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techno ludite:
Hi All

While reading through next months issue of EIM pg83, I did spy a clever idea for making sure your work piece is roughly set up in the chuck. I thought it was clever enough to share with you all, even if you don't/can't get 'Engineering In Miniature' were ever you all are in the world.

Any who behold the genius that is Anthony Mount



I'm probably gonna get my wrists slapped for posting the image on my flickr, so enjoy whilst you can.

TL

jim:
another simple tip!

excellent, thank you :thumbup:

techno ludite:
I've been pondering this, in that it would only be useful for ferrous metals, but if you had a strong enough magnet i.e 1 from a broken computer hard drive 'cos they stick like s**t to a blanket. Mount that to a spindle and have a steel disc behind the non-ferrous metal you want to clamp, then do up the chuck jaws hmm me thinks this needs a C o C to show it I'm trying to explain  :scratch: .

TL

Stilldrillin:
That's a good 'un!  :clap:

Thank you!  :thumbup:

David D

techno ludite:
Tested a theory to-nite to see if hard drive magnets will work through non ferrous material, as you can see there's 2 redundant hard drive magnets jury-rigged to a bit of steel bar, with a piece of 3/16" gunmetal and a piece of 1/8" steel plate, it also works with 1/4" ally as well  ( not all at the same time though ).


So the hunt is now on for a suitable piece of ally bar to sacrifice to the god of swarf production, epoxy that of magnets into a recess do it don't fall out and then were in business.


TL   :)

Now to settle down and watch 'The Patriot'

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