I made some shinny stuff today.

I had a bit of spare time today, so i jumped on the lathe.
Luke had been telling me about how his hand brake lever in his 63 chev sucked, so I made a new one for him (presuming he likes it).
Life would have been a bit easier if I had started with a bit of round stock, but seeing as we hardly ever use aluminium at work I had to go buy some, and I didn't want a whole length. I just bought what ever would do the job from the scrap bin. I turned it to size, with a 1 degree taper, then put it on the Mill in an indexing head and put the two grub screw holes in at 120 degrees. Next I used a 6mm ball nose cutter and put the grooves in. I can think of a few easier ways of doing it now. But it came out good. I quick polish and shes done.

 

how good would that look painted or powdercoated, with the 'fins' left a bright polished look...? fuckin rad, is what it'd be.

 

I thought that receipt looked familiar.Melb eh?............handle looks good, personally, Id make it a bit more cheese like and attack it with a drill a few more times...but still looks great........Aluminium is nice and easy to work with...I miss my lathe ....gotta dig it out and set it up.......where would I get one of those bullnose cutters Tyson?.....I need to find some decent cutting tools............cheers, Bert

 

I love shiny stuff !! Cool make

 

Bert I got all of mine off of the CNC guys at work. They aren't sharp enough to cut through hardened stainless steel, but plenty sharp for aluminium. You could try Blackwoods. They have a good colection. But if you're going to use a lathe just make a form cutter from HSS.

 

Very nice workmanship......

 

Yeah cant wait to try it on tomorow night, gonna look sweet. Bert if you need some material to make cutting tools let us know, we'll get it from tafe. I might even have a couple that I made which you can have...
I'll post some pics saturday of the handbrake if she goes on alright

 

Nice work Tyson. Guess you better keep going who knows what else you can come up with...

 

I have got another idea in my head for next weeks adventure Devilrod. But for now I'll keep it to myself.

 

Here it is in the car, works great! Now make me some more stuff

 

sorry guys , forgot about this post and been workin my ass of....anyway, cheers for the info and Nekronomicon63,thanks for the offer see if you can score a parting tool and a knewling tool...I will pay .bert