So So day in the shop.
Wes
to come home that same amount of time earlier so it was shop time!
First order of business is to take some 3 3/4D 6061, chuck it up to clean up a saw cut for
a good registration surface. That went well.
Take it over to my recently, as in last Saturday purchased 4x6 bandsaw to cut off an inch
for a 5C collet closer handwheel. Chit, the round is too short. Need to find 3 3/4" of
something to keep that pivoting jaw square with stock. Took a while but I found it.
Change pulley step on motor for aluminum, drop saw down, go back in to my heated machine
room and watch Cavuto while I'm waiting.
Hear a noise like the saw stopped. Go out, yup, stopped, chit, cut at an angle. Pull up
saw, blade pulls out of guides. Putting blade back I see I have two much clearance on top
roller. Likely reason for angled cut. Correct that.
Turn stock over. You don't want to try to fix it from the previously cut side.
Start saw, go back in room, turn jaws around in 4 jaw chuck. Using the side for big stuff
to use the step for a registration surface.
Cut is uneventfull though half of it is crooked.
Chuck up sawed off portion. Use a step that doen't have the jaws hanging out of chuck
body, that always makes me nervous.
Face off the saw cut side.
Start drilling/boring out center in preparation to thread it. Make a few passes and
suddenly, I realize I might be getting close contacting the inner most jaw surface. That
last pass ended 1/16" from boring my hard jaws. I got lucky on that one.
Moved part to innermost jaw step, that causes the other ends to hang out a bit more than I
like and then decided to head in and start dinner.
I had fun and thankfully didn't bore out my hard jaws.
I'll try to find time for OT after I eat. ;)
Wes
Snag
Only shop time I got today was to make a pin spanner so I could get the
(radiator) fan off my S-I-L's Dodge truck . Today the fan , tomorrow the
water pump !
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Snag
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Wes
>Only shop time I got today was to make a pin spanner so I could get the
>(radiator) fan off my S-I-L's Dodge truck . Today the fan , tomorrow the
>water pump !
But you could make it. At least 30 bucks still in your pocket. You had a good day
Wes
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"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
Snag
Well , there is that ... having a few tools out in the shed has made a world
of difference in what I'll tackle .
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Snag
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Did you put a new blade in the saw? If it is old and you have not used
it before, it may have the teeth stripped back on one side. There is
NOTHING you can do to make that blade cut straight. Gee, I would have
thought you would watch it cut clear through several times before you
let it run on it's own.
Paul
Wes
>Did you put a new blade in the saw? If it is old and you have not used
>it before, it may have the teeth stripped back on one side. There is
>NOTHING you can do to make that blade cut straight. Gee, I would have
>thought you would watch it cut clear through several times before you
>let it run on it's own.
I did a few test cuts earlier and it was working okay.
As to the blade, I have two Irwin varipitch bimetals that should arrive today and the
original will head to the trash bin.
Wes
Jim Wilkins
> ...
>
> As to the blade, I have two Irwin varipitch bimetals that should arrive today and the
> original will head to the trash bin.
>
> Wes
You could keep it to check mystery metal for excessive hardness. I
wire tags to my spare and used blades giving their tooth pitch and a
brief description of their condition.
Has anyone used Sandvik Cobra blades? I found a discounted bunch of
sharp but lightly rusted ones.
Like this:
http://www.aecinj.com/servlet/the-475/Sandvik-Cobra-M42-Band/Detail
jsw
Wes
>
>You could keep it to check mystery metal for excessive hardness. I
>wire tags to my spare and used blades giving their tooth pitch and a
>brief description of their condition.
You have a point there. I'll keep it around for a bit for iffy cuts.
Didn't get a chance to try out my Irwin M42 bimetal blades that were on my door step. Darn
Dishplayer had a hosed hard drive. Took me hours to find the drive I cloned for it years
ago. Oh well, I can once again pause tv and record shows while I'm at work.
>
>Has anyone used Sandvik Cobra blades? I found a discounted bunch of
>sharp but lightly rusted ones.
>Like this:
>http://www.aecinj.com/servlet/the-475/Sandvik-Cobra-M42-Band/Detail
Sandvik is a major player. They make good tooling. We seem to be on a Kennametal kick at
work but I notice we have a lot of sandvik in stock. Likely a pricing issue rather than a
performance issue. I work for a manufacturing concern.