Makes me feel a bit sheepish for doing everything with CNC.
we don't all have CNC machines. :-)
***** Yep, and truly I think the manual machinists are of superior caliber.
Not necessarily. Some machinists actually do programming that can do plenty of complex things to figure out some "seems impossible" things. It's still cool seeing this manually done, though.
great vid, a couple of parallels on top of the vice would give you the height to swallow the work piece without having to move to the side of the vice,
amryamaha yeah that’s where my head went too
Thanks Dale,I'm doing a course on fitting and turning, so this has been helpful
Great,excellent,now that is what you say ,man using his brain and nothing is impossible.Thanks for sharing how to cut a perfect raduis.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'll be sure to use this when I buy my grizzly mini mill !
That is a great idea. But the way I do it is I
take a block of wood drill a hole the size of the pin then take a hack saw cut
from the block of wood to the hole then put the pin in the hole put it in the
vice and close the vice nice and tight then put it up close to the end mill and
make sure they are square to each other once you are happy with every thing put
the piece you want to shape on to the pin space it out the same way you did in
the video on one side or the other once you are happy with that go ahead and cut
it if I'm making one piece and it is a small part like in your video I use a
pair of vice grips to hold it and pull it through the milling bit but if I'm
making lots of them I will make a tool to hold on to it so my hands and finger's
are no to close to the bit you can cut the full 180 degrees in one pass you can
all so cut 360 degree circles to doing this.
Great technique, looking forward to trying it out. Thanks for sharing!
I love it! I am a fun of tips and tricks. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless!
It's a useful trick, but setting up a rotary table is pretty straight forward for things like this, and will give far better results - and once you've learned the set-up shortcuts, it's probably just as quick.
Also, you should never set Z zero with the knee handle removed or on the left...
New to machining, why not removed?
Also, not all brand new home machinists have access to a rotary table. We tend to get components as we can afford them.
@@RazorCustoms without the handle in place, you can't accurately determine the current state of the backlash on the knee leadscrew.
Did you ever try disengaging a rotary table and turning the part with your hand? Using a 4 flute end mill and NOT climb milling it works better than you would think. This can also be done by setting a vertical pin and hand feeding the part thru the rotation. Similar to what wood workers do with the band saw. Thoughts?
+Ralph Schoch Refer to Oxtool Tom Lipton. Very good method.
I was thinking something similar. I'm just an apprentice now buy seems like putting a pin in and rotating the part is easiest way. I use the cnc mill for my radii and that's how it cuts. With the side of the end mill.
Exactly, with conventional milling it self limits.
One thumb up for that great idea - wish I had more than only one!
Thanks alot for sharing your knowledge, it's greatly appreciated!
Regards from Germany.
I grew up in my fathers machine shop. Own my own shop and I am impressed.
Thanks
I was trying to understand the concept of a radius when a machinist was examining some ruins in Egypt for accuracy. This demonstration really helped me understand what he was talking about b/c I am used to a radius in a 2 dimensional way as part of a circle. Thanks!
why not set pin in vice at 90 degrees and rotate part on pin into bit with wrench/holder from back?
that is so dangerous. bad advice.
well that's why i asked, thanks! planning on purchasing a few bits for drill press and wondering how to properly and safely use to radius some small brackets for trail bike swing arm end flange.
Actually it is good advice. That is the way I would do it. You just have to feed into it little by little and not all in one shot. That is how I would do it!.
think i will have to try it! going to have lots of small parts i want to round edges on thick and thin.
also might try with a bolt n washer to pivot part on just in case part wants to jump
All that time you save by not turning off the spindle is how I cut off the end of my right index finger. It not worth a finger or hand guys turn the spindle off whenever you reposition the part in the vise. You might think your smarter than the machine and it won't happen to me but believe me that end mill will eventually bite you and it doesn't care who you are or how smart you think you are!!!!
Eric Horton simple solution don't put your stupid hand in the cutter.
I never put my stupid hand in the cutter. The cutter grabbed the part and pulled my hand into the cutter. It happened so fast there was no time to react smart guy!!!
+Eric Horton Then you weren't paying very good attention to what you were doing. I've been a machinist for a very long time, and have never had that happen. I have situational awareness.
I was an apprentice in a job shop trying to save time and was told what I was doing was very dangerous and I could lose a finger or worse. Well they were right I did lose a finger. Taught me a lesson. That was 40 years ago. So keep doing it your way and maybe you can remain lucky and keep all your fingers!!!
+Eric Horton Like I said it's not luck, it's skill, paying attention, making safe and repeatable routines, not getting sloppy etc.
some operations you HAVE to interact with a rotating part, the difference is having the skill and experience to know what you're doing, in the safest manner possible, while still getting the job done.
I'm not knocking you, just saying you can safely interact with the tools/parts with the machine running with the proper knowhow.
This is gonna help so much I can feel it already. Thank you!
Great Technique. I'll try this soon in making radii on my mill. thank you
Cool tip Dale. I am sure the safety trolls loved it too. LOL Happy 4th my friend!
Dam one of your alum, chips just flew in my beer.
Drink wine not beer
quick, and well thought out. you are articulate. NICE JOB!
As I am a beginner, your demonstration and presentation makes a usable impact.
My head rattles with ideas of tools, jigs and so on. Thanks - ja, I did sub
Being unsafe “because of time”. You’re setting a really good example...of what not to do
Thats is the best tips a have seen If Nobel prise have a machine price it will go to you.
Have a nice day
+Bosse Carlberg
Thanks for the compliment, I feel very honored :-)
Prise? is that British? Price? How much does the Nobel Price go for nowadays? Or prize?!?! I'm not sure what you meant honestly. What a noble prize...
One of my favorite parts about machining videos is the comments are always full of people working in this field for years learning new things
Well said
Even though your video was in 2015, still timeless and with great ideas...thank you. Keep safe.
Wow! There's a TON of trolls on here. Boy I'd love to see one of their videos since they're so perfect & smart!
Why don't we lock the pin vertically in the vice and then rotate the part ?
+gwheyduke Because then the part wouldn't be clamped. Are you thinking about holding the part with your hand and feeding it into a mill? That's a pretty bad idea...
+Tito Rigatoni That's what Tom Lipton does.
justfakeit888 I have no idea who Tom Lipton is, but it's still a pretty bad idea.
+gwheyduke ...if you want to hold it with your fingers !!!
+Tito Rigatoni Actually I watched and it looked pretty safe.
That is one of the best fast tricks I have seen. Thank you
Long time precision machinist, so I found this entertaining. Like how you said think outside the box. As a manual shortrun machinist that's how we have to roll :)
I was doing this trick and to save time I kept the machine on. I was so focused on the part that I wasn't watching out for my finger. Now I have a shattered finger tip, part of my nail bed is gone, and partially no feeling in my finger. And with all the money spent at the hospital I could have bought another bridgeport.
I've done this method before but I think I'd rather setup the rotab anyway and do it in one shot and know it has a perfect radius
smnkm4ehfer , assuming you have a rotary table.
James Connors I do of course otherwise it wouldn't be an option lol.
I would just make a jig with a pivot and mount it to the jig.
The multiple facet thing is good. So long as your part is small enough to fit the vise. And so long as you have a pin hole. If not you can take another approach, which is the equivalent of using your DRO to do half of a bolt circle and a lot of holes, but with an endmill, not a drill. Ive used this technique for rounding machine keys that will be blocked into a shaft. Works pretty good.
Scotty Mac 22 yes I would prefer to think outside the box and develop a more efficient way to setup a rotary table. it is a cool idea but I feel the tolerances for a situation to allow this technique to be used are too tight.
Scotty Mac 22 Yep, all it takes is a slip fit pinhole in a plate, and a big lever (crescent wrench and pipe?) attached to the end of the part opposite the radius. The technique in the video is interesting, but I don't think I'd ever do it that way.
I may soon take on a job where I have to do this (machine outside diameter of round part bigger than machine travel) so I guess I'll have to make a video.
Thanks for this video. I'm working on a small project that I usually use laser cuts for, but this time I only need a small amount of cuts. So to save on laser expense, because they have a minimum cut requirement, I'm gonna use this tip to cut the radius in my stock. Awesome. Thank you.
Thanks for Opening our Minds a Little more than we have before
Perfect method to lose a finger. Never ever adjust a part in the vice while the mill is running.
@oTomahuK We are talking about Basics. Absolute basics. You dont need to put your hand on the part while milling. You have a vice.
@oTomahuK 😂
And yet he still has all of his fingers.
Not with that attitude
@@oTomahuK8945lol that's hilarious. But no. Don't wear gloves around drill bits.
why do you dont use a simple Radiusmiller?
Always looking for new ways to get things done as a tool maker. Definitely a valuable tip
I can’t believe that I haven’t thought of this before! This is genius!
great job! you have to love all the "expert" advice from the comments section,lmao
I lost 3 fingers just by watching the video
Jeez, you're a TERRIBLE machinist then.
Thanks for the tip Dale. Only this evening i was thinking of a way to do a job like this without the hassle of setting up the rotary table and was stumped. I'm a self thought newby of two years and still in the learning process. And to think that i didn't even typed in what i was looking for and this video just ironically showed up. I had to subscribe instantly. Keep up the good work cause I'll be following. Thanks again
Great video. I've only used a mill a couple times when I worked maintenance, and I loved it.
Keeping your hand on the work when you're making a pass seems like a really bad idea but what could go wrong.
Nothing. Nothing has ever gone wrong. *Cough cough*
The workpiece is locked solid when cutting. Not much to go wrong, unless you move your hand into the cutter, which would be stupid.
@@2011zurich agreed but it's usually stupidity or complacency that lands you in the hospital with a few missing digits. I'm guilty of doing shit like that on the daily myself and hands on the work falls into the stupid category. For instance, a welder I work with left his die grinder with a cut off disc on it in his lap and reached over to grab something and zipped his knob. We call him half shaft now. It wasn't actually an amputation, just a cut but still.
DANGEROUS watch out for your fingers
This video was extremely helpful. I’m building a model steam engine and will need to fabricate two cams for the valves. The lights came on when I watched this. Thank you!
What are you building?
My current is a part built Jessie bought from Station Road Steam.
Best regards.
David and Lily in England.
Nice. Master machinist here. Good demonstration bro. Almost forgot that.. thanks.
8:20 I do not like the way you play with this part nearby still rotating mill. Generally, I do not agree to re-clamp part during spindle operation. It seems to be extremely dangerous man!
First thing I thought. Frightening!
How old are you?
I can't see how this is faster or easier than setting up on a rotary table? It's more dangerous and slower than cutting close to a scribed line with a bandsaw and cleaning up on a belt sander but if accuracy and safety are no concern I guess it's alright?
+Shawn Lund I see your point but it is a valid technique and as old as the hills and remember, regarding safety, a risk is only a danger for the unaware, and a workshop is no place for the unaware(or unsupervised)
I agree that it can be done safely if you pay attention and I'm sure it's a technique that is as old as the hills. I guess my issue was in presenting it as a good alternative to spending all that time setting up a rotary table. If it takes you that long to set you your table you need practice setting up your table not an excuse not to set it up🙂
True, but even then has it's uses, there is though no compulsion to use it if alternatives are available. As a wise man once said "use what you got"
+Chris Stephens
Thanks For your comment
Or using a rad cutter. Simple to use. Three or four passes per side and your done.
Ur giving me some Cool food for thought. I'm in machinist school now. It's a seven month, fast-paced program but we train hard five days a week.
Learning all aspects of machinist trade.
So thanks for ur videos.
Cool Video it’s nice watching someone who actually knows what they’re doing work it was a pleasure thank you