A sneak peek into next job, one more for colin, oversize head and shank for a LARGE amethyst.
This is the stone, usb jack for proportion :)
The shank is not worth going into detail on, just a pic, simple flip cut
SOme pathing imagery
Half the job to be cut
Roughing the rotary pass
Finishing the Rotary Pass
Top Down Roughing
Top Down Finishing
Melt some tube!
Hook some oversize wax into the lathe :)
Surface it
Load into Mill
Roughing
[video=youtube;XJYVsiIG8h4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYVsiIG8h4[/video]
Roughing COmplete
Finishing Starts
Finishing Finished.. 5 hours later....
Rotate Fixture upwards 90'
Zero out X and Y
Zero out Z
Top roughing
ROughing done!
Change cutter and rezero fo final pass
[video=youtube;ZrQqIWpYYsk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQqIWpYYsk[/video]
Finishing pass done!
Cutoff Profile operation
and she is done.. phewwwwwww
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