Hi guys,
I need a little help from the wise and experienced. I have a metal part that’s 0.187” dia at the base X 0.144” dia at the top and from base to top is 0.154” long. As you can tell, it’s a very small tapered piece of metal. Using a drawing program, I have determined the angle from the base to the top to be 7.07 degrees.
I do not have a taper attachment on my lathe. I want to duplicate this tiny part as closely as possible. I am beginning with a piece of round stock that’s 0.187” in dia. If I use a square nose tool and turning my compound so that the square face of the tool is parallel to the long axis of my work piece, then turn the compound 7 degrees where the tool is beginning the cut at the edge of the stock (where the face meets the long axis of the stock) and advance the cross feed in by 0.043”, would this provide me with the taper I need as well as a correct diameter at the small end?
Thanks,
hw
I need a little help from the wise and experienced. I have a metal part that’s 0.187” dia at the base X 0.144” dia at the top and from base to top is 0.154” long. As you can tell, it’s a very small tapered piece of metal. Using a drawing program, I have determined the angle from the base to the top to be 7.07 degrees.
I do not have a taper attachment on my lathe. I want to duplicate this tiny part as closely as possible. I am beginning with a piece of round stock that’s 0.187” in dia. If I use a square nose tool and turning my compound so that the square face of the tool is parallel to the long axis of my work piece, then turn the compound 7 degrees where the tool is beginning the cut at the edge of the stock (where the face meets the long axis of the stock) and advance the cross feed in by 0.043”, would this provide me with the taper I need as well as a correct diameter at the small end?
Thanks,
hw
Comment