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| tinkerer:
--- Quote from: kvom on December 02, 2009, 12:57:59 PM ---Tink, since you live fairly close by, let me know if you'd care to get together one of these days. --- End quote --- I didn't realize anyone lived near Marietta. I would love to get together. I'll send you an email with my info. |
| tinkerer:
As I was going through Mark's (old-biker-uk) website, marveling at his talent and myriad of hobbies, the doorbell rang. I got to the door in time to see the brown truck drive off and found this setting in the doorway. So much for two weeks, I think he told me that so I wouldn't bug him about it. Tomorrow is going to be a good day in the shop. |
| bogstandard:
Forget about those wiggly edged things, think about what you can do with that great bolt! Bogs |
| tinkerer:
A fun morning. I turned a piece of aluminum down to .50 and proceeded to set up for threading 1/2 X 13. Took quite awhile to figure out the gear mounts could slide up and down to provide the correct spacing, but I finally got it. Then I found a cutter that appeared to be about the right angle and put it in the top slide and tested how fast my reactions would have to be to stop the motor. I used 120 rpm and I had plenty of time. I found that I needed to back off the cutter before reversing the motor. This is the only picture I took of the setup after I made a scribing line with the cutter. This is the cutter I used. This is the result. Now I know I can do this, I will take the measurements and make a mockup of the draw bar using the aluminum, to prove the concept. then I will make one out of steel. |
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