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Making a Toolpost T Bolt
Darren:
--- Quote from: John Hill on February 28, 2009, 02:47:28 PM ---Darren, my mate! Dont feel bad about it, I am always busting things! :coffee:
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Wahey, we just started a club :)
Anyone else want to join... :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
The good news is that the seller is sending another one out first thing Monday morning......Thanks Tony4cats :thumbup:
Good sellers need mentioning... :clap:
bogstandard:
Darren,
That die certainly looked like it was lettered on the wrong side. Always feed the heavy chamfer on first.
I have seen these dies before, in fact I think I have a couple somewhere. As far as I know, they are used in a production environment where a setter presets the cut. So all the operator has to do it lock it into his dieholder with no further adjustment needed.
I have only ever broken one die, and that wasn't long ago either. I was cutting an oversized thread to fit a worn hole, and bored out the holder so that I could expand the die a bit further, I cut the thread perfectly, but when I took the die out of the holder, it was broken in the same place as yours.
Welcome to the club.
If what you did is still not up to standard, bring the bit along next week and we will fix it.
Bogs the builder
Darren:
Thanks John, I'll see how the new die goes, and then I still have the die nut. But if all fails I'll bring it along for the ride :ddb:
I did use the heavy taper but was surprised to see a tape on both sides, not seen that before.
Darren:
Moving on tonight I decided to copy the spacer on the right.
Stock used was the rusty bolt head left over from when I cut the shank off for another project :ddb:
A quick face, turn and hole drilled through the center followed by a chamfer at 45 deg by setting the top slide over.
Turned around and placed in the four jaw chuck. The previous finish was protected by a copper shim (an old water pipe )
Bottom center was dished out to provide better clamping force.
All working as one :borg:
And here are all the parts, a bunch of recycled rusty bolts :dremel:
And I do believe that's my first finished project :jaw:
:ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
Bernd:
Yah, alright Darren. :thumbup: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb:
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