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That didn't take long at all! I haven't made a single part all week and you have done a few dozen ... and fiddly wee potlickers as well! Think I'll go back to knitting.Tom
My mother tried to teach me to knit when I was a kid. Long dark winter nights and only one television channel (on a good clear night). I never did learn. Tried to learn to play cribbage and never did well at that either. Dumb damn kid!!---but---I bet her and I played ten thousand games of crokinole each winter.
Quote from: Dave Otto on November 11, 2016, 12:59:43 AMHi ChrisThe tracks sure look good after a trip through the bowl. Are you running them with some soap; and for how long?DaveThey ran about an hour per batch. Looked at them after 10 minutes and a half hour, after an hour they looked good so I stopped it. The parts and ceramic bits were rotating up and down the bowl nicely.No soap - what would that do? Like liquid dish soap? I just ran it dry, rinsed the parts off when done to remove the fine particles. When running the brass cases there is polish and brightening solutions that you can add.
Hi ChrisThe tracks sure look good after a trip through the bowl. Are you running them with some soap; and for how long?Dave
Quote from: crueby on November 11, 2016, 01:27:20 AMQuote from: Dave Otto on November 11, 2016, 12:59:43 AMHi ChrisThe tracks sure look good after a trip through the bowl. Are you running them with some soap; and for how long?DaveThey ran about an hour per batch. Looked at them after 10 minutes and a half hour, after an hour they looked good so I stopped it. The parts and ceramic bits were rotating up and down the bowl nicely.No soap - what would that do? Like liquid dish soap? I just ran it dry, rinsed the parts off when done to remove the fine particles. When running the brass cases there is polish and brightening solutions that you can add.Hi ChrisThe soap helps flush away the swarf; and in my thinking also keeps the media from loading up; kind of like using a sharpening stone with out any lube. I have a gallon of concentrate that I purchased from Burr-King; I think the advantage of the commercial product are the low foaming properties and rust inhibitors.When we were kids my sister and I used to play Canasta with my grandmother and great aunt (her twin sister); lots of fun.Dave
The shop elves got the rest of the rest of the washers rivetted on the other half of the pivot pins, and the other track test assembled again. They sent thier pet CyberElf over with it.
Looking at your post something popped into my head. With the track lops closed isn't it going to be difficult to install them? It seems to me that it's going to be hard to get them around all the bits and bobs in the suspension. Might I suggest leaving the last link open so you can put the model on the tracks and lay the remainder over the top of the suspension and then close the last link. Just a suggestion Tony
Traditionally, crawler tracks are installed by driving the machine onto the track, slacking off the tensioner, pulling the ends together at the top, installing the "master" pin and then tensioning the track.At least that's what Cat tells 'ya and what we always did....Pete