My cheap vertiacl lathe

[BT Sniper]

Here is some pics of what I use to make a lot of my tools. Actually workd pretty good and I am able to maintain +or- .002 and even better when I need to.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020431.jpg

[docone31]

Ingenious!
I use a lapidary lap, 8" for the flat lap. I already have the machines.
If you need to wet lap it, get a spray bottle and just spray the diamond wheel.

[ANeat]

Wow I bet that will throw the sparks ;)

[jbunny]

nice. ur thinking out side the box. a cheap compound slide mounted in the vice
would open up lots more options.
jb

[BT Sniper]

Yeh it will take off some metal in a hurry. I'll have to look into a compond slide. I supose it could function as a mill then.

Here is some more pics.

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020433.jpg

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020436.jpg

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020444.jpg

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020445.jpg

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/BTSniper/P1020448.jpg

[BT Sniper]

docone,

"I use a lapidary lap, 8" for the flat lap. I already have the machines.
If you need to wet lap it, get a spray bottle and just spray the diamond wheel."

There is some terms there I am not fimilar with. "lapidary lap"???? "flat lap"??? "wet lap"??? Could you fill me in? Pretty sure I'm not using a diamond wheel. Sounds to expensive for my projects:). Just an ordinary hand held grinding wheel.

[Ammosmith]

Wow! That is supper nice! What are you making?

[BT Sniper]

Turned a 1/4" grade 8 ace hardware bolt into the internial part of the die that forms a flat point instead of a hollow point then pushes the bullet back out of the die. Cool thing that the nose of the 40 cal bullet is right at .250.

[Outdoors]

Very ingenious!

Pat

[ANeat]

Ive turned small stuff in a Mill like that. Put the part in a collet, cutter in a vise, and you have a pseudo-lathe