Stainless Steel Jigger/Pony Shot Glass

Using 1.5" Dia. stainless steel shaft stock from a marine pump, I lathed out a Jigger/Pony Shot Glass, which is a bartender's measuring glass for shots. Jigger = 1.5oz, and Pony = 1.0 oz. I do not know what kind of steel it is, but I imagine it had to stand up to saltwater, so Im just going to assume its good enough. Its the only stainless steel we had laying around in the shop anyway.

The walls of the shot taper from ~1/32" to 1/16" to lessen the weight and give it a bit of depth. Also, 1/4" wide shallow groves were machined in it as well to make it look nicer. The concave cut in the middle gives your thumb somewhere to hold on to, and it drastically lowers the weight.

I apologize for the dirty paper, I used it while I was machining to make sure I took the correct cuts.

Step 1 Cutting and Drilling

I am sorry about not having any pictures for the drilling process. I decided to document this after I finished drilling.

-Obtain 4-6 inch section of 1.5" dia. stainless steel
-chuck the piece in a lathe, face one side to make it flat
-take an array of drill bits, starting around 1/4" up to 1-3/8", with increasing increments of 1/4".
-Drill out the cylinder with each drill bit, going up one step (this makes it easier on the bits and prevents the bit from possibly catching in too much metal and thus turning the piece within the chuck, BAD.
-Lathe speed should be between 100-215 rpm

Comments

[wolfy_9005]

Nice, and the masking tape will help stop the teeth from digging in and ruining the finish on the completed side. Wonder if you have access to a milling machine and would be willing to test this out. Would defnitely be easier - maybe you should make a heap of them and sell them if their easy to bore with the milling maching. Just do the outside bit with a lathe, wack it into a milling machine vice, bore it to the required depth, and your set.

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[deathbycornchip]

you don't "lathe" things. The verb that describes what a lathe does is "turn"
I turned out a Jigger/Pony Shot Glass

[cheordinario]

i buy one in a store, it has a wood handle, and it's made of nickel-plated brass but yours it's much cool and much better quality. the problem with the wood handle it's that the jigger glass can be stand up.nice job, i´ll made one.

[Armando1965]

That's sooo cool I want one!!

[uguy]

Nice project and well done ible, but I see a safety issue I was taught at the Institute where I learned much about machining. Wrapping the emery cloth completely around a work piece can be very dangerous. I have seen a man loose most of an arm when the cloth grabbed the piece and wrapped his hand around the piece. Always use two hands and never wrap the cloth over and under.

[grahmaustin]

I did not use a steady rest, although I probably should have tried, because we had one, I just didn't think to use it, ha. Usually i'll just chuck it by hand and put a dial indicator on the side of the piece and hand turn it to see my run-out, then re-chuck until im satisfied with tolerable run-out. To smooth out the inside surface I had to run in reverse because the bit I was using would only cut that way, but i might not have understood your question? Chatter while doing the inside surface wasn't that bad actually, I did have to re-sharpen the cutting bit though, that did help. The steel, im not sure what kind, was very machinable. Making very long ribbons of metal shaving by hand was not very hard, which tells me that the material was very uniform and somewhat soft, but not fragile. Being that this was small, thin walled piece, ringing was always a problem. Though, lots of oil on the inside helped a bunch to dampen that out. how large were the cruise ship drives? Im about to graduate from a maritime academy in galveston, TX. So i've spent some time on ships, but never been on a cruise ship.

[ohgood]

If you have a live center, it will help to stop the chatter when you're doing the exterior cuts. a steady rest will prevent chatter while you're boring... i see you ran in reverse while boring, did it help with the chatter, or do you always run in reverse out of habit ? i ran huge cruise ship drive shafts in reverse with 3-4 steady rests to help prevent chatter, it was the only way. nice instructable, very cool tool you've made there :)

[nature223]

I wish I HAD a lathe....I like the rings you did on the "flats"

[LinuxH4x0r]

Great job!

[Rob K]

I thought about doing something like this for the USB can chiller. I just don't have access to any thing. I would like to actually use it for drinking out of, but it might get that metaly taste. Unless stainless is better for that.

[TKEdwin582]

Ooo...! I want one, but don't have access to the materials... :(

[canida]

Looks great! Nice explanation, too.