hughie
14th August 2007, 07:13 PM
Finally after threatening to do it, Its done.
Made from 13mm polycarb a bit of over kill but its all I had. Eight grippers had to muck around with the radii a fair bit to give as much strength as I could at the centre.
I used a trimmer router, great for control as its very light. But :C it does not lend to well to a radius type arm. Decided in the end to make a decent one for future projects, several days work in my spare time :~ . In fact it took longer than the poly machining.
The cutter on the router I used was a 6mm milling rather than use the regular type. With the spiral flutes figured it would give a better slicing cut, seems alright smooth finish.
Made from 13mm polycarb a bit of over kill but its all I had. Eight grippers had to muck around with the radii a fair bit to give as much strength as I could at the centre.
I used a trimmer router, great for control as its very light. But :C it does not lend to well to a radius type arm. Decided in the end to make a decent one for future projects, several days work in my spare time :~ . In fact it took longer than the poly machining.
The cutter on the router I used was a 6mm milling rather than use the regular type. With the spiral flutes figured it would give a better slicing cut, seems alright smooth finish.