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Finer than a frog hair split four ways. I am almost as good as Don Whiskey
That's some watchmaking style machining, right there. Parts look great!
GROAN Pete
Geesh...I'm gone just a couple of days and there always seems a week's worth of work (play) to catch up on.
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on November 30, 2018, 10:39:49 PMGeesh...I'm gone just a couple of days and there always seems a week's worth of work (play) to catch up on. You just keep hoping I have started the Stanley engine!
Chris, I remember in one of Kozo's books , maybe the Heisler one, he made several elbows by machining round bronze pieces to simulate the pipe and collar or flange, then mitred the ends, butted the mitres together at 90 degrees, and silver soldered the parts. After soldering he filed the excess off the outside corner and the silver solder formed a nice radius on the inside corner. After painting they looked just like a casting like the original would have been. It looked like minimal drill / cutter cleanup was needed inside the passageway of the elbow. I recall he left extra length on the pipe components to fixture the parts in a block with two V grooves at 90 degrees for soldering. This will work for any size elbow I think. Really big ones might need an extra middle segment and be mitred with 22 1/2 degree angles. Only mentioning it as food for thought for making your elbows. Hope it's useful.One key tip about making elbows (or other parts) would be not to bend your own elbow too much beforehand......