Kondia FV-1 Head disassembly

[PixMan]

Just a couple more hours today, don't know if I'll be able to get more time before the weekend.

Finished milling as much as I could on this side, finished the Ø 14mm bore and its chamfer. I hope it's to the H7 size limits (-0 to +0,012mm), as my gauging tools for bores is limited to Starrett No.S229 telescopic gauges in that size range. The Mitutoyo digital electronic calipers are measuring about .001" small, but repeated measurements with the telescopic gauge and measuring over it with my Mitutoyo 293-344 digital electronic micrometer yielded a consistent 14.005 size.



I truly hope to finish this weekend because I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorsickle.

[Mayhem]

Looking good Ken. Isn't riding your bike from your house to your shop enough? What if you took the scenic route

[PixMan]

(06-17-2014, 08:51 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Looking good Ken. Isn't riding your bike from your house to your shop enough? What if you took the scenic route

Not practical. I won't ride to the corner store without full leather riding gear, and with my shop just 7-1/2 miles away it's not worth the bother. Nice thought though. I have, on the other hand, taken long rides and made a stop at the shop be the "bio break" that a man of my age so often needs. ;)

[PixMan]

Well, as I half-expected I'll be starting on Version 2.0 soon. :(

I flipped it over today to counterbore the holes for the M6 socket head cap screws and something seemed wrong. I figured the depth and did the counterbores by setting the tool at the parallels it was sitting on, then dropped the table by the amount of stock that should remain. No problem. Then I stated milling the top side away. Oops, I think I went too deep, because the counterbores look a little shallow.

Doing some mathematics with the print in hand and converting millimeters to the inch readout, I discovered my error. Overall thickness WRONG. I thought I could use 1-1/4" thick stock, turns out I need at least 36mm.

Have I mentioned how I hate converting metric prints drawn in third angle projection and dimensioned using multiple datums? Oh well, at least 10 hours and a chuck of 1018 down the tubes. Not too depressed, I learned a lot about my machine's control so V2.0 done in higher quality stock will be done in half that time.

Anyone need an ugly paperweight?

[Mayhem]

Sorry to hear that Ken. Not for me but for you. You have put a lot of time and effort into this (and other parts for me).

[PixMan]

Yeah, it sucks. I'll try to get the right stock early next week, just too busy with work right now to get it. On the plus side, things at work are going very well, my boss is quite pleased with my performance.

[Mayhem]

No worries Ken. You know I'm in no rush and whenever you get around to it is fine by me.

Glad to hear your work is going good. Another plate this year as well perhaps?

[Highpower]

(06-17-2014, 07:33 PM)PixMan Wrote: I truly hope to finish this weekend because I don't want a pickle, I just want to ride on my motorsickle.

Just be careful of those mountain roads... and yield signs.

[stevec]

(06-18-2014, 07:48 PM)PixMan Wrote: I discovered my error. Overall thickness WRONG. I thought I could use 1-1/4" thick stock, turns out I need at least 36mm.

Ken, I rely heavily on Josh Madison's "Convert" program.

Convert

I keep it on my toolbar and bring it up whenever needed.

[kenne]

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