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| Andrew Wildman:
I am starting a project to build some pinch rollers for the shop. I have looked at some for sale and they are either very lightweight, to the point of uselessness for my needs, or vastly over the wife's shed allowance. The build is based on the materials that I had kicking about in the shed and also the length of the rollers is limited by the capability of my lathe. The first bits to be made were the side plates. I used a rota broach to drill the holes: The two plates were tacked together to ensure that they were symmetrical when machined: side plates machined and gears bought from hpc (hopefully the only project expense) |
| ieezitin:
Andrew nice work. Did you side mill with that Rotobroach? the pictures make it appear you did. Anthony. |
| SwarfnStuff:
OK Lead on McDuff, I await the next installment :coffee: as this looks like I wanna make one too. So, thanks for posting so we can follow your adventure. Oh, and the cost limitations sound very familiar. :lol: John B |
| Andrew Wildman:
Anthony, Firstly the sides of the slot were sawn out on the vert bandsaw (see second picture) then the holes were drilled with the rotabroach and then the slots were cleaned up with an endmill. a lot of steps but it means that you get a nice clean radius at the end of the hole and you do not have to hog out all the waste. John, Having 2 kids means time is also a bit of a limitation so posts may be a bit slow coming! We shall see... |
| jcs0001:
Andrew: That looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. John. |
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