A simple technique for making hexagonal with a lathe

Interesting but ever had one of those spacer bars pop out at you when you start up!? Centrifugal force is a wonderful thing. 😮

Vamos arriba hermano Messin excelente un Abrazo para ti y todos los hermanos Indoneses. ❤❤

Your work is so effective with simple means.✊️ Frank 🙋‍♂️🇩🇪

Intersting technique. I would be scrared of that hexagonal bar.

Excelente amigo, muchas gracias por compartir su experiencia y conocimientos

Gday, that’s a simple way to form a hex, great job mate, cheers

Excelente trabajo... Y explicado en poco tiempo...

Спасибо за метод, буду использовать! 👍👍👍

One would have to assume that if you're watching machining videos this subject interest you. At the time of posting my comment there are a mere 14 comments, yet there are 6,900 views! Does that mean that there are 6,886 aspiring machinists that find this hack commonplace? When the Lathe (only) is your focus this hack is brilliant! At the very least it's definitely not commonplace! This certainly deserves far more that the 294 current likes! The term "Hack" carries negative connotations but I'm adding my LIKE because this method deserves a hell of a lot more! Wakodahatchee Chris

Nice. I would recommend you invest in a dead-blow hammer though, they really are the best tool for knocking the part hard into a chuck or machine vice, perfect for getting the part sitting hard against a parallel strip. If you can't invest the money to buy one (there are some reasonably cheap ones) then invest some time and scrap to make one. It's just a soft faced hammer with a hollow head which is filled mostly full of steel or lead shot. The shot provides a second impact that helps prevent the part from bouncing back. Every machinist needs a dead-blow hammer, it was one of my first projects as an apprentice.

Great way of doing it

Fantastic sir , what kind of carbide tool you are using ? Many thanks

Very interesting. Enjoyed watching. I was a machinist for years but never saw this.

Šikovné, moc pěkné.

Absolutely great thank you

You should explain how you proceed to obtain a regular hexagon with 6 identical faces and whose axis coincides with that of the starting cylinder.

Корявенько конечно вышло ,но предпосыл понятен будет многим ))) думаю в видео автор не придерживался линейных параметров, а просто на скорую руку показал краткий смысл изготовления шестигранника на токарном ..., молодец, учишь начинающих , хотя в этой процедуре нет ничего нового )) тема весьма затертая)

Brilliant. May not be to the .0001 but would be great for a shade tree guy like myself putting flats on a turnbuckle or something. Love it

Never seen this before ,nice

Muy buena idea, que buen ingenio