07-25-2015, 08:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-25-2015, 08:15 PM by Roadracer_Al.)
I guess you could call this a project... I helped cook a buffet breakfast for 200 people at my athletic club today.
Last week I finished a project that had been hanging over my head. I made nut plates for the foot stretchers of a 150 year old wooden racing barge -- a 6 seat, sweep-rigged Cornish racing gig. 954 Aluminum bronze, .5" wide, 5.75" long OA, .31" thick, five 1/4-20 tapped holes, three countersunk mounting holes. 20 pieces -- 18 primary pieces, 2 spares. This was the job which I posted about breaking slitting saws. Did break 2 taps with the tapping head: I bottomed the tap in the soft jaws both times.
Gotta order some more taps & slitting saws...
Last week I finished a project that had been hanging over my head. I made nut plates for the foot stretchers of a 150 year old wooden racing barge -- a 6 seat, sweep-rigged Cornish racing gig. 954 Aluminum bronze, .5" wide, 5.75" long OA, .31" thick, five 1/4-20 tapped holes, three countersunk mounting holes. 20 pieces -- 18 primary pieces, 2 spares. This was the job which I posted about breaking slitting saws. Did break 2 taps with the tapping head: I bottomed the tap in the soft jaws both times.
Gotta order some more taps & slitting saws...