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| ibuildstuff4u:
My brother in law said a plastic part keeps breaking in his dishwasher and you can only get the part by replacing the whole basket which is around $100. The part that breaks is a hubs for the four rollers on the top basket. He asked me if I could make a replacement and I made four of them tonight so he can replace all of them and hopefully never have to worry about them again. Here are some pictures. I turned them on my CNC lathe and then put them on my manual 9X20 lathe to drill and tap them. Then made the cuts on my X2 mill. They are made out of 6061 aluminum and will have stainless steel bolts to hold them in place. Dale P. |
| Joules:
Nice work Dale however, I would be wary of the 6061 corroding in the dishwasher due to the salt used in these machines. This will lock up the rollers, I had similar experience making an alloy replacement part for an electric kettle lid. Perhaps Acetal would be a good material as it has low moisture absorption, I have made washing machine parts in Acetal its very similar to Delrin. |
| Arbalist:
It's not so much the Salt, dishwasher tablets are caustic. Best materials in these things are plastic or stainless steel. |
| SwarfnStuff:
Have to agree with Joules and Arbalist that Aluminium will suffer from corrosion with the chemicals. However now you have proved the concept go for it in stainless or delrin. Cheers, John B |
| Fergus OMore:
I've just 'been there'. I also mended the cutlery basket- with a P-tex candle used for down hill ski soles. So the next problem- for me- was the plastic blades shattering in the Zanussi's 12 years old pump. I have a 'wallet spanner' which greatly assists the frustration of such matters. Regards Norman |
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