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Here I'll Document the pillars that I'm building for the team build.
I'm making the pillars a little fancier than the prints show. The centers will be concaved a bit and have a ring turned in the middle. To do this I need to make a couple tools. The first will be a form tool to cut the shape. I started with a piece of 3/4" square tool steel. On the CNC I drilled a .055" hole and milled a convex shape on the end. Here is what I ended up with. You cant see it, but, the hole was drilled at a 4 degree angle and the end has this same angle on it also. This is for clearance.
Tomorrow I'll heat treat the end and grind the relief n the top of it. I just noticed that I took the picture from the bottom. I'll add a couple more pictures so what I've done is more clear. I hope I didn't babble to much? I'm in a hurry, but I wanted to post something tonight.
Wes
I'm making the pillars a little fancier than the prints show. The centers will be concaved a bit and have a ring turned in the middle. To do this I need to make a couple tools. The first will be a form tool to cut the shape. I started with a piece of 3/4" square tool steel. On the CNC I drilled a .055" hole and milled a convex shape on the end. Here is what I ended up with. You cant see it, but, the hole was drilled at a 4 degree angle and the end has this same angle on it also. This is for clearance.
Tomorrow I'll heat treat the end and grind the relief n the top of it. I just noticed that I took the picture from the bottom. I'll add a couple more pictures so what I've done is more clear. I hope I didn't babble to much? I'm in a hurry, but I wanted to post something tonight.
Wes