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Heron's Aeolipile
Divided he ad:
Darren,
Basically I'm intendind to bore a dome into a piece of mild steel !! :D Like a big dapping block (with only one dome) Then I will use the punch to press the brass/copper/bronze disc onto the hemisphere I require and hopefully it will all end happily ever after?!?!
CC,
It is yet to be proved that the classes are paying off..... But it sure feels like they are :) :thumbup:
We shall see......
Ralph.
Darren:
Interesting,
Be even more interesting to see it work, fingers crossed at this end.... :thumbup:
CrewCab:
--- Quote from: Divided he ad on November 22, 2008, 09:00:00 AM ---Basically I'm intending to bore a dome into a piece of mild steel !! :D
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Ralph,
As your going to be pressing bits of drink cans and then thin copper sheet does the die really need to be mild steel ............. IIRC over on 'tother site, Rich used Oak for his copper boiler and that seemed to work fine ............ or is it that your press takes "no prisoners" :bugeye:
CC
bogstandard:
Ralph,
I thought you were making a round punch for stamping out the blanks, I didn't see this idea in your plans. After it has been hardened, I can grind the cutting edge and forward face relief on for you.
As Dave suggested, look for maybe a slightly softer material for the die if you are going to try to cut it with a tool like that, and remove as much redundant material before starting the cut. I suspect your mill will have a little trouble with a cutting surface as large as that, but it is certainly worth trying.
Only suggestions by the way, it's your great project.
BTW, isn't that gauge plate easy to cut? ::) :D :D
John
Divided he ad:
Ok, So I've had me chips p#*sed on a bit... No matter I am assuming that all work will be salvageable!!
I can easily make it from aluminium... I have a nice big block of that too.
I planned to basically incrementally cut the shape out of the block then use this to blend the edges to the final dome... Still only 5 hours gone ehh!! :(
Back to the drawing board!! :coffee:
Onward and upward!! :D
Ralph.
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