What's It Gonna Be ?

What it's gonna be is squarer to the axis after you face off the saw cut?

--jsw

That hopefully will be one of its properties.

A custom fishing reel spool?

Oh, we are so not even close now.

Hint: This piece is steel, Fishing reel spools are typically aluminum to minimize weight, and reduce inertial over spin (backlash).

I'll post another picture soon. I'm just afraid that the next picture (after the first machining operation) might give it away to easily to some folks.

some type of Filler gauge?

Robert

Interesting. Um, no.

Looks STRANGELY familiar!!!

An inclined (tapered) milling riser?

Picture Number 2

The next project in my queue for a round slug of steel like that is a backplate for a front-mount Skinner lathe chuck. The previous one was trolley hoist wheels to fit 3" channel iron, before that a hollow 50mm hex key to tighten my car's crankshaft pulley bolt after changing the timing belt. Would you have guessed any of those?

My source of short chunks of round steel is hydraulic cylinder rod cutoffs from a rebuilder and old Segway fender mold guide pins.

--jsw

I've made cams that started like that.

Plane to see - it is a socket for a 4" square bar with a hex for a large wrench to cheat it. Can't wait to see the other side.

Mart>> Been a long time since I posted one of these.

OK, I'll bite: QR toolpost. I've been considering those options for granddad's lathe recently...

Yup. We have a winner. QCTP. For the little 8.5x18 lathe.

Ha! I had to go look. Those are not under the saw. They are just some empty fishing rod boxes that haven't gone out to the trash yet, because I am debating on whether or not to use them for shipping to the organization the rods are getting donated to after I add my business logos.

I do have stock under the saw. Long bar stock that will eventually get cut on the saw.

Ok. Just don't look into my shop. I have two of them in one building. A bit stuffed.

Just got a stick of stock myself today.

Going to try to mill a dovetail slot down the center and inverse dovetails on the outside.

It will slide into my engraver and custom tiny fonts will slide into it.

Might have to get a real machinist to do the job but I'll give it a try first.

Mart>> Odd to have material in boxes below an oily saw.