That technology is fascinating!
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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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How wide is your press ?
12" exactly
What size are the columns at the corners ?
(Those supports define a lot of the capacity of the press)
They are 5/8” rod.
Oh wait are you asking about the press or the brake?
If it’s the press, it’s a 20-ton press. The columns are 3/16” C-channel with 19-1/2” between them
I have an Incra box joint jig that is missing some 1/4-20 knobs.
Drew this in Alibre but was stumped on how to draw the knurling.
The knob is 19mm across the largest diameter so I made a circular pattern of 1mm holes centered on the edge and trimmed off the excess.
Drew this in Alibre but was stumped on how to draw the knurling.
The knob is 19mm across the largest diameter so I made a circular pattern of 1mm holes centered on the edge and trimmed off the excess.
I did something similar. I imagine with much smaller holes repeated you can simulate the knurling but for all intents and purposes I found what you did more than adequate for the drawings.
The challenge is printer resolution. After I printed the first one with 1mm holes I found the 'knurl' is not aggressive enough to adequately grip.
Trying again with 2mm holes.
Thanks Len!
Yes, I have some inserts on order.
That's not really possible because there's no clearance above the print bed for the nut. My print nozzle runs above the bead about the thickness of a sheet of printer paper.
The inserts I use are heat set into the plastic with a soldering iron, works really well and is very quick to do.
Add MACH3 to your new press brake. I love the two guides for his corner notcher.
Hard to believe these drawings for the computer controlled back fence for my 3:1 tool are dated 2007. Not yet completed because the project for the bench for the tool to sit on is incomplete. I was going to write some new software for my ELS to control the back fence position so I could jog through a series of positions. Bend. Jog to the next one. Bend. (or shear).
The bench was to hold the corner notcher, 3:1 tool and the 3 Ton press with XY positioning for CNC controlled hole punching or nibbling.
So many things to do...
The bench was to hold the corner notcher, 3:1 tool and the 3 Ton press with XY positioning for CNC controlled hole punching or nibbling.
So many things to do...
This is the drive assembly that has a sprocket on the RHS and couples to the lead screw on the LHS. The two sprockets will be connected with a chain and a stepper motor that drives the chain. The lead screw pulls the the other two brackets and the fence. The fence has an upper and lower part for the shear or the bender.
The brackets are cast but not machined. The sprocket hubs are complete but never did get to the couplers or drive shafts etc.
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Don
..... looks to be good to half a thou of a second ... Be careful, if you tell the wife that you will be back in half a second, she's going to know that you are bs'ing....
Be careful David.
Those rotary tools can be dangerous !!
We don’t want to read about any accidents.
Hopefully that foot-switch does not act like an accelerator pedal - LOL.