rharshberger
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So this is a scratcher to deal with some left over tubing from several other projects, I also wanted to build something different so taking some inspiration from different designs among them the Eradicator, MX missle, and a desire for MPR and using the Jolly Logic Chute Release.
First up was the Nose cone, first one on the new (to me) lathe.
The nose cone is some of the basswood left over from my Nike Hercules project, the chunk started out just a hair undersized so I laminated some 3/16" basswood to each side and then roughed it down to a cylinder (first two pics).
Next it was time for the boring operations, the large hole is 1-1/8", and the smaller (visible in 5th picture) is 5/16" for the 1/4-20 threaded inserts. The inserts are for an adjustable nose weight system.
After the boring operation it was time to fit the shoulder which is fairly easy with light cuts and going slow (6th photo is partially fitted shoulder)
Then it was time to remove the faceplate, change to the dovetail chuck, and flip the nose cone around. I did learn I need to do a better job of facing the bored end as the nose cone had just a titch of wobble initially, after a bit of messing around it was eventually acceptable. This is also the first time using a chuck on a wood working lathe for me.
First up was the Nose cone, first one on the new (to me) lathe.
The nose cone is some of the basswood left over from my Nike Hercules project, the chunk started out just a hair undersized so I laminated some 3/16" basswood to each side and then roughed it down to a cylinder (first two pics).
Next it was time for the boring operations, the large hole is 1-1/8", and the smaller (visible in 5th picture) is 5/16" for the 1/4-20 threaded inserts. The inserts are for an adjustable nose weight system.
After the boring operation it was time to fit the shoulder which is fairly easy with light cuts and going slow (6th photo is partially fitted shoulder)
Then it was time to remove the faceplate, change to the dovetail chuck, and flip the nose cone around. I did learn I need to do a better job of facing the bored end as the nose cone had just a titch of wobble initially, after a bit of messing around it was eventually acceptable. This is also the first time using a chuck on a wood working lathe for me.
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