Big Bob said:
Denzle, Knurling on a standard centre lathe with stainless is not easy because of the very nature of the material. The other problem is that when you come to finish the cut off end you need to put the knurled part in the chuck. I was thinking of going in this order:: Make a deep centre drill and tap make use revolving centre to knurl and pattern leaving the RC in place make a deep under cut about 10mm wide at the chuck end then either chamfer at 45 deg or smooth radius then part off leaving very little to do at the part off to make tidy. My mate is back end of next week so I might be in business. For a pattern I was thinking full knurl and some sharp featured rings. Need to be on the lathe to see what looks right. Pity you are so far away from me.
Thank you Bob for your kind words of advice. Your skills on a lathe far exceed my basic knowledge. As for knurling it's a bit of an esoteric art that I dare not dabble in! Truth be known is that the handle was made on a cnc lathe. My input being the design, shot peen blasting and polishing. Basically I made a drawing with dimensions and the cnc operator wrote a program and downloaded it into the machine, pressed a button and 5 minutes later the blank(plus thread) was complete. So you see I'm not that clever! I'll be doing a one in Titanium which I'll anodise and one in Cobalt (that'll put the m/c to the test!) I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks again. Denzle
Rjstoz said:
Very nice handle. I may have a go myself on my school's lathe
. My guesses for the competition are : 85.95 or 80.67 grammes
Thanks for offering it as a competition prize, keep up with the handle making, it looks awesome.
Regards
Rodders
Thank you Rodders: The last time I used a school lathe Flashman was Head Boy, steam was King and Long John Silver had two legs and an Egg on his shoulder!!!!!
