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| NickG:
Yep, nice work Ian. I had the pleasure of visiting Bogs a couple of weeks ago and he showed me this engine running - very nice. Nick |
| boatmadman:
Ok Fella's, I need advice. Today I got some brass 2mm sheet for the bedplates, and a new toy, a slitting saw and arbor. Now, having never used a slitting saw, can I grip the sheet in my vice and cut off a piece the size I want, holding it with, say, a pair of pliers as the cut finishes? Or, if thats a no no, what do I do? Ian |
| madjackghengis:
Boatmadman, I have often been accused of being a bit lackadasical in the safety department, but I have done what you describe, only using fingers to hold the piece being cut off. I wouldn't do it with steel particularly stainless, however for brass, I'd have no qualms, but I do have lots of scars on my hands, and my mother shakes her head and never wants to hear. It will do a bang up job cutting off a piece of sheet with parallel edges, and without distortion along the cut, something of inestimable value with brass. I don't know what you have for an arbor, but I have avoided multiple size arbors like the plague, not trusting in them keeping the slitting saw flat and tightly held, but have made a separate arbor for each size I need. For what it's worth, that's my take. :beer: mad jack |
| boatmadman:
I gave the bearings a nice cosmetic cut today, the first pic shows them with a set of crank web blanks. The second pic shows one set of ten webs almost finished. Ian |
| Brass_Machine:
Nice work so far Ian. I am impressed. Very nice :thumbup: Eric |
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