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| Myford ML10 Travelling Steady ----Machining the casting |
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| Meldonmech:
Hi Guys Now for the machining, there is a small area of shrinkage on one vertical face, so will make it a feature and machine a circular depression to hide it. One my next casting I will make sure there is a big head around the pouring hole to compensate for shrinkage. David |
| Rob.Wilson:
Looks a good sound casting David ,,,,,,,,,,there will be no stopping you now :thumbup: Rob |
| doubleboost:
Nothing wrong with that casting :thumbup: :thumbup: Machined up nice :clap: :clap: :clap: John |
| Blue Chips:
Looks real good, did you use any particular type of aluminum for the casting or just what was around? |
| Meldonmech:
Hi Guys Thanks for the comments. Blue chip I use scrap aluminium, but have found that to achieve a good machined finish I need to use a mix of soft aluminium eg pots and pans, and die cast items, about 50/50. The zinc and silicon in the castings greatly improves the machinability. I cast the alloy into small ingots before making my own casting. David |
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