Try and repair or learn to live with it?
What with lockdown I’m slowly running out of jobs in the garage, at least until I have more parts arrive for my Electronic Leadscrew build. So I set about making a scraper for the mill when I finally get around to scraping it in.
I started with 3mm x 20mm steel. This works well with the exception of 1 part. Mainly because it’s slightly curved across the width which gives it a bit extra strength but at the same time being flexible.
Cut the pieces on the bandsaw:
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I had mistakenly bought a file handle for a file system that uses a locking handle. So the centre was a big hole. Not a worry, I popped some pine in the lathe and trimmed it down:
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Here’s the plan:
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Drilled a hole in the pine plug and hammered it all home without an issue. I also cut a step in the end of the scraper blade to accept some carbide:
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So on paper it looks good, but there is 1 part I need to redo. The carbide holder is too thin and bends when tightened down firm, so whilst the concept works. I need some thicker stock to make this part from. But that should be a relatively quick job:
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I used Stefans video here as the inspiration.
https://youtu.be/QJXqHpSh3SE
Try and repair or learn to live with it?
@snapatap thanks for the recommendation of PMK. Reached out to them yesterday and have a carbide scraper on the way. Actually cheaper to buy their handle as you get a free scraper blade with it.