It's on steroids! :dropjaw:
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It's on steroids! :dropjaw:
The hardest test is progressing well.
Went with a slower plunge and pass set up for this one to account for the extra density of material.
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Dialed in a different roughing pass this time as well, which took 2 hours to complete.
And now the final turn with .5mm tapered carbide cutter with a .38mm step over.
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Seemingly still cutting well, so hopefully haven’t killed the edge of the tool on this one.
:chapeau
That's a LOT of bog-dust! ;)
Saving it all to a ziplock baggie Tom. Black gold scale repair stock..
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I was thinking the same thing. Good to save those.
And i agree that a larger handle would look better with a 30mm knot. Nice that you have that option. That one looks like the handle shrank.
Even if I only get a couple per carbide cutter, if they turn out like this, I think it’ll be worth it.
Sure was hard on the machine, could hear it in the servos. So the bog oak will be a rarely used resource I think.
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The hardness of the bog wood makes for very crisp edges though.
Here just held together with a contrasting burl ferrule..
Think it’s my favorite so far.
Now to work on the base mark..
:beer1:
Well, you know Tom. He's gonna need one to match the scales on the Henckels I did for him.
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