Leadscrew whipping is where a long length of unsupported leadscrew develops a a harmonic oscillation that can become an eccentric motion at higher...
Picked up this little 1hp electric motor that had a 3/4" shaft and face plate mount. Just needed to reverse the direction by swapping the start...
Paint was not considered an essential product(or service of selling paint) during our level4 lockdown restrictions. Mainly to help avoid people...
Might just make a little pedestal stand for it in the mean time and see where it takes me. Aligning the openings also made sense in case this...
Yes, the wiper is a section of trailer leaf spring bolted on with two M8 capscrews. I was originally thinking of adding a shear pin to the shaft....
Assembled the muller lid by bolting the self aligning bearing on. Fit it over the spindle I had put in the bowl and bolted on the gearbox losely....
The grumbling ones or the groaning ones? :D Could do with some core exercises though. :oops: It will be nice to have the sand reprocessed after...
Thanks David. The over engineered cake mixer is quite the heavy beastie now. Hoping to get it assembled to decide how I will mount/support it. As...
Little more on the muller this weekend. Finished the fabrication on the lid and gave it a coat of hammer finish green. [IMG] Can start assembly...
Cheer David. Definitely not in any race here :oops: As you say it will be very nice to have the muller ready when I'm let out to play again....
With other projects on hold and needing the space on my work bench it is time to see this done. I was hoping to sort out the motor and gearbox...
ER collets are more suited to tool holding than work holding though the smaller sizes probably less critical for either. The C series collets on...
Finally had a little time to myself to do some fun stuff again. :rolleyes: So last time I was making the match plate which then sat in my...
I'm planning to run a RichAuto A11 DSP on my current build. Uses a pendant style DSP with a fully featured breakout board that supports a wide...
Definitely planning on clamping the plaster mold halves together. On smaller ones I just use a rubber band but thiss one I'll use two quick clamps.
Found some inspiration in food processing machine and decided to put a 10deg taper on the larger of the rollers for the muller. As well as a very...
Sometime during the previous week I picked up some filler primer and slapped some on the keel bulb prints. Gave them a sand down till the printed...
I should really post you a screenshot of what that amounts to in shipping cost to NZ. But I know what you mean and yes, I have a couple of those...
These are the old ones with the metal clip. The looked pretty soft in that I could ding the surface with my thumbnail. A little antimony is not a...
A lot cooler... lead melts safely in a pot over a gas stove. I like to get a good finish out of the mold and then just a good coat with an epoxy...
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