Electromagnetic Rocker Engine

[Philjoe5]

Cool motor Dennis. Thanks for sharing some very useful machining techniques with excellent photos. Call it what you want - it's a very cool machine :bow: :bow: :bow:

Cheers,
Phil

 

[Kludge]

Then I moved to the wood lathe and shaped the curves using HSS wood turning tools. The lathe was run at slow speed (500 rpm in my case) and I made very light cuts. It worked pretty well and I wouldn’t be afraid to try a more complex shape. The key is keeping a negative rake.

This was of particular interest since I have wood turning tools (I used to turn wooden pens.) and they're sitting idle at the moment. The idea of using them on metal never occured to me. I guess I should take another look at them for metal turning.

Thank you, Dennis.

BEst regards,

Kludge

 

[mklotz]

For those of you who wish to try hand turning (it's effective and fun) and don't have woodworking tools to hand, try making your own. Here's one I made...

The square (could be round) aluminum handle has a slot milled into it to accept a standard 1/8" HSS lathe toolbit. The standard 1/2" steel box section slides over it and the setscrews lock the toolbit in place. It's easy to change bits so you really need only the one handle.