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| Bernd:
When I started my index head thread I discovered I needed to make a few jigs to make the clamp that will hold the spindle from turning. That piece is made from aluminum. Here's what I ended up with. You'll notice that the corners still need to be rounded. I did some brain storming as to how I was going to do it. :med: The easy way would be to use a rotary table but unfortunately I don't have one at the moment. So I needed to come up with something else. I remembered that Marv Klotz had made a small round over jig for doing small links for steam engines and such. Here's his Round Over Jig This gave me the idea to make something similar but a bit bigger. This is not going to be a how to with dimensions. Just a few pics of how I did it with a short explanation. Here are all the parts. The table (upside down), the square drawbar holder with the appropriate holes, the draw bar, a 5/16" centering pin, and the bolt and washers to draw the drawbar tight. The square bar attached to the table with the draw rod in place with the washers. A quick shot of what it looks like before inserting the locating pin. Here it is right side up with the locating pin installed and clamped tight. And a picture of the whole works clamped up in the vise ready for some action. I still need to add some stop blocks. That will come with the first job. Now here's the dilemma. I ordered a 10" rotary table yesterday after clearing it with the CFO. It should be here next week. So the question is, do I wait for the table to get here or do I try out my jig and possibly ruin the clamp? Stay tuned and find out. Bernd P.S. Ralph, this is how I thought of rounding over the square ends on this part. |
| Darren:
:worthless: :worthless: :worthless: Get the drift here Bernd.... :poke: |
| Bernd:
My ISP provider for my website is having problems apperantly. I did notice earlier they were loading very slowly for haveing a DSL line. Stay tuned. Bernd 12:45 PM. Looks like my ISP is back up and running. Enjoy the pics. |
| Darren:
Let you off then :whip: Looks good btw, be interesting to see how well this works :thumbup: |
| bogstandard:
You made it, you gotta use it!! Bogs |
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