michael mott
Western Thunderer
Here are the promised pics of the cutting fixture.
and an update on the bolt plate manufacture, the set up in the vice is using a couple of pieces of tool steel as the anvils and some odd and ends of other mild steel as guides the bottom piece of tool steel has a couple of pieses of brass shim to ensure a clearance for the top anvil. Also a bit of styrene as a stop.
some notes about the process.
Of course plans and notes are mostly a rough guide as it always depends on what I have available. The set up seems to work well enough it requires 4 annealings.
Michael
and an update on the bolt plate manufacture, the set up in the vice is using a couple of pieces of tool steel as the anvils and some odd and ends of other mild steel as guides the bottom piece of tool steel has a couple of pieses of brass shim to ensure a clearance for the top anvil. Also a bit of styrene as a stop.
some notes about the process.
Of course plans and notes are mostly a rough guide as it always depends on what I have available. The set up seems to work well enough it requires 4 annealings.
Michael