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The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: AdeV on November 29, 2014, 02:54:56 AM

Title: Spark Eroder
Post by: AdeV on November 29, 2014, 02:54:56 AM

Last week, a "new" tool arrived in the workshop, a Wickman Erodomatic Falling Electrode Spark Eroder:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/15717758157_2768914675_c.jpg)

Perfect for digging taps out of sumps (er, well, it would be except the tank's too small), but should be well capable of smaller jobs.

it's funny, I've never looked forward to snapping a tap off before...

The machine at work:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7478/15281266774_b91dcf29f3_c.jpg)

I'd take some video, but it's not the most photogenic of processes, just a bunch of crackling, and some smoke...  I managed to get a nearly full drum of electrolytic fluid to go with it, so hopefully enough to last me a lifetime... unless, of course, it becomes the most used machine in the workshop!

So.... just need one of those wire-EDM machines (I've got my eye on one, but I'm clean out of space just now), and I'll have the full set :)

Title: Re: Spark Eroder
Post by: awemawson on November 29, 2014, 03:50:38 AM

.... he he .... I claim to have lead you astray Ade  :lol:

Title: Re: Spark Eroder
Post by: AdeV on November 29, 2014, 04:39:16 AM

You surely have... Although I'm quite capable of making daft decisions all by myself... Just travelled 250 miles by train to buy a Jaguar XJR :)

Title: Re: Spark Eroder
Post by: awemawson on November 29, 2014, 05:22:40 AM

And does this one have bodywork like a piece of fine lace  :clap:

Title: Re: Spark Eroder
Post by: dawesy on November 29, 2014, 06:28:03 AM

You guys make me jealous
Not got enough room for much more large machinery