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#101
06-20-2014, 03:41 PM
Ed, Willie,
On the apex of the 'V' there looks to be a flat or rounded off. Can you please say if it is rounded or flat and a rough idea of the size - just roughly will be fine. Thanks.

I keep having a look at machining this 'V' ............ think I'm going back to the vice and the rotary table.Smile
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#102
06-20-2014, 04:10 PM
3mm flat (roughly) Smiley-eatdrink004

   
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06-20-2014, 04:43 PM
Thanks Willie.
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06-20-2014, 07:38 PM (This post was last modified: 06-20-2014, 07:39 PM by DaveH.)
I've made the guide posts and bushes, I'm serious thinking of screwing the guide posts in to the base. Smiley-dancenana Will certainly save screwing them up by welding RotflRotflRotfl
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06-20-2014, 11:01 PM
Dave, can you tilt the head on your mill and just clamp the die flat on the table. Here I had to make a jig to hold these rails, they were too long to do in one pass.
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06-21-2014, 05:35 AM
Hi Greg,
Unfortunately the head doesn't tilt Slaphead
Seems your mill would do it very nicely Smile I just have to get me and the bit of metal there Rotfl
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06-21-2014, 06:02 AM
(06-20-2014, 11:27 AM)DaveH Wrote: A couple of tilting tables would be nice Thumbsup which I haven't got Big Grin
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I would send you mine Dave if not for two problems.
1) I only have one of them.
2) I'm sure you could buy your own for less than the cost of shipping. Yikes

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06-21-2014, 10:16 AM
(06-21-2014, 05:35 AM)DaveH Wrote: Hi Greg,
Unfortunately the head doesn't tilt Slaphead
Seems your mill would do it very nicely Smile I just have to get me and the bit of metal there Rotfl
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Sure, come on over.
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06-21-2014, 02:16 PM
I didn't do anything on the press brake to day. I know very disappointing Big Grin
I have a good excuse, guy down the road was cutting a tree down - Free wood Smiley-dancenana Smiley-dancenana Smiley-dancenana
so I spent the afternoon collecting wood. Smiley-dancenana
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#110
06-24-2014, 08:34 AM
Pressed in and welded the guide shafts. I made them slightly different to swagoffroad I stepped the end down from 20mm to 16mm (10mm long), so that I had a shoulder to register on, just helped to make sure they were square.
   
   
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