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Wow, Chris, those pipe sections look great! And what size are those fasteners you're using? 2-56? or smaller?Kim
Sorry....the actual vintage of the machine eluded me......[right or wrong, were were taught that this 'Spun Cast' process was progressed in the early 1920's in England after the secrets of the process were acquired by deception from Germany? ]If we are talking 1911+, obviously the straight pipe spools would have been sand cast, complete with the flanges ready for cleanup machining & flange bolt patterns drilled by Horizontal Boring machines The surface finish would again be rough.........Centrifically cast , or as originally termed as Spun Cast pipe spools were made in semi continuous length, however dependent on the volume/tonnage of the Melt. Their flanges were carbon arc welded to make a one piece spoolDerek
Chris:Not to be a noodge or anything, but did you allow for shrinkage when you printed those parts? If you printed them at the proper dimension, when they cool they will shrink and be undersize. DAMHIK You can scale the entire part oversize in your slicer to compensate for this shrinkage.Don
Yeah, as the parts get bigger shrinkage becomes more apparent. I usually scale my prints to about 104%-105%, that usually gets me within 0.25mm of the actual dimension. With an filament printer, I figure that's good enough for gubmint work.Don
What kind of filiment do you use? So far I am using the PLA that it came with, imagine it probably varies with the material.
Epoxy makes great fillets,I’ve used it myself.On another note.... here is another ‘Chris’ model, proceeding at ‘break-neck’ speed,”does the man ever sleep?”.