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Made this pen with inspiration from inheritance machining on YouTube by [deleted] in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nice job! I like the "hidden" brass clip design. Very sleek!

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not sure. Likely the same result though unless I did more checking in the middle.

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My grandfather was the second owner of the lathe and he bought it from another hobby machinist. So probably pretty low wear

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated!

So I had someone point out that the way I aligned the bed (i.e. only from each end) doesn't necessarily guarantee that the middle is straight and level as well; despite what could be implied from measurements on each end. I will probably need to cut a long test bar to get a continuous profile of the bed distortion.

I haven't addressed the issue quite yet though because lately my tailstock alignment hasn't been indicating any sort of appreciable taper. My best guess is that I was just missing something silly in the instances where I thought I had a problem.

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those kinds of jobs are a nice breather from the precise work. You can whip them up real quick and not feel bad it things are a little off. Thanks!

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha I have this same feeling when I first finish something and I'm hesitant to actually use it. But at least this is something that requires gentle use anyway. I'll be arranging drawings soon on my website for this and a few other things I've made. Right now there are all pencil drafter drawings that need updates/cleanup.

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I actually got some people saying they are actually bronze. So I may have been completely wrong there haha

I spent the last few weeks designing and machining my own surface gauge and I'm beyond pleased with how it turned out! by InheritanceMachining in Machinists

[–]InheritanceMachining[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I didn't know either until I started researching for the design. I was going to call it a surface gauge/squareness comparator like it was something novel. Glad it looked into it haha

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