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10:43 AM
March 20, 2011
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my lathe(G0602) gets here tuesday and what i really need is a ball turner for it, preferably designed like the steve bedair one, would be nice if it was made to cut concave as well. as i have no mill currently there are some parts i just cant do. so what i am looking for is someone who wouldnt mind working with me in making one. we can discuss pricing and what not, please pm or email me.
11:10 AM
September 19, 2010
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As I mentioned in your welcome post, this site shows how to mill on the lathe, http://www.astronomiainumbria……illing.htm
Steve Bedair's ball turner will turn concave and convex balls, the cutting bit, slides along the groove along the centre, then is locked in place with the screws in the side of the tool.
11:31 AM
March 20, 2011
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yeah but im pretty sure there isnt one made for the G0602 which means i would have to adapt something to fit it which in turn would probably end up needing milled parts to make that work lol
12:26 PM
September 19, 2010
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Yes it is a catch 22, I'm from the UK, and have no idea of the bits and bobs that come with the G0602, however there are lots of people on here who have one.
4:10 PM
March 6, 2011
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i seen another style of ball turner still used the same style base just a differnt way of moving the cutter
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/…..mp;dir=asc
shouldnt be to hard to make :)
4:33 PM
March 20, 2011
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hmmm that one is interesting. thing is though i would like mine to be able to do up to 2.5" so i think i would lose a lot of rigitity as much as i would have to extend it up and out to make balls that large
5:12 PM
March 6, 2011
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what about using a design like this
or
http://www.haythornthwaite.com…..urning.htm
or
http://www.knucklebusterinc.co…..ttachment/
5:20 PM
March 20, 2011
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yeah i was thinking of one like the first one which is pretty simple and it would prob work for a bit but id really like one that is nice and solid. i wish the grizzly mill i wanted wasnt on such a long backorder or else i wouldnt have this issue lol
5:47 PM
November 15, 2010
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How about Little Machine Shop?
http://littlemachineshop.com/p…..;category=
They have two sizes, the larger one seems to be out of stock at the moment. I have the one linked to above, seems to work fine.
Kevin
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