Gallery, Projects and General > Oooops!

Mending tools to mend tools to mend tools

(1/3) > >>

awemawson:
OK I decided I wanted to bend up a replacement swarf guard for the big Traub lathe - present one has gouges in where someone has had an accident. Only cosmetic but ...... well you know me by now  :ddb:

SO - I decide my current bender is slightly too small - good excuse to up grade   :thumbup:

SO - The FJ Edwards bender comes on the scene - rebuild progressing well (paint arrived today but it's raining  :bang: )

SO - the bender needs a 2" long 5/8" BSF grub screw - can't source one - lets make one

SO - obvious way of cutting the hex recess is my Die Sinker EDM machine - not used for s few months

SO - steam up the EDM - electrolyte pouring out all over the place - turns out the bellows that seal the rise and fall tank have perished - looking up the records I last changed them in October 2005

SO - Need new bellows - no use having machine in less than good condition. Only one source for bellows so the price hurts BIG TIME. However new bellows on order (lucky I sold that other CNC lathe!)

Now what about topping up the lurid green fluorescent EDM electrolyte - better order some more. Ah, well perhaps not ..... smallest drum is 60 litres for £245 plus the government extortion of VAT.  :bugeye:

As I said to the bloke at the suppliers, I'll put some stones in the reservoir to bring the level up  :clap: :clap:



(I'll start a photo-thread about stripping the EDM and installing the bellows when they arrive)

lordedmond:
to many machines me thinks would have been cheaper to sub out the tin works but as you say no fun in that   :D

I thought you would have been able to get the Vodka And Tonic back from the revenue dept ( or better known as  Dick Turpins mob )

I have to consider what jobs I take on now two crutches or wheels curtail the bigger jobs


Stuart

awemawson:
No Stuart, this is a hobby, not VAT registered, never have been, never want the associated paperwork - hey I'm retired and in my dotage  :bugeye:

Pete W.:
Hi there, Andrew,


--- Quote from: awemawson on September 06, 2013, 09:30:47 AM ---
SNIP

Now what about topping up the lurid green fluorescent EDM electrolyte - better order some more. Ah, well perhaps not ..... smallest drum is 60 litres for £245 plus the government extortion of VAT.  :bugeye:

As I said to the bloke at the suppliers, I'll put some stones in the reservoir to bring the level up  :clap: :clap:

(I'll start a photo-thread about stripping the EDM and installing the bellows when they arrive)

--- End quote ---

Do you know the recipe for that lurid green fluorescent EDM electrolyte?  Is it so special you can't home-brew?

John Stevenson:
Drill the end of the 5/8" grub screw, tap 1/2" whit and loctite a 1/2" whit grub screw into that.

OK size smaller on the key but at least it has the sought after hex in it.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page