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Rebirth of a Denford MIRAC CNC Lathe
tom osselton:
I was just wondering if you have the old one could you make a clay mold or something and use a plastic casting resin?
awemawson:
Sounds familiar Pete !
I decided this evening after supper to drain the leaking Interlube 'E' lube pump tank and clean it up ready for cloning by 3D printing. But when it was nice and clean the thought struck me that I'd missed a rather obvious other step to cure the leak - apply more glue !
This Bison plastic glue seems to be good stuff - the actual original crack is very firmly bonded and the glue rock hard, so I've over painted the area with some more and in the morning I'll fill it with water and see how effective it is !
awemawson:
--- Quote from: jb3cx on March 22, 2018, 04:34:22 PM ---Andrew I scrapped a couple of bridgeport interacts a few years ago kept just about everything apart from the carcass,I may have a lube oil reservoir lying about somewhere,if that would do the job .
Regards Peter
--- End quote ---
Peter, the Interact ones are much larger - this is a diddy little thing, but thank you so much for the offer
awemawson:
So morning has arrived and time for a test of the gluing !
Filled up with tap water, stood on a stand-off as part of the crack is underneath, placed on light blue towel that turns dark blue if damp, and left for a couple of hours as I take the dogs for a walk.
Come aback and NO drips :ddb: Now I assume water is more able to find cracks than oil as the viscosity is less but . . . . :med: I'll leave it for the rest of the day anyway before re-installing just in case.
Looks like £2.99 Bison plastic glue won the budget challenge over the £69.60 replacement.
Oddly eBay this morning has been flooded by Chinese lube pumps, many at under £70 including postage, but the smallest is a 1 litre which is twice the size of this one.
awemawson:
Reservoir still leak free :thumbup:
OK so I've finally decided - the cover stays on and I'll prepare and paint it in situ. There are just too many complications removing the cover - it turns out that the cableforms for the tool changer and spindle motor and encoder all go through holes in the cover, and although some have plugs they are too large for the holes.
So I've done a trial strip using a dichloromethane and methanol containing paint stripper and it's worked quite well . There is no question now regarding the colour having removed the tailstock end rubber window trim - it's a very white white !
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