Spent the past few hours machining an air nozzle for the machine while I

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Spent the past few hours machining an air nozzle for the machine while I work on a completely new head design.

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@Eric_Flynn ​ you must adopt me I’m an orphan machinist working at a job that makes production parts in volume so I don’t get to play on my turret lathes

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Looks real nice!

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Thanks!!

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Did you use your tailstock with a drill bit chucked up to do your air cavity?

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Sorry if I haven’t said it yet Welcome to the community, glad you joined us and I can’t wait to see more upgrades from you… truly an inspiration love the lathe work

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Thanks for the welcome! Yes. I drilled it initially, then I bored it with a boring bar.

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Wow, that’s a nice replacement head. :slight_smile:

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How is the weight compared to stock or a brought ons as you do not want to add to much mass and overload stepper moters

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I tried to keep the weight down. Its not too bad. I wouldnt be worried about overloading the steppers as much as affecting acceleration rates, and possibly inducing some jerkyness on fast direction changes as higher speeds.

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it looks good what id it made of

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Aluminum , and a stainless steel and brass hose connectiont