Drip Tip Project

[Blossom]

Another one liking the purple one on the right hand side, also love the turquoise one 4th from right! I'd be interested!

You must be having fun with the lathe, all power to your elbow!!

 

[Gilliandrea]

Can I ask (and excuse my ignorance) why you had to use the base from another tip? Could you not have continued it on the lathe with a cut out for an O-ring? I'm not being contentious, I've never used a lathe before and I'm interested

I have never 'turned' acrylic on a lathe before

This was my first ever try working with it, that was also the reason for turning the square blanks into rods, to get a feel for cutting this type of material
I have only just got my lathe (had used OH's before for wood, but he bought me my own one) so this is my first drip tip out of acrylic and the base is not from another tip, I bought this base specifically to give myself options if I couldn't 'turn' the acrylic narrow/detailed enough to fit an o-ring

 

[Lord Grim]

Thanks, I just wondered. I'd love to have a lathe, but I fear it'd be something that'd lie around in the garage, never getting used. Like my airbrush, compressor, mountain bike, weights, lawnmower etc etc etc etc etc etc

 

[Tubbyengineer]

I have never 'turned' acrylic on a lathe before

This was my first ever try working with it, that was also the reason for turning the square blanks into rods, to get a feel for cutting this type of material
I have only just got my lathe (had used OH's before for wood, but he bought me my own one) so this is my first drip tip out of acrylic and the base is not from another tip, I bought this base specifically to give myself options if I couldn't 'turn' the acrylic narrow/detailed enough to fit an o-ring

I Used to use a lathe a lot for lexan rod, It's mostly a case of keeping the tools really sharp and not letting anything get too warm - which is rarely a problem anyway on that kind of stuff if the tools are sharp... Give it some practise and you'll soon be turning out funky stuff at a rate of knots...

 

[Gilliandrea]

I Used to use a lathe a lot for lexan rod, It's mostly a case of keeping the tools really sharp and not letting anything get too warm - which is rarely a problem anyway on that kind of stuff if the tools are sharp... Give it some practise and you'll soon be turning out funky stuff at a rate of knots...

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement

OH bought me a Robert Sorby Turnmaster with carbide and HSS tips sets, so I think it is just practice, practice, practice
Think I will spend all tomorrow in the shed I have got the 'turning' bug... lol

 

[Dan Dan the vaping man]

I like a few of the color variations you have so I'll be interested in a couple or few

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[Tubbyengineer]

That first shot looked pretty snazzy, nice smooth curves and good transition from straight to curved, so fine detail is just as you say, practice, practice... O ring seatings are basically grooves so get a piece of rod you don't like the look of and just cut groove after groove, once you've done that you can use the same rod to practice putting chamfers into grooves and if you work it right you may even get some tips you like out of a practice piece which is a "Brucie Bonus"...

Ooh, and as an aside I quite like the look of that tip mounted onto the SS base, I've got the Pyrex mega from Rocketsciencemods which is built exactly the same way but i want some nice warm acrylic for winter as leaving the mod in the car will mean the drip tip will freeze the Bejeezus out of your lips ...

 

[scottysvaping]

That first shot looked pretty snazzy, nice smooth curves and good transition from straight to curved, so fine detail is just as you say, practice, practice... O ring seatings are basically grooves so get a piece of rod you don't like the look of and just cut groove after groove, once you've done that you can use the same rod to practice putting chamfers into grooves and if you work it right you may even get some tips you like out of a practice piece which is a "Brucie Bonus"...

Ooh, and as an aside I quite like the look of that tip mounted onto the SS base, I've got the Pyrex mega from Rocketsciencemods which is built exactly the same way but i want some nice warm acrylic for winter as leaving the mod in the car will mean the drip tip will freeze the Bejeezus out of your lips ...

You might even stick to it like when you lick a lamppost at winter
Not that I ever tryed it when I was younger lol

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[Gilliandrea]

Another try, this time I made my own base... getting there

 

[Vern]

is this using one of those small hobby lathes? 300mm width etc