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Glue Guru update
Thanks all for some great ideas! The creativity and wisdom here is amazing
and much appreciated. Here's a new twist that looks good: I modified an air stapler (BEC brand) that shoots 18 ga. 1/4" x 1/2" staples. I extended the nose with a MIG weld and machined it into shape, I also modified the ram and punch so that the stapler now pushes the punch 1/2" beyond the elongated nose. I milled a slot in the nose to pick-up the flat wire and act as a centering index. With the stapler at a 20 deg angle, the staple follows the wire down after it leaves the nose and enters the wood right next to the original staple without "falling off" the punch. Taa-Daa!!! Pull-out now exceeds 60 pounds, probably closer to 100 but my pull-scale stops at 60....Good enough! It takes about 3 minutes per brush and the staples are $6/5,000. I'm looking at how to automate it but I only have @3,000 to do so, brute-force with a human looks good. Thanks again!!! |
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Thanks all for some great ideas! The creativity and wisdom here is amazing
and much appreciated. Here's a new twist that looks good: I modified an air stapler (BEC brand) that shoots 18 ga. 1/4" x 1/2" staples. I extended the nose with a MIG weld and machined it into shape, I also modified the ram and punch so that the stapler now pushes the punch 1/2" beyond the elongated nose. I milled a slot in the nose to pick-up the flat wire and act as a centering index. With the stapler at a 20 deg angle, the staple follows the wire down after it leaves the nose and enters the wood right next to the original staple without "falling off" the punch. Taa-Daa!!! Pull-out now exceeds 60 pounds, probably closer to 100 but my pull-scale stops at 60....Good enough! It takes about 3 minutes per brush and the staples are $6/5,000. I'm looking at how to automate it but I only have @3,000 to do so, brute-force with a human looks good. Thanks again!!! But...but...but...but....what 'bout the *glue*???? :-) Ken |
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Tom Gardner wrote:
... I modified an air stapler ... extended the nose with a MIG weld and machined it ... modified the ram ... milled a slot ... Taa-Daa!!! Man, I'm impressed! That's a lot of "fiddlin'" to get right. With me, it usually takes a couple of revisions. Bob |
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