Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
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Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
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- Bill Shields
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Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
The milling fixture looks like this.
Mill a 1/2 slot in the block.
clamps get drilled, block gets tapped.
One clamp has a 1/2 round slot in it, the other does not.
Separate the 'clamps' by a distance that will accommodate an end mill.
Mill a 1/2 slot in the block.
clamps get drilled, block gets tapped.
One clamp has a 1/2 round slot in it, the other does not.
Separate the 'clamps' by a distance that will accommodate an end mill.
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Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
Jack Bodenmann has described making and applying half round several times on Chaski. Here are a couple of them.
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... der#p35399
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... er#p183543
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... der#p35399
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... er#p183543
Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
I made something similar to Bill's jig. I used a slitting saw and pulled 1/4" copper tubing through it to cut a slit. This was for the edging of the cab on an English style engine.
Fred V
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Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
Did this just lately fo the roof of my A.
Just wind some round material of proper diameter on a round bar or tube. To get good results drill a whole to fix the starting end of the profile. Then turn on the lathe by very low speed in combination with strong force by means of a round tool fixed into the support. Fix the end to the round bar too (by TIG in case using stainless steel ). Turn this down to half the thickness - done!
Asteamhead
Just wind some round material of proper diameter on a round bar or tube. To get good results drill a whole to fix the starting end of the profile. Then turn on the lathe by very low speed in combination with strong force by means of a round tool fixed into the support. Fix the end to the round bar too (by TIG in case using stainless steel ). Turn this down to half the thickness - done!
Asteamhead
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Re: Brass rod half round 1/8" or German Silver Wire
I have done the wind up also and it works great
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