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| loply:
Hi guys, Thanks for the kind comments. awemawson, actually the milling cube had quite a bit of internal stress, when I made the final bit of the cut it 'sprung' open a bit, much like steel box section does if you ever slit it lengthways, so there was quite a lot of rough scraping to do. If it moves over time I'll simply scrape it. Good thing it took 9 months anyway, I'll say that was for "seasoning" :) I was mainly motivated to make these tools when I discovered my surface grinder produced surfaces not flat in any direction! It needs a full rebuild, and my mill will get the treatment too before it's CNC conversion (probably in about 5 years time!), plus my lathe needs a bit of attention in places... I also intend to use the remainder of the cube to make a couple of angle plates and other doo-dads from, which can be scraped and squared up using the master square. |
| PekkaNF:
This is great effort and very inspirational. There are not that many purposeful castings of camelpacks and other scraping standards available most parts of the world. It is truly a great ideat to use something that might easier to obtain to make standards. Very inspirational. I have made two attempts, but looks like I need some hands on training to get started. I haven't learn from the books only. I have a grinder too that I hope will produce somewhat straight geometries....let's see after I get all that muck out of it. Pekka |
| micktoon:
Very impressive indeed and top marks for making such good tools from an old tool :thumbup: , the box is impressive too :drool: Cheers Mick. |
| Jonny:
Decent work there, used to be able to do it but lost the knack 20 yrs ago. Ref the Lux mill, that's because the bed flexes and not rigid enough. Many a time thought I could see a droop. Nice touch with power drill, seen how much the transfer boxes are £244 exc motor. |
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