04-14-2015, 07:55 PM
Actually was Charlie that did the cleaning, had Julia running the mill when the wedge for the splitter was made though.
Finished up the splitter today, made the slides for the pusher block and proper pins for the cylinder.
Charlie needed a new axle for one of his bikes, the threads went for sh on the stock one, expect it was made from recycled fridges or something.
Did the threading on the Hardinge at 600 rpm, notice the end of the threads, you don't make an undercut, the depth stop kicks out within a couple of thou so you end up with a circle at the end of each pass.
Made it out of the tail of a torsional coil spring. Saved the ends I cut off some torsion springs I used on a large set of ramps I built for a chap, they were used to load a D6 cat on the back of a Mack truck. I've made mandrels out of them for pressing in valve guides and a few other things, good steel, any idea what steel springs are made of?
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Finished up the splitter today, made the slides for the pusher block and proper pins for the cylinder.
Charlie needed a new axle for one of his bikes, the threads went for sh on the stock one, expect it was made from recycled fridges or something.
Did the threading on the Hardinge at 600 rpm, notice the end of the threads, you don't make an undercut, the depth stop kicks out within a couple of thou so you end up with a circle at the end of each pass.
Made it out of the tail of a torsional coil spring. Saved the ends I cut off some torsion springs I used on a large set of ramps I built for a chap, they were used to load a D6 cat on the back of a Mack truck. I've made mandrels out of them for pressing in valve guides and a few other things, good steel, any idea what steel springs are made of?
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