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rleete:
Cool machine.  Look forward to seeing it all back together.

Divided he ad:
Cheers Roger  :thumbup:   Me too!


I made the handle tonight, finished about midnight!?  :loco:

I'll post the pic's tomorrow though... it's 4:30 a.m. and I really should go to sleep!






Ralph.

Powder Keg:
Looking good Ralph!!!

Divided he ad:
Thanks Wes, getting there a little slower than I wanted but it's coming along  :)


As said before I made the handle last night. Not the biggest project ever but proved a little bit of a sod to hold in my machines!


Just to refresh your memories... The crank with the spigot sticking out, note the recess to prevent the handle from coming off.



I had this piece of mild steel (sprayed orange?) given to me a while back, no idea what it was meant to be? But it's now a handle blank.



I measured the spigot on the crank and added the dimensions to my blank. I then drilled and tapped the hole for a M6 grub screw to fit where the recess is.


I then had to get a hole 90mm deep and 14mm dia into the blank. This proved much harder than I wanted it to be.
It was kind of a bit too long for the lathe (I could have gone into fitting steadies etc....)

And it fitted in to mill bit I couldn't get the bigger drill bits in due to restricted height  :bang:

So, a bit of a split developed...

Drilled out to 12mm on the mill

And then bored to 14mm on the lathe with light passes and lots of them.. It worked so I'm happy with it.





Then I got to thinking about a handle design, I could have just made a taper, or a tear drop, or any number of odd things I suppose... But I went for the finger recesses instead.

I used my hand as the template so anyone with little hands might find it uncomfortable but then that's just unfortunate!




This will soon be sprayed up to match the rest of the job.



Right, on to the next bits....

Divided he ad:
Well, no one seems to be talking.... But that's never stopped me before. So Here comes the final instalment  :)



I spent the afternoon cleaning up a few nuts and bolts that had been heavily abused by the last owner!  

This is the kind of state they were....


Cleaned up they look much better...




So the build up ............













And a little test on a bit of cardboard.... It does stop at ~270 degrees cause there was the eye in the cardboard for hanging it in the shop!? click on the image and it'll take you to the video  :borg:






Well, that's it.

Just got to hope someone wants to buy one fairly soon.... going to look into advertising later toniight.  I need DRO's  :zap:





Ralph.

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