What happens when you combine too much spare time, a lathe looking for work, and a need for a new sprue whacker?
Over engineering happens.
I had a concept in mind and it worked out about how I planned.
I made the handle first then the shank. For a few operations I used the shank as a mandrel to perform operations on the handle without marring the knurl.
I was pretty happy with how true the handle spins when threaded onto the shank. Straight threads are not always the easier for me.
The parts.
Partially assembled.
Complete assembly. Well, almost. I need a pan head screw for an Allen wrench to put in the hole in the end. That will let me snug it all down and place a little preload on the delrin sleeve. I made the sleeve about .015 longer than the inner support so I can add the preload.
Over engineering happens.
I had a concept in mind and it worked out about how I planned.
I made the handle first then the shank. For a few operations I used the shank as a mandrel to perform operations on the handle without marring the knurl.
The parts.
Partially assembled.
Complete assembly. Well, almost. I need a pan head screw for an Allen wrench to put in the hole in the end. That will let me snug it all down and place a little preload on the delrin sleeve. I made the sleeve about .015 longer than the inner support so I can add the preload.
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