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Another use for that forgotten vertical slide.
awemawson:
I experimented a few years ago using special thin wax film to bond panels that I was CNC machining. Never did get a satisfactory result, it often letting go even with very light cuts, and of course any heat and it melted :bugeye:
Then I went on to double sided tape, which is better but suffers two drawbacks. Firstly removal - hard to pull a thin sheet off without bending it and also hard to remove the goo from the part and platen. Secondly when cutting all the way through bits of the goo would gum up the cutter retaining chips.
I haven't yet tried super glue but I remember Steve (VTSteam) gluing his tractor cylinder head to his mill table for machining quite satisfactorily.
ieezitin:
Nice concept.... with slight redundancies...
Damm the kids today even have to sit down while machining.... I really am loosing touch.
Anthony.
DavidA:
..Damm the kids today even have to sit down while machining.... I really am loosing touch...
Yes. There is nothing more character forming than spending eight hours a day standing operating a lathe that is a few inch below the correct height.
Dave.
Pete49:
My lathe was setup so I can sit down while working due to a bad back but I still stand to get measurements or when I need to make critical adjustments
Pete
Bryan Smith:
We always used melted orange flake shellac to hold watch and clock parts on wax chucks, then dissolved the residue in denatured alcohol. Super glue is the new way of doing it.
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