8-20-2013 Class MTT-101

Project #1:

Tonight I created my first cutting tool bit and then learned how to use a lathe and started on my first project. 

Here is a photo of my first cutting tool I created:

Once this was done, I moved on to my first project. The first project is an Alignment Rod:

Here is the result from the first night of cutting done after I made the cutting tool:

(Top view of entire of piece)

(End view showing first section milled)

Tonight (8-21-2013) I finished one half of the rod:

Here is a close-up shot of the end:

Not bad for a guy who has spent the past 23 yrs designing architectural plans on a computer. Next week I get to do the other side of the rod.