Originally Posted by jorgepease  I need to cut a .5 ball out of rod and leave a .125 shank. When I draw the cam drawing, I notice that no tool will leave the ball smooth because of the angle. The material will be aluminum or delrin.
I was thinking I could make a second pass with something like a halfround cutter as used by routers to smooth it out completely.
How can I do this, I only have a lathemaster benchtop lathe and it will be cnc'd |
Something like this?
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