Titivating a Wire EDM Machine

[awemawson]

Russell yes I did consider that but the clamping set up gets a bit hairy !

[AdeV]

I was hoping to see you cut it along another axis and separate the heads from the tails.

OK, that's something you now have to do Andrew!

Not once, but twice - then glue the two halves together to get a penny with two heads (or two tails, your choice!). Then see if you can get it into general circulation!

[awemawson]

And you will of course send me a cake with an enclosed file to my new abode in Wormwood Scrubs !

[tom osselton]

Are two headed coin?s making a comeback?

[pycoed]

Are two headed coin?s making a comeback?

Rumour has it that a keffiyeh rather than a file is the easiest way out of jail these days

[AdeV]

And you will of course send me a cake with an enclosed file to my new abode in Wormwood Scrubs !

They'll probably just release you by accident!

[vtsteam]

How about cutting a file into three layers and assembling a birthday cake out of them?

[awemawson]

This is getting surreal Steve !

I bet that you didn?t know that Wormwood Scrubs was emptied of convicts during WW2 and was used as a base for MI5 for Military Intelligence purposes.

[AdeV]

My spark eroder is of the falling electrode style, so the best I could do would be to etch your initials into the file...

QQ Andrew - how is the stock material held in your wire eroder? Does it rest on a mesh, a bit like a plasma cutter, or is it clamped at the edges, or something else?  Reason I ask; I was wondering if it would be able to cut really small parts (say 70mm long, 4mm wide, 1mm thick stainless steel)?

[awemawson]

Material is clamped to the stainless rail that surounds the work area.

[vtsteam]

This is getting surreal Steve !

I bet that you didn?t know that Wormwood Scrubs was emptied of convicts during WW2 and was used as a base for MI5 for Military Intelligence purposes.

True Andrew, I did not!

[vtsteam]

Material is clamped to the stainless rail that surounds the work area.

Can you show a pic of that?

[awemawson]

Reply #130 on 5/11/2014 in this thread (go a long way up thread !) shows me cutting a gear wheel from 6mm (or more likely 1/4?) steel clamped to the side rail.