Actually, this is a project I did on Sunday 10-28-2012. It's special mount for putting a Garmin GPS (SAT/NAV) unit onto a Triumph Tiger 800. I had made one for my own bike a couple months ago, and another owner saw it and wanted one made at 1/2" shorter than mine. It took me about 3-1/2 hours from start to finish (including a thorough clean-up.)
I forgot to take photos of making the clamp block and turning it, sorry about that. Who says I don't use any HSS tools?! The radius tool is a deep=grooving tool I got in a pile of HSS form tools, but I turned it sideways. I guesss I was just lucky that whoever made it put a near-perfect 25mm radius in it. :) I had to do it this way because I don't have a ball turning attachment for the lathe and haven't had time to make one.
That picture of the tap is where I held the tap in a drill chuck and power-tapped the M6x1.0 thread at 325rpm.
I forgot to take photos of making the clamp block and turning it, sorry about that. Who says I don't use any HSS tools?! The radius tool is a deep=grooving tool I got in a pile of HSS form tools, but I turned it sideways. I guesss I was just lucky that whoever made it put a near-perfect 25mm radius in it. :) I had to do it this way because I don't have a ball turning attachment for the lathe and haven't had time to make one.
That picture of the tap is where I held the tap in a drill chuck and power-tapped the M6x1.0 thread at 325rpm.