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Using Fimo to make vacuum adapter?
On May 23, 3:52 pm, wrote:
On 23 May, 15:03, (Peter Ashby) wrote: wrote: On 23 May, 14:10, (Peter Ashby) wrote: wrote: Hi, I'm planning to make up an adapter to connect a vacuum cleaner to my Trend router table. I have a plastic bottle with the base cut off which goes over the circular port at the back of the fence. The vacuum nozzle needs to be held and to seal in the over-wide neck of the bottle. I'm thinking of using Fimo, the bakeable polymer modelling clay to make an object that replaces the screw-top of the bottle. This would be something much more substantial that the nozzle can be held securely in. Has anyone ever used Fimo or any similar mouldable material to construct detailed (coarse threaded) parts for jigs and fixtures? I would prefer to use something a bit more businesslike than Fimo if such material exists and someone would be kind enough to tell me what it is. http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Y...leeve-22358.ht m That is what I used to connect my Earlex to my Trend table until I bought the widebore hose kit that goes on without an adapter. Oh, you might need a couple of jubilee clips too. A hairdryer was sufficient heat (advantage of teenage daughters). Peter Thanks for the suggestion but unless I'm very much mistaken, this is a quite expensive alternative to a couple of turns of duct tape. Great idea for air-tightness but I'm trying to make something with a more rigid and self-supporting structure. You would have a job to bridge that gap with duct tape. And I need to use the extractor with tools other than the router table so tape is no good. It was actually pretty good without jubilee clips, it just helped with all the vibration. Which is why something too rigid is not a good idea, you will want it to be able to move a bit. Peter You have a good point there. :-) Rigidity is relative I suppose. The sort of rigidity I had in mind would be just enough to stop the interconnected parts wobbling about too much. -- Richard- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Cast something out of resin? |
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