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anyone got plans for a radius tool for the lathe or mabey a couple good pics

I can probably find you some pics of my radius tool if that helps dude

Maz xx

Here's one on C/W that Mechworks posted. Quite a few pics and a drawing or two.
http://chopperweb.info/forum/showthread ... eadid=8763

thanks maz id definatly like to see em and thankks guys i want to see em all pick an easyone to build that will work with my existing carbide bits

Very neat little toolpost ball turner. http://www.projectsinmetal.com/free-met ... athe-mill/ Several other projects on this site.

Wasn't able to view MechWerks but here are a couple others. I had the dimensions of the OMW and was going to make it a couple years ago - who knows where the hell they are now becasue I can't find...

http://lepton.com/metal/ball_turner.html

http://www.frets.com/homeshoptech/TechL ... adius.html
http://littlemachineshop.com/Instructio ... ctions.pdf

Posted theses on the old board.

Now, that one is about as simple as you can get.....Thanks Jim!

Some of this might be what Jim posted....just put up all that I had plucked from the internet...

Instructions and picture

I went back and took out what Jim had posted... ; )

There's some pics of my large radius tool in the Machine Shop section but it is very similar to the one above, just larger and more adjustable.....

Maz xx

Yeah , we know how you feel about a large radius tool !

gearhead1951 wrote:Yeah , we know how you feel about a large radius tool !

Maz xx