metalmagpie
Titanium
- Joined
- May 22, 2006
- Location
- Seattle
I am making a machine crank handle to fit a 1-1/8" hex shaft. I thought I'd just buy a cheap socket and cut off just the round female hex part and press fit it into a round hole in a lever. I got the socket today - an old Wright tool 1/2" drive 1-1/8" socket - and it does appear to be somewhat hardened as you'd expect. I checked it with one of those sets of files and it's between 40 and 45RC.
I'd like to just chuck it up and part off the back end. Is 45RC too hard for this? I have a 14x40 Nardini lathe with unsophisticated carbide insert cutoff tooling.
I could just hack it off with a chop saw and clean it up on the surface grinder, but I'd love to do it on the lathe and avoid all that mess.
metalmagpie
I'd like to just chuck it up and part off the back end. Is 45RC too hard for this? I have a 14x40 Nardini lathe with unsophisticated carbide insert cutoff tooling.
I could just hack it off with a chop saw and clean it up on the surface grinder, but I'd love to do it on the lathe and avoid all that mess.
metalmagpie
