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27th September 2015, 11:22 PM #106SENIOR MEMBER
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Thumbsucker,
I have to apologise with getting back to you, as they say plenty of reasons, no excuses. I assume you are right with the bearings, good job!!
I have done some measurements on my rods, the balls are on tight (looks like fitted hot) so can't measure the rod without the ball. From the ball to the end it is 147mm and there is about a 2mm lip of plastic at the base of the ball, the thread is 16.1mm, the ball looks to be 1 1/2"
Hope that helps. I know you said you were going to get the stainless, but if you have not got it yet, I am going past the steel place on Wednesday.
cheers,
Camo
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28th September 2015, 12:17 PM #107
Thanks Camo it gives me a base length, then all I need to do as add on the length for the threaded ends and I will have my number.
Its okay with the stainless steel, I found a group a little up the road from me who sell 1/2" SS for $9 a meter with a minimum of only 2 meters.
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28th September 2015, 09:40 PM #108SENIOR MEMBER
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9th November 2015, 11:40 PM #109
I called the powder coaters today seeking an update, they say they will have the drill press done by the end of this week and hopefully early next week it will be back in my custody.
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16th November 2015, 08:32 PM #110
The drill press came back from the powder coaters today.
I set about assembling it.
I am very happy with the colour it is less grey and more baby blue then the paper sample.
The next item on my list is to make the 1/2" Stainless Steel Rod for capstan lever and to get a back plate laser cut so that I can mount the VFD. I also need to make changes to the motor foot. I tried a few local motor repair shops to see if they had a motor foot the same size as the mounting point on the drill press but no luck. So I am thinking of welding on some sheet metal to the motor foot making it larger so it could fit the mounting points on the drill press.
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16th November 2015, 09:07 PM #111
Wow it's really coming together now
Second hand and better than brand new
Why don't you bring it to the Melbourne get together
Na better not is in an RSL CLUB
MATT
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16th November 2015, 09:21 PM #112Senior Member
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Wow! It's looking great. I never would have thought that a colour resembling baby blue would work an a machine tool, but it does.
What's that ring of weld?
Maybe I missed it earlier in the thread, but what did you use to fill the rust pits in the belt guard prior to powdercoating?
Graham.
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16th November 2015, 09:45 PM #113
Nothing - we stripped it then it was sand blasted and the powder coated, the powder coating is 0.5 mm thick and it seems to have filled most of the surface irregularities. There are a few spots /depressions I can see on the sheetmetal enclosed but they are minor. Considering how bad it was pitted in places it turned out good.
If the manufacturing of a new sheet metal enclosure was cost effective / affordable I would have opted to replace it completely.
My hope is to have a machine that is better then what the machine came off the the factory floor.
I think the baby blue works because there is just enough metallic grey in the blue.
The sheet metal enclosure had a hole cut in it. So that the head could be dropped down below the top of the post.
This is what it looked like:
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This is the inside the weld had to be kept to keep the sheetmetal insert secure
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This is what it looks like on the top its seamless.
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16th November 2015, 10:02 PM #114
Sorry thumbsucker
But why did the weld bead have to be kept on the inside to
Not trying to rub anyone the wrong way
It's just I coming from ten years doing Auto restoration and that was common repair for us when cutting out rust
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16th November 2015, 10:06 PM #115
I am not a metal worker. So I just took the advice given to me.
I was told that it would be stronger. If the well on the inside was ground away there may not be enough to support hold the patch.
Anyway its on the inside and will never been seen.
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16th November 2015, 10:10 PM #116
True it is on the inside
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16th November 2015, 10:12 PM #117
Also would love to see it all finished
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16th November 2015, 10:16 PM #118
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16th November 2015, 10:23 PM #119
I hope to have the machine finished and operational in the next two week. Just a few more minor jobs. I will post back with updates.
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16th November 2015, 10:24 PM #120
Like I said it is really looking great
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