r/AbsoluteUnits • • 1d ago

of a bolt turned on a lathe

Credit to metal_mind_202

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/Practical_Breakfast4 13h ago

I do this every day. Its not bad, the machine does most of the work. Custom fab/repair shop, 90% of the time i make single parts, 8% its a 2 part job. Ive done mass production, I hated it.

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u/Practical_Breakfast4 12h ago

Thats tiny but no issue with the right tools. I made this for a hydraulic valve a few weeks ago

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u/Practical_Breakfast4 12h ago

Thanks. Custom machining is always expensive. Sometimes we don't have the tools and the customer buys it for use unknowingly, its added to your cost and we keep the tool. Sometimes its best to find something off the shelf that you can modify. Like you buy longer bolts and cut them down, or design your thing around commonly available parts. I know those aren't always possible, I don't know exactly what you need.

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u/Practical_Breakfast4 11h ago

Unless this is your project and you make the profit id just shop around. Buying a machine, tooling and learning it will be a long expensive journey process

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u/Practical_Breakfast4 12h ago

I mostly make medium sized stuff, this is my "big". Its about 6 feet long, was 6 inch dia and about 500 lbs. Shaft for custom paper mixing machine