[modeleng] Re: Two Questions

  • From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:07:47 -0800 (PST)

A hardwood blank on the Faceplate, dished to hold the
workpiece, and held with Turners' Cement while
machining?

Al Messer

--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 08:24 PM 1/20/06 -0000, you wrote:
> >My Isle of Man Beyer Peacock has a one piece
> casting for the dome. I don't 
> >know where the casting came from but it is a heavy
> casting and the
> machining would have been beyond me - Dave
> 
>    Machining . . . more specifically holding while
> machining is the main
> question isn't it.  I envision spending as much or
> more time on a
> jig/mandrel, etc, for holding a casting as I will
> the actual machining.
> I've made such things in hard wood before and
> managed to make them work so
> I may again.
> 
> Regards,
> Harry
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