[PROJECT] Clamp Knurling Tool

[EdK]

I finished off the knurl holders today.

Ed

   

[f350ca]

Looks like your having fun with the new toy.

[EdK]

(10-08-2016, 04:13 PM)f350ca Wrote: Looks like your having fun with the new toy.

I sure am Greg. I'm getting more comfortable with running it. I'm learning to push it closer to its limits and that speeds up things a lot.

Ed

[DaveH]

(10-08-2016, 04:07 PM)EdK Wrote: I finished off the knurl holders today.

Ed

Well that didn't take long

DaveH

[EdK]

Got as far as I could with the back plate. The corner rounding bit should be here in a few days. On to the mounting bracket while I figure out how I'm going to cut out the 3 x 7 inch piece I need for the body from a 15 x 18 inch plate of .75" aluminum. I'm thinking of getting a metal cutting blade for my reciprocating saw and use that.  

Ed

   

[DaveH]

Very nice Ed and very nicely chamfered threaded holes  
 
DaveH

[Vinny]

Ed, don't you have a bandsaw you can use? If not, do you have a jigsaw? Put it in a vise, turn the blade around (metal cutting, of course) and use the flat of the jigsaw as a table. Just like a scroll saw without the upper blade support, but it's a stronger blade anyway.

[EdK]

(10-10-2016, 05:40 PM)Vinny Wrote: don't you have a bandsaw you can use?

I do but it won't hold that big of a plate of aluminum. That 15 x 18 x 3/4" plate of aluminum is heavy! I might give it a try though because that would definitely be the quickest way to cut it.

Ed

[Vinny]

Yours didn't come with a detachable table? Mine did, but I have no idea where it is. The screws that held it down were crap so I put it "somewhere safe".

[EdK]

(10-10-2016, 06:10 PM)Vinny Wrote: Yours didn't  come with a detachable table?  Mine did, but I have no idea where it is.  The screws that held it down were crap so I put it "somewhere safe".

Yea, but it's tiny. It wouldn't hold that big plate of aluminum. I may try it anyway though.

Ed