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A flycutter might be easier for those type slots.
Hi Chris, your work and rate of progress continue to astound as always. Sorry to be a bit late to the party on that sandblasting experiment. May I suggest that it is not surprising that you don't see too much immediate difference between paint applied over sand blasting or not. The sand blasting is part of the surface treatment process. It is absolutely important to a long lasting job. The difference is more likely to show up after a bit of longer term operation, wear and tear.I don't know how practical it is to do more of the job. But a heavy duty system for severe corrosive environments would always start with a very thorough sand blast surface preparation. In general, steel parts would benefit more than brass I would expect. And you would not want to destroy carefully machined surfaces. So in general probably worthwhile when practical, especially on metals likely to corrode, but not dramatic when the paint is first applied.MJM460
Jim, what coarseness grit (grit number?) did you use on that? The airbrush-style gun I have won't take larger grit sizes, so the finish is still pretty fine, looks like you were able to get a coarser finish.
Looking mighty sharp there, Chris!You may need to get the elves out there with the acetone and a shop rag. Looks like some graffiti on your brass there. Hey, maybe the elves are out tagging things at night? Do you have rival elf gangs? Kim
Hi Chris , looking good..just a thought about how strong the lactate Loctite is ,so how much force would it take to "give" say in foot pounds !!To move one of those gears on its shaft ??