Thread: Rubberset 400 replica project

It's on steroids!

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.

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.

Seemingly still cutting well, so hopefully haven’t killed the edge of the tool on this one.

That's a LOT of bog-dust!

Saving it all to a ziplock baggie Tom. Black gold scale repair stock..

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.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Saving it all to a ziplock baggie Tom. Black gold scale repair stock..

Better lock your doors, outback might try and break in.

Originally Posted by jfk742

Better lock your doors, outback might try and break in.

Ha... A got a bit of bog oak, around. No worries, I'd probably get lost in a snow drift, trying to get there.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Seemingly still cutting well, so hopefully haven’t killed the edge of the tool on this one.

I was wondering about that, stuffs near petrified.

Takes well, to making thin scales, though.

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.

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..

Well, you know Tom. He's gonna need one to match the scales on the Henckels I did for him.