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18th Sep 2021, 09:10 PM #16Intermediate Member
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nice, reminds me that i did use one thing to control one axis, i clamped down a piece of square rod horizontally with the drill press table so that i could control it like that, then i just slided it in one direction and eyeballed the distance in between
but as im mentioning that i think i have an idea for very easily controlling the distance in between the swirls
simply a piece of steel, maybe 30mm flat piece of steel
the square rods have a stop 30mm from the end ontop, the 30mm flat piece of steel is constructed so that it can push the plate 30mm to the left
this is a bit of tinkering but with the weather blowing the right direction it should work
i believe acquiring a machine dedicated to doing exactly this is out of the picture unless you do it as a business
maybe some machine thread rod could work but you would want a fairly large size to avoid cranking it too much
by any means we wanna avoid having to measure anything up manually
i have also played around with loosening the top of the drill press so that it can swing freely and then carefully putting down the swirl patterns, carefully as the top might move if you press it down hard
with scotch brite you dont need to press very hard because the spongy material will bite without full compression
circular polish.jpg
this one here isnt mine, but its possible to do even more advanced patterns, but for this having very accurate control would be more important
if you really wanna add detail you can heat color the finished product
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(yes i know not very evenly distributed heat coloring) heres my 25kg lead hammer in steel skeleton that i created jeweling pattern on, due to its extreme weight it was difficult to even eyeball the spacing adequatedly, some parts of this beast i had to hold the hammer with my left hand so it wouldnt fall off the table- unevenly heat tinted because i was limited to using a small regular oxyacetylene torch, and it was a full 25kg of material to heat up
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20th Sep 2021, 11:07 AM #17
I remember seeing some years ago they slotted 1/2 the length some wood and screwed it to a fence on a drill press, the material had a pin/tab on it to register in the slots. The drill press was set up for woodwork with a adjustable table top/fence
Seems pretty simple, cutting the slots perfectly even would be a little tricky but doable, Id imagine you guys with a mill could drill super accurately spaced holes in a length of steel and use a pin to locate the material... probably solder the pin on?....................................................................
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