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diy die filer
DMIOM:
A well-thought-out build Andrew
O/T:
--- Quote from: Andrew Wildman on January 01, 2016, 11:01:00 AM ---.... Times like this it is handy to have a mill with a fair bit of head room...........
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Is this why you need a ladder? and will you planting that flag when you make the first ascent?
Dave :coffee:
Andrew Wildman:
You joke, but the stool is used to get up to the drawbar! :D
raynerd:
Just keep the pictures coming... I will be following this when time allows. :thumbup: :thumbup: top post
Andrew Wildman:
So I had a few evenings free this week to potter in the shed.
I completed the table. The recess in the top will have a sacrificial Delrin puck in it that that means you can hold work close to the file.
I also made the crank bearing housing (shown with the bronze bushes)
Andrew Wildman:
I also had a go at modifying some files to fit. I splashed out on some £2.50 wilko files, chopped them up, pressed them into an aluminium bush and filled any gaps with epoxy. When the epoxy was set I chucked the file in the lathe (with brass shims over the jaws) and trued the bush to the file. This is how they turned out.
If this method works ok I will get some more files and do the same thing. As a by product you also get some stubby files with no taper that may be useful??? :scratch:
I also bored the coupling and made the reciprocating shaft.
This is a mock up of the bits so far on the lathe (clearly I am missing some table supports... before anybody points that out :bang:). I will probably connect the drive shaft to a 19mm collet in the collet chuck rather than the 3 jaw as shown. The picture is a bit confusing as there is a lathe and to tool holders cluttering the background, but hopefully you get the idea...
next jobs are to mount the other half of the jaw coupling to a shaft, make some table supports, make the delrin puck and tidy it all up with a splash of paint.
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