I ran across this
drill grinding fixture while browsing the web. I had to pony up for the real deal since I don't own a printer, but thought I would pass it along for others that might be interested.
Modeled after a Tormek DBS-22
Fancy! Looks like stitched leather.
I found this on the web yesterday. I don't have space for a 3D printer but I am curious though. How does one print a block like this with a thin slot running through it?
I guess I'll have to see if I can something similar on the open market. I hate the little folded piece of sheet metal on my pocket rule that serves as a stop / pocket clip. Way too small of tabs that hold it onto the rule and it gets canted (out of square) if you slightly bump it.
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I'd print it on its back, so the slot runs from the bed of the printer through to the top. The screw hole is small enough that it will print the threads just fine with their axis running parallel to the bed.
(01-29-2022, 05:22 PM)Mayhem Wrote: [ -> ]The screw hole is small enough that it will print the threads just fine with their axis running parallel to the bed.
Or use a threaded insert.
Ed
For something like this, where you don't really need to torque it down, printed internal threads work great.
It really doesn't matter to me either way because I don't have a 3D printer anyway and will have to buy a clamp ready made.
I am tempted though to buy a set of the insert heating tips that Ed has. I've had of few of those inserts that had come out of plastic housings before and ended up having to try to glue them back in place. I'm wondering if it might be quicker/easier to just drill a new hole and melt in a new insert in some instances.
And yet another box. This time for my set of parallels. The box they came in wouldn't latch closed and it had a fake hinge that will fail soon because it's just a flap of plastic. This had happened to me before with this type of box.
The screws to attach the latches and hinges are 2-56 brass pan head screws. I had to turn down the head diameter and decrease the head height in order for them to fit the counterbores in the hardware.
Ed
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Till I took a closer look I thought it was a wooden box. Looks good!!