Hi!,
I'm surprised, a 'merican word I haven't met before, "bench drop" I figured out what it meant, but I thought you used off-cut like us Brits! I noticed it in particular as in French (I live in France) they say "chute" (like parachute, the "anti" drop!), which means drop or fall.Just a little something on the "commun language which divides us!" ( Winston Churchill)
Regards, Matthew
Matthew TINKER
CNC conversion 1944 Colchester Lathe build-up log
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35519
> Thanks for the thoughts David- the stock is a bench drop so it is an odd size- and I am looking to get it water-jet cut into pocketknife liners for some guys in my fam for christmas- the usual thickness for the liner is .050 but I am trying an idea out, anf this drop was free to me... so the cost was right... The best cost supplier I have found is TMS out of the west coast- Todd and Dave there have been a bounty of info... problem is- I cant meet their minum order... Trying to do something fun for christmas- not a job where each knife's cost becomes an issue...
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> The standard stock .025 shim was looked at- the problem was minimum amount to order would be enough for 100 knives, I am only dealing with 12 (piece is 28 in x 7" tapering to 11" from one side to other in an awkward polygon config) so I need 24 liners...
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> Knife Liners are the little plates that nestle on either side of your blade in a pocketknife, and in Liner-lock configuration one liner is a part of the lock and engages the detent ball in the swivel/hinge of the blade. Hope that answers your ?? about the part. This is why it needs to be flat/true- the jiont must run flush and the swivel point needs a flat surface to engage the lock.
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> I am trying to answer each person as they write versus one huge response- I certainly thank anyone and everyone for your input!
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> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Use for a shaper and question about surfacing
> To: "gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com" <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: "gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com" <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 10:55 AM
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> That is very thin material to try to machine on a shaper. You might have some luck adhering it to a support block. As to the Ti I have nevered machine it so I don't know the tooling requirements other than some grades are difficult.
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> As to the local machine shops, if things are slow you would think that they would at least quote you a price. It may be an extremely high price but to just pass the job by seems to be odd.
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> Curiosity is killing the cat here, what is this piece for? If it is flat material why not buy some Ti shim stock? After all 0.025" is a standard thickness. Of course you will need to find a supplier of Ti shim stock
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> David A Frantz
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> On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Kerri Duncan <silverforgestudio@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Hey folks- noob member and long time lurker and reader- getting into the foundry arts to eventually build a shaper and lathe and other tools- but for now am looking for some advice and possibly a bit of outsourcing for a job I have to do (personal project- not for money)
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>> Can the shaper be used to surface Ti? I have some Grade V (6Al4V alloy) titanium I am looking to get surface ground to an even .025" (stock piece varies around .032-.040-ish along its length) And I am having a dickens of a time finding a machine shop in the Tidewater VA area willing to surface it... Between fire hazard, not a big enough job to warrant the tooling time (seriously- told that by a guy with one surface grinder who admittedly was hard-up for jobs in the economy right now!) and it being cost-prohibitive for the time into it... seems a bit daunting- Sooooo- alternatives are being explored (the shaper guys and the collective mind on the 'net!)
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>> I am aware the stroke length and tool head width are determining factors in the amount of material that can be used- just looking for alternative solutions for this. The parts are liners for a pocket knife series I want to do for Christmas for the guys in my family- so the parts are .750 inches wide and about 2.5 inches long so far...
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>> Any thoughts or ideas where to start or have you guys and gurus used a shaper like this? Thanks in advance and I look forward to the thoughts/advice!
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