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A round hole in a square peg
I needed to make some square brass nuts to go with the screws that I
made earlier. Usually I would put some hex bar in the lathe to drill it accurately and chop off as many nuts as I wanted. I didn't have any hex bar and I wanted square nuts. I had some 5/8" square bar but I wanted 1/2" wide nuts. How was I to drill the hole accurately when I had only a three-jaw chuck? As it happened I was able to use the three jaw chuck like this: http://i50.tinypic.com/2uhlu88.jpg DSC00133lathe.JPG Then I milled the bar down to half an inch and the hole was in the middle! http://i46.tinypic.com/2f0bzfb.jpg DSC00134mill.JPG I finished tapping the hole by hand as the tap kept slipping in the lathe chuck: http://i49.tinypic.com/1zb70c5.jpg DSC00135tap.JPG Here's a finished nut on the screw that I made earlier: http://i50.tinypic.com/264rvap.jpg DSC00144nut.JPG Here's the screw and nut in place on the bell unit: http://i45.tinypic.com/2h4evxc.jpg DSC00137bell.JPG Everything but the screw and nut was cast in a foundry from an original sample. |
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A round hole in a square peg
On 26 May, 00:43, Matty F wrote:
I needed to make some square brass nuts to go with the screws that I made earlier. Usually I would put some hex bar in the lathe to drill it accurately and chop off as many nuts as I wanted. I didn't have any hex bar and I wanted square nuts. I had some 5/8" square bar but I wanted 1/2" wide nuts. How was I to drill the hole accurately when I had only a three-jaw chuck? As it happened I was able to use the three jaw chuck like this:http://i50..tinypic.com/2uhlu88.jpg* * * *DSC00133lathe.JPG Then I milled the bar down to half an inch and the hole was in the middle!http://i46.tinypic.com/2f0bzfb.jpg* * * *DSC00134mill.JPG I finished tapping the hole by hand as the tap kept slipping in the lathe chuck:http://i49.tinypic.com/1zb70c5.jpg* * * *DSC00135tap.JPG Here's a finished nut on the screw that I made earlier:http://i50.tinypic..com/264rvap.jpg* * * *DSC00144nut.JPG Here's the screw and nut in place on the bell unit:http://i45.tinypic.com/2h4evxc.jpg* * * *DSC00137bell.JPG Everything but the screw and nut was cast in a foundry from an original sample. In fact you solved the problem more neatly than if you had had a 4 jaw independent chuck which I would have reached for, as you only had one milling operation. Thanks for the WIP photos - you never know quite when something like that might be useful. What I am left with however is the puzzle over how the bell works and what it's for - and finally why the reproduction? Rob |
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A round hole in a square peg
robgraham wrote:
On 26 May, 00:43, Matty F wrote: I needed to make some square brass nuts to go with the screws that I made earlier. Usually I would put some hex bar in the lathe to drill it accurately and chop off as many nuts as I wanted. I didn't have any hex bar and I wanted square nuts. I had some 5/8" square bar but I wanted 1/2" wide nuts. How was I to drill the hole accurately when I had only a three-jaw chuck? As it happened I was able to use the three jaw chuck like this:http://i50.tinypic.com/2uhlu88.jpg DSC00133lathe.JPG Then I milled the bar down to half an inch and the hole was in the middle!http://i46.tinypic.com/2f0bzfb.jpg DSC00134mill.JPG I finished tapping the hole by hand as the tap kept slipping in the lathe chuck:http://i49.tinypic.com/1zb70c5.jpg DSC00135tap.JPG Here's a finished nut on the screw that I made earlier:http://i50.tinypic.com/264rvap.jpg DSC00144nut.JPG Here's the screw and nut in place on the bell unit:http://i45.tinypic.com/2h4evxc.jpg DSC00137bell.JPG Everything but the screw and nut was cast in a foundry from an original sample. In fact you solved the problem more neatly than if you had had a 4 jaw independent chuck which I would have reached for, as you only had one milling operation. Thanks for the WIP photos - you never know quite when something like that might be useful. What I am left with however is the puzzle over how the bell works and what it's for - and finally why the reproduction? Rob My gfuess its similar to a friend of mine's work - reproducing old metalwork for museums and historic conservation work. |
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A round hole in a square peg
On May 26, 8:49 pm, robgraham wrote:
On 26 May, 00:43, Matty F wrote: Then I milled the bar down to half an inch and the hole was in the middle!http://i46.tinypic.com/2f0bzfb.jpg DSC00134mill.JPG In fact you solved the problem more neatly than if you had had a 4 jaw independent chuck which I would have reached for, as you only had one milling operation. Actually I milled 1/8" off one side of the bar and 1/16" off two sides, to get a 1/2" square. The job was too small to go out and buy exactly what I wanted, and I would not be able to buy such a small quantity. I tend to design jobs around what materials that are lying around. Thanks for the WIP photos - you never know quite when something like that might be useful. What I am left with however is the puzzle over how the bell works and what it's for - and finally why the reproduction? There's a lever that is yet to be attached, that pushes the knocker down when a cord is pulled, on a tram. We got one bell from somewhere and needed to make three more. I can't remember the details but a bell is needed at each end of the tram because the driver swaps ends, and two more bells because it's a two story tram. |
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