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Posts: 742 (04/23/08 08:13 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
Have ever made any axel mounts as Wix does?
If I beg, could you make me a jig? Whatever it costs. I just am not steady enough to get the holes straight. I am no longer proud. Frank 
Crab Alley Speedway
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Posts: 3168 (04/23/08 09:36 PM) |
Give me the URL to the picture of his JIG -- I am blind at times when looking for somethiung I know is there.
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Posts: 3169 (04/23/08 09:59 PM) |
Found the article -- I see now why you have killed and maimed a lot of brass tubes! I am assuming you had problems getting the holes right in the vertical
post. Let me think about this. Phil is a craftsman - I like you have to use things like jigs or I screw up too many times. I am going to read the article. I
know I did something similar once but have to remember how. It was easy but not easy remembering.
http://p099.ezboard.com/Wixwacing-scratchbuilt-axle-mounts--finally/fslotcarouthouse93633frm13.showMessage?topicID=29.topic OK, here is how I did it - it took a while to remember. I took a short board and ran it through a table saw to cut a groove in it. The width of the groove depends on the diameter of the vertical post you are using. If it is larger than the post then you have to shim the groove down. If it is smaller then just send the board through a second time and offset the cut a hair. The purpose of the groove is to keep the tube from twisting and turning as you drill the holes on the drill press. I could NEVER do it with just a dremel. When you cut the vertical post, cut it too long (proud) and after it is in place, file or grind off the excess. The crucial thing is making sure things align. I would not solder without the axle in place to align the horizontal post. I hope I am understanding the problem, but I addressed the problem I faced on this type of thing. Also, drill the hole then cut the vertical tube to length. Dan
Scrappy Dan
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Posts: 3170 (04/23/08 10:04 PM) |
OK, here is another solution but it assumes you have a drill press. Harbor Freight makes a centering jig for drill tubing. It is the same principle I used
except it is adjustable. I just assume you will always be using the same size tubing.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92046 I could not tell how small of tubing this could center, but the principle is that it is a V Slot that the tubing rests in. Dan
Scrappy Dan
Lex malla, lex nulla - A bad law is no law
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Posts: 3171 (04/23/08 10:25 PM) |
One more -- here is the Cadillac of jigs
http://www.grizzly.com/products/All-Angle-V-Block-w-clamp-Small/H5613
Scrappy Dan
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Posts: 744 (04/24/08 05:43 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
Dan,
When my daughter moved to Chicago, so went my band saw and drill press. They had the room for a shop and I didn't. Maybe for my birthday they can ship them back to Maryland. NOT!!! I'll go to Sears and see what is on sale. Then I will have to be nice to "She who must be obeyed at all times". Frank  
Crab Alley Speedway
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Posts: 3172 (04/24/08 09:56 PM) |
Harbor Freight has one for $69 - a friend got one and they are OK.
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Posts: 3173 (04/24/08 10:07 PM) |
Here is an interesting gadget that has to have a use! Just figure out what it is!
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=97838
Scrappy Dan
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Posts: 409 (04/25/08 12:16 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
I think the pen vise is used by guys with wood lathes, who make fountain pens.
No of the guys I bowl with makes pens all the time. I would guess he could use one of these! Art  Love that spell checker!
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Posts: 952 (04/25/08 03:35 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
ddyke wrote: Some of the cheap Chinese imports are ok. Some are not! I've had to take a lot of stuff back because the cheap iron castings used for the frames was so
far out of alignment as to be unuseable. It probably depends on what foundry it came from, which could vary. Stuff like anvils and big shop vices are a pretty
safe bet, but I wouldn't buy anything there if I was counting on precision. It's always a gamble.
Greg
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Posts: 10 (04/25/08 06:40 AM) |
McMaster Carr has very good quality and reasonable price, plus next day delivery.
It's the only vendor I use these days in my shop. They have never let me down in almost 20 years. |
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