Let’s continue with the body. The titanium rod shrunk significantly, compared to how long it was in the start: After being a little too hasty with the taking away material I ruined the Carbid insert:
The empty holder has to be kept very clean (cleaner than in the picture…):
It is also a good idea to wrap up the parts, which are done, in some sort of tape to avoid scratching them:
With the new and sharp Carbid insert I turned the rod down to the right diameter:
To add vertical indents I have to set the scale to zero at the right place in the y-axis:
Then 5 millimetres forwards and 0.25 millimetres in radial direction:
Having done that three more times I was basically done with the outside of the head:
Just a short update today, more tomorrow
Thanks for reading!