Lathe Workshop for Beginners. Part 2 making a flycutter.

[Bigwingrider1800]

could have just used a reg fly cutter in the 3 jaw do the same thing?

[myfordboy]

@Bigwingrider1800 I wanted a flycutter with a large sweep to enable a large surface to be covered in one pass.

[algae1000]

Clean and efficient! No wasted steps. Do your hands or lathe ever get dirty? Did you make the entire faceplate originally before you used it as a flycutter? Thanks again for the videos.

[myfordboy]

@algae1000 . Sure I get dirty. You want to see the state of the workshop at the moment!

The faceplate was bought in as a chuck backplate.

[workshopshed]

Useful tip with the scribing, that should come in handy for my own project involving a faceplate

[glathoppa]

I should have added that the flat also makes for easy grinding and setting up, provided you grind it in the correct orientation relative to the cutting faces. For grinding, I clamp the bit in a length of square bar with an axial hole. I've made an adjustable table and angle-setting plates (5 deg, 10 deg etc) for the grinder.

BTW, I avoid overheating HSS bits during grinding. I'm not convinced that properties aren't altered and its easy enough to dip the bit in cold water every few seconds.

[glathoppa]

Flycutters can be dangerous: if the cutting bit is ejected, it is then the equivalent of a bullet.

I grind a flat on the shank of any flycutting bit, avoiding sharp (stress-raising) corners. The clamping screw bears on the flat. If the screw becomes loose in use, you might (should) receive an audible 'rattle' warning that all is not well BEFORE the screw completely releases the bit.

Usual discalimers.

[viol999]

when grinding the old center bit into a cutter bit on the bench grinder is there any chance of ruining the temper of the high speed steel?

[myfordboy]

@viol999 No, with high speed steel the hardness remains even if its red hot.

[billygotgrove]

We want to hear your voice! I bet you have an amazing British accent!

[myfordboy]

@billygotgrove You will never know!

[Nator187]

Where is part 1?

[myfordboy]

@Nator187 Enter "lathe begineers part 1" in the search box or look at my playlists

[TheFred1952]

very sweet

[valic000]

Very nice and simpel..the best things are like that. I have a also made myselt a flycutter,but its a longer high quality steel,8mm (old exhaust valve), and on this I hard solder a head ,that can hold al my minilaite tools at 45 degrees. But your disk is better i think,because less chance of vibrations.

Thanks for video,..always nice stuff!

regards ,peter

[chevyvictor]

hey myford boy. hello from New Zealand. any chance you can update to Metric? LOL us younger fellas dont understand the Imperial stuff. its a foreign language to us. now wheres my xbox...

[myfordboy]

@chevyvictor I did use a 4mm drill in this video!

[billygotgrove]

@chevyvictor Just learn both! A lot of us, especially those in the U.S, who know their way around tools know both systems fairly well. Or me at least, and I'm 16.

[1951split]

Man I love to watch you doing your tricks on the lathe... Truly inspiring...

What model is your myford btw? I'm looking for a nice lathe to start with, but I don't want to buy any of the Chinese @#$% out there... I rather spend my money on a 2nd hand myford... :)

[myfordboy]

@1951split My lathe is a Myford ML10. I think it's underated and seen as poor cousin to the ML7. It can easily handle anything you can throw at it check my videos for proof! I can turn 10 1/4 dia with my spindle raiser attachment ( soon to be 12 1/2" as my current project has 12" flywheels).

[bx2200]

Great - many thanks! Just what I was looking for. I want to second the question from Shandybrother about the angle of the cutter.

[myfordboy]

@bx2200 No there is no difference in the finish. The cutter can be fitted at 90 deg to the faceplate and that's what I did origionaly as shown in the video with the flycutter in the milling machine. I then found I needed a larger cutting area to sweep a job that was mounted in the lathe so putting the cutter at 45 deg makes this possible.

Also having the cutter at angle allows cutting up to a shoulder.

[3Orthoman]

GREAT VIDEO! Sharp, well done, smoothly edited. Many of us owe thanks to those who take their personal time to produce instructional videos to share their knowledge with others. This is a very generous thing to do.

I hope to follow suit and get some new videos uploaded as well sometime soon.

What video editing software do you use to make the smooth transitions? This is what I have to learn to do

[myfordboy]

@3Orthoman Thanks for the complements. I am using Windows Movie Maker.

[barumman]

Good video, and very informative. thank you for sharing.

[tominrexmont]

good video for those beginners

[Shandybrother]

Hi in you other video the bit in the flycutter looks to be at 90 degrees to the faceplate and in this one its at an angle is there any difference between the two in terms of performance or the finish it gives?

[myfordboy]

@Shandybrother No there is no difference in the finish. The cutter can be fitted at 90 deg to the faceplate and that's what I did origionaly as shown in the video with the flycutter in the milling machine. I then found I needed a larger cutting area to sweep a job that was mounted in the lathe so putting the cutter at 45 deg makes this possible.

Also having the cutter at angle allows cutting up to a shoulder.

[yourbeekeeper]

Great video. Thank you. 

[nodariel]

Fascinating video.

[36theghost]

FIRST COMMENT!!