The shaft is intended to go into the collet of the milling machine …
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Most of the time, when working with my small Proxxon milling combo (link below), I align my parts visually: I move the compound table until a center drill in the mill collet is on top of the lines I scribed into the part.

But the tip of a center drill is not really pointed, which makes this method cumbersome and a wee bit imprecise. So we will make some pointed metal shaft that can be clamped into the mill collet.

00:00 Intro – a 6mm pointed mild steel shaft
00:23 Purpose – center drills don’t cut it for visual alignment
02:10 Turning (1) – the face of the round stock, tool alignment
04:18 Turning (2) – down from a diameter of 8mm to 6mm
08:36 Turning (3) – polishing with sandpaper and steel wool
09:24 Turning (4) – the end to a 30° tip with the compound
10:45 Parting – off the part from the round stock
11:49 Turning (5) – the other face of the part, filing the edge
12:03 Turning (6) – fitting the shaft (sandpaper and steel wool)
14:31 Wrap-up – that took about three hours, bye

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