I can make these out of stainless on my milling machine and finish them off with a file but they take hours to make.
Anybody willing to try a small run on a wire EDM?
Check out the attached photo. Wall thickness of the circumference is .5mm
Anybody have a wire EDM?
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Anybody have a wire EDM?
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10X54" Vectrax GS20F mill with DRO & frequency drive (saved from the scrap pile).
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Powermatic 1150 drill press.
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Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
Shop toys...
10X54" Vectrax GS20F mill with DRO & frequency drive (saved from the scrap pile).
Jet 13x40 lathe.
Powermatic 1150 drill press.
I love Craigslist!
10X54" Vectrax GS20F mill with DRO & frequency drive (saved from the scrap pile).
Jet 13x40 lathe.
Powermatic 1150 drill press.
I love Craigslist!
Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
Try
Elm Ridge Mfg, Bill Ester.
http://www.elmridgemfg.com
503-837-0134
Indepence, Oregon.
Several years ago Bill EDM machined gorgeous Walshearts (sp?) links for my 2-8-2.
He used to machine the small valves for Cole's Power Models back in the day.
He's got the skills and machinery, and appears to be relatively close to you, being the "State of Jefferson."
~RN
Elm Ridge Mfg, Bill Ester.
http://www.elmridgemfg.com
503-837-0134
Indepence, Oregon.
Several years ago Bill EDM machined gorgeous Walshearts (sp?) links for my 2-8-2.
He used to machine the small valves for Cole's Power Models back in the day.
He's got the skills and machinery, and appears to be relatively close to you, being the "State of Jefferson."
~RN
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Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
Excellent!
Thanks for the lead.
Thanks for the lead.
Shop toys...
10X54" Vectrax GS20F mill with DRO & frequency drive (saved from the scrap pile).
Jet 13x40 lathe.
Powermatic 1150 drill press.
I love Craigslist!
10X54" Vectrax GS20F mill with DRO & frequency drive (saved from the scrap pile).
Jet 13x40 lathe.
Powermatic 1150 drill press.
I love Craigslist!
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Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
What did those run you???NP317 wrote:Try
Elm Ridge Mfg, Bill Ester.
http://www.elmridgemfg.com
503-837-0134
Indepence, Oregon.
Several years ago Bill EDM machined gorgeous Walshearts (sp?) links for my 2-8-2.
He used to machine the small valves for Cole's Power Models back in the day.
He's got the skills and machinery, and appears to be relatively close to you, being the "State of Jefferson."
~RN
Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
Mike:
I don't remember exactly, but I THINK I paid Bill somewhere in the mid $200s. I supplied the tool steel plate. Sorry for the inexactness...
When I saw the price for similar links from Allen Models, I thought "Close!"
It was an "experiment" for him to use his newly acquired and rebuilt EMD. But the results are fantastic.
Certainly better than I could have done in my home shop.
~RN
I don't remember exactly, but I THINK I paid Bill somewhere in the mid $200s. I supplied the tool steel plate. Sorry for the inexactness...
When I saw the price for similar links from Allen Models, I thought "Close!"
It was an "experiment" for him to use his newly acquired and rebuilt EMD. But the results are fantastic.
Certainly better than I could have done in my home shop.
~RN
Re: Anybody have a wire EDM?
I can do these, hobby rates but not free. How thick may have stainless to suit.
Bob
Bob