Just out of interest, how did you draw this out?
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Erie Fred
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Yes, however the part you posted looks to need precision.
I'm just trying to help explain that you can change your speed, to get the precision you need for that part, disregarding the slag problem, and then go back to your "less slag optimized"
higher speeds for less accurate parts.
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Bit more done, hauler boxed in, hauler side roller bracket made and welded in place, steering box finished and control handle box finished.
Also anodised the chain fin for the bike whilst I was cutting parts for the boat on the plasma, think I will redo the acetal insert to try and get rid of the chatter at the end..
Also anodised the chain fin for the bike whilst I was cutting parts for the boat on the plasma, think I will redo the acetal insert to try and get rid of the chatter at the end..
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If you look very carefully, and close one eye, you can see a really expensive coffee table.
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Haven’t seen one of this since school!If you look very carefully, and close one eye, you can see a really expensive coffee table.
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First step was to scan the original on an A4 flatbed scanner. I then made a copy, and edited both copies. On the first I removed all the circuit tracks and enhanced / cleaned up the edges, and that became the template that I print onto one sheet of acrylic, and made a copy of that and flipped it to edit (the holes are bigger on one side) and it became the template for the other sheet of acrylic. Finally the other copy I edited to remove all the "other" stuff to leave only the circuit tracks, and cleaned them up / got lines straight / replaced broken tags etc. That was all done in Inkscape to a "good enough" standard.
I'd have spent more time on getting the tracks better if I had some way of automating the cutting process. I had a word with someone on the farm who has a laser cutter, but hers won't do copper and perhaps the cut would have been wide enough that I'd have had to spread the tracks out as they're quite close along one section. I did wonder whether one of these vinyl cutters would do it as it's only 0.1mm, or at least score it enough that it's much easier to cut, but I don't have one and the job is done now. In any case I wouldn't be surprised if it blunted the cutter so if I found someone who'd try it, I'd feel obligated to buy them a new blade in that situation.
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That’s the 1,2mm brass pins finished turned, deburred and ready for gold plating
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It seems that sometimes smaller jobs take longer. There was a short (40-inch) missing section of chair rail in one of the parlors of the old farmhouse we're restoring. The chair rail consists of four separate pieces of moulding. I had a couple of router bits that I used to make two of the pieces, but one of the pieces had a profile that didn't match any of my shaper knives, router bits, or antique moulding planes. So I stopped at a local industrial supply house that has an enormous selection of router bits (an entire aisle), but none of them matched the exact pattern and size, so to make that one piece of moulding, I ended up using a combination of two different router bits, a small shoulder plane, a sanding block, and my radial arm saw (to cut a groove to receive a 1/8" diameter wooden dowel). I probably spent more than four hours to make one 40-inch piece of moulding. It does, however, match the original pattern quite nicely. I haven't installed that fourth piece yet, but I'll post a photo after it's installed and I've touched up the plaster and primer.
Here's a photo with three of the four replacement pieces installed:
Here's the fourth piece, which I made today. You can see the wood dowel glued into the groove.
Here's a photo with three of the four replacement pieces installed:
Here's the fourth piece, which I made today. You can see the wood dowel glued into the groove.
I needed some Dado rail matching some years ago when restoring my Victorian house. Local specialist place offered a spindle moulding blade making service so I gave them a short sample to march.
they rang me back that day say they already had made a blade for that profile a year ago and oddly the customer had the same surname as myself.
Turned unbeknown to me my brother had had the same problem and had the cutter made.
they rang me back that day say they already had made a blade for that profile a year ago and oddly the customer had the same surname as myself.
Turned unbeknown to me my brother had had the same problem and had the cutter made.
What are they using that for?
It looks like a silage fork but a 3CX wouldn't be great at going up a pit!
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Would seriously compact it though, I have seen a wheeled digger on the pit before.
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Or a few minutes with an angry grinder and you can advertise (and sell) them as rustic brackets like someone on one of the local FB groups
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I made some temporary hand-guards to keep the freeezing damp air off my hands. My left hand especially is very painful where I damaged my fingers years ago and it was really getting to me.
I had some Kydex I got from @bigegg some time back so I made a basic former from tig wire and masking tape and heated the kydex with my infra-red heater and formed it over the mould. I turned some ally posts that would clamp through the mirror post holes on my handlebars (my bike has fairing mounted mirrors so these holes are redundant). Once the part was clamped onto these posts I used a gas torch to heat them and form the hump on top for my gloves to fit under.
It's rough and ready but it does the job perfectly.
I had some Kydex I got from @bigegg some time back so I made a basic former from tig wire and masking tape and heated the kydex with my infra-red heater and formed it over the mould. I turned some ally posts that would clamp through the mirror post holes on my handlebars (my bike has fairing mounted mirrors so these holes are redundant). Once the part was clamped onto these posts I used a gas torch to heat them and form the hump on top for my gloves to fit under.
It's rough and ready but it does the job perfectly.
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