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Thus, I could proceed. 0.002" at a time!!!
Thus, I could proceed. 0.002" at a time!!!


[[File:LatheTitanium.jpg]]
[[File:800px-LatheTitanium.jpg]]


Here's the product fresh off the lathe!
Here's the product fresh off the lathe!


[[File:TitaniumRingCoarse.jpg]]
[[File:800px-TitaniumRingCoarse.jpg]]


So, at this point, I got the ring. Put it on.
So, at this point, I got the ring. Put it on.
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This is how:
This is how:
[[File::WideningTheRing.jpg]]
[[File::800px-WideningTheRing.jpg]]


I heated it up with the Propane torch, let it slide down the mandrel, tapped it a few times, bingo!!
I heated it up with the Propane torch, let it slide down the mandrel, tapped it a few times, bingo!!
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This is how lazy people polish rings:
This is how lazy people polish rings:
[[File::PolishingTheRing.jpg]]
 
[[File:450px-PolishingTheRing.jpg]]


That's a piece of foam I shoved the ring on. Then stuffed it into a drill bit. Then held some high-grit sandpaper to the spinning deely.
That's a piece of foam I shoved the ring on. Then stuffed it into a drill bit. Then held some high-grit sandpaper to the spinning deely.
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