EFI_914
15th Jan 2018, 10:30 PM
So ages ago I bought a very sorry looking Deckel S1 tool and cutter grinder.
Shipping cost me well more than the grinder itself but when has that ever stopped anyone?
Its missing the main slide so I have the option of buying one for 400+ euro or making one.
The roller slides are easily available from THK and others but Aliexpress is looking like a winner for now.
The slide body should be easy enough to make but I'm unsure as to how is best to make it.
At this stage I'm leaning towards machining the upper dovetail section and the lower slide housing as seperate parts and using dowels and bolts to fix together.
For the lower slide housing there is a large channel that will need to be machined from a section of 20-25x115mm plate the channel is approx 90mm wide by 12mm deep.
I'm not sure what happens to a piece of plate when you take so much out of it. Obviously it needs to be pretty straight for this to slide when finished so I'd appreciate your input.
Ive attached a pic of the grinder and a couple of pics of a quick mockup on solid works while trying to work out which slides to use.
I should mention the slide is 450mm long.
Cheers
Shipping cost me well more than the grinder itself but when has that ever stopped anyone?
Its missing the main slide so I have the option of buying one for 400+ euro or making one.
The roller slides are easily available from THK and others but Aliexpress is looking like a winner for now.
The slide body should be easy enough to make but I'm unsure as to how is best to make it.
At this stage I'm leaning towards machining the upper dovetail section and the lower slide housing as seperate parts and using dowels and bolts to fix together.
For the lower slide housing there is a large channel that will need to be machined from a section of 20-25x115mm plate the channel is approx 90mm wide by 12mm deep.
I'm not sure what happens to a piece of plate when you take so much out of it. Obviously it needs to be pretty straight for this to slide when finished so I'd appreciate your input.
Ive attached a pic of the grinder and a couple of pics of a quick mockup on solid works while trying to work out which slides to use.
I should mention the slide is 450mm long.
Cheers