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Offline Craig DeShong

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #165 on: July 21, 2018, 02:31:06 AM »
Nice job Bill, and I like the way you did the one piece crank.  I'm going to file this away for future reference  :ThumbsUp:
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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #166 on: July 21, 2018, 12:17:29 PM »
Thanks guys. AS Chris said, it isn't an original idea and now that he mentions it I think something similar was included in the plans for the PMR #1, though that was a somewhat bigger crankshaft than on this one. Up till this one I have always used a built up crankshaft but decided to try to use the casting this time.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #167 on: July 21, 2018, 01:46:17 PM »
Great job Bill and thanks for sharing the helpful process.

Have a great day,
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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #168 on: July 27, 2018, 08:32:35 PM »
Finished up the valve stem caps this morning using the same fixture I used to face the edges, only this time I recessed the part between the screw holes to allow the triangular part of the casting somewhere to fit ( photo1). With this done the caps were screwed to it upside down, centered, and the 90 degree chamfering bit used to cut the "V" ( photo2). The finished parts are shown in the third photo.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #169 on: July 29, 2018, 11:51:58 PM »
They are a tad fiddly aren’t they Bill? I like the jig idea. I can’t for the life of me remember how I did mine  :facepalm:  Really looking good though.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #170 on: July 30, 2018, 12:39:17 AM »
Thanks Cletus, it held them well and the cutter worked a treat too.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #171 on: July 30, 2018, 01:27:26 AM »
Good thinking there Bill!   

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #172 on: July 30, 2018, 01:34:00 AM »
Thanks Dave. Holding the main frame to do the mating "v"s will be the next challenge.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #173 on: July 30, 2018, 01:54:55 AM »
Work Cube!.... and a jack under the cylinder end  hanging out the side of the vise

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #174 on: July 30, 2018, 01:56:54 AM »
Huh.


The cube I worked in didn't have all the air holes...


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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #175 on: July 30, 2018, 02:04:05 AM »
Actually, I'd use the 3 sided one in the front

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #176 on: July 30, 2018, 02:10:53 AM »
Yeah, something along those lines is the plan, just scaled to fit the sherline.


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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #177 on: July 30, 2018, 02:29:03 AM »
Dave, is that cube a homemade item? Never seen one before.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #178 on: July 30, 2018, 03:08:16 AM »
Possibly...but not by me.   These were once pretty common....but you see less of them now   It's a 4 sided box with tapped holes, but flat square and parallel.

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Re: PMR #5 - as a fill in project
« Reply #179 on: July 30, 2018, 03:31:33 AM »
Yeah, something along those lines is the plan, just scaled to fit the sherline.


Bill


How big is your vise Bill?

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