RoadWarrior222
04-11-2011, 12:59 PM
Hi guys...
This will take a bit of 'splainin'...
This don't sound heavy duty, but I am pretty sure it will work. What I have is some normally very spendy high speed precision cutters, from 5mm to .8mm, made for running at 25,000 RPM. Then also I have a dremel router/shaper table, and a knockoff rotary tool that is quite beefy especially at high speed (I ported a head with one). Anyway, suffice to say that the tool mounts to the table, and can spin the cutters at 25,000 with a reasonable amount of torque.
So I can use this for precision cutting of flat sheet stock, or routing channels in it... I think it will shove the 1/4" cutter through 1/4" of steel if I feed it slow. Precision cuts get the smaller cutters of course.
Anyway... two projects I have in mind for "in the future" because they are contingent on things coming apart for measurements are port plates and a crank scraper... should be doable in thin stainless.
Oh another job, when I get the spare cam gears will be adjustable cam gears. Well a partial job for it, drill press etc will do a lot.
At present, I'm thinking only cutting would be freehand, don't think I can manage to route channels in other than straight lines, or else with simple jigs... (Okay, I'm halfassed thinking of how to make the endplates for a scroll compressor, based on string winding round a post)
Yes, accuracy will take a lot of trouble, it will all be cut to fit and continually checked and rechecked.
So..
What I'm really asking, is does anyone have any ideas for "trick" parts that I could try making with this? Or is there any places with project ideas/plans for this sort of thing?
I'm itching to "play" with it properly, but can't think of something to do which isn't dependent on getting other parts, and getting the "vehicular situation" to a particular state to do it.
Thanks,
RW222
This will take a bit of 'splainin'...
This don't sound heavy duty, but I am pretty sure it will work. What I have is some normally very spendy high speed precision cutters, from 5mm to .8mm, made for running at 25,000 RPM. Then also I have a dremel router/shaper table, and a knockoff rotary tool that is quite beefy especially at high speed (I ported a head with one). Anyway, suffice to say that the tool mounts to the table, and can spin the cutters at 25,000 with a reasonable amount of torque.
So I can use this for precision cutting of flat sheet stock, or routing channels in it... I think it will shove the 1/4" cutter through 1/4" of steel if I feed it slow. Precision cuts get the smaller cutters of course.
Anyway... two projects I have in mind for "in the future" because they are contingent on things coming apart for measurements are port plates and a crank scraper... should be doable in thin stainless.
Oh another job, when I get the spare cam gears will be adjustable cam gears. Well a partial job for it, drill press etc will do a lot.
At present, I'm thinking only cutting would be freehand, don't think I can manage to route channels in other than straight lines, or else with simple jigs... (Okay, I'm halfassed thinking of how to make the endplates for a scroll compressor, based on string winding round a post)
Yes, accuracy will take a lot of trouble, it will all be cut to fit and continually checked and rechecked.
So..
What I'm really asking, is does anyone have any ideas for "trick" parts that I could try making with this? Or is there any places with project ideas/plans for this sort of thing?
I'm itching to "play" with it properly, but can't think of something to do which isn't dependent on getting other parts, and getting the "vehicular situation" to a particular state to do it.
Thanks,
RW222