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Thread: How to turn a thin disk
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9th February 2014, 05:37 PM #16
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Oh, Ps, @Skew, I discovered that my faceplace is actually not true, so I would have ended up with a disc wedge, just like you said! My solution was to cut back the MDF face just a little in the centre, so that this face is true to the rest of the disk. Then when I remount it the other way around (on a different faceplate, or centre screw) I will know that it is all correctly true and the disk will come out evenly thicknessed.
Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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6th March 2014, 05:11 PM #17
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Here's a few more photos to show the full process...
First, I fitted a faceplace chuck with MT2 into the tail stock, brought it up to the work and screwed it through the hole onto the MDF.
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Then took off the original faceplace from the other side, and flipped it around with the new faceplace into the headstock...
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Turned it down to thickness, including the MDF part, leave just a couple of mm in the centre to be taken off with a saw (lathe not moving for the sawing part)
IMG_0964.JPGIMG_0965.JPGIMG_0966.JPG...and voila, my disc!Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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6th March 2014, 05:21 PM #18
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And for completeness, here's the finished project...
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The disk is inlaid into the slab by 5mm, so sticks out the front by about 5mm. Camphor parts are danish oiled, and the slab is poly.Good things come to those who wait, and sail right past those who don't reach out and grab them.
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7th March 2014, 01:35 PM #19
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Nicely done, that looks brilliant!
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7th March 2014, 04:49 PM #20
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What a great result. I came on late to read this but found it very informative.
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8th March 2014, 10:04 AM #21
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Well done the disk looks very effective nice contrast
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