Peeps with a lathe, I need some turning...PLZ

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So I am building a DD and have designed most of the parts I just need some help with machining. I don’t have a lathe except for at school, but I am not confident in my capabilities to use it accurately enough. What I need is for someone to turn a piece of aluminium stock into a cylindrical tube with an Od of ~65mm, Id of 59.1mm and length of 75mm.

Any help is welcome and I am willing to pay. I just thought I would see if anyone here is able to do this before taking it to a local engineering shop.

I will be posting up a build tutorial on how to make a DD once this step is done :grin:

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Where are you based?

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Australia, LOL

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Ah bit far…I could of helped but it won’t be worth the shipping costs LOL

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Damn that could be a big problem as most guys here are in us or eu. I wonder how much it would cost to send something in one of those cylinders you get posters sent in, just a shortened one. Thanks anyway man

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@dareno @moone one of your guys need help!

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Thanks man!

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Not sure if they can help you…but who knows, who they know, who knows somebody… you know :sweat_smile:

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@Linny job for you?

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Thanks, tag away guys the more people I have to choose from the better :slightly_smiling_face:

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There is no machine shop that could do it for you? Something simple like this should be pretty cheap in any honest place

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giphy No seriously… maybe take a look how much shipping to europe or the usa would cost. Maybe it’s not that expensive :slight_smile:

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I haven’t checked with a shop but just looking at aluminium stock over here it is about $70 for 300mm before it’s even been machined

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Its a big country. We are literally at 3 of the corners each. Lol

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you always find a way to be a lazy ass…:rofl::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Big island

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yeah we have to be careful about the kangaroo population, if too many stomp at once the island starts to sink a little. Maybe we need some help from your leader to control them … a nice thiccc wall

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…wall of old raptor hubs…?

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we don’t like to share.

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Share what? Kangaroos? Do they at least taste good?

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