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a nutcase - or howto handfile a nut

ormerod168

a nutcase - or howto handfile a nut
May 25, 2014 11:17AM

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..in pictures for your visual pleasure :-)

3 nuts to index the flats, one fixating the screw, two locked together as vertical guide for the file, one washer to set the hight and to protect the edge of the file

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keep the the angle please...

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ta-daaa..

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Erik

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jstck

Re: a nutcase - or howto handfile a nut
May 25, 2014 12:43PM

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Do I understand it correctly that you made a long nut (for the Z drive) out of some brass tubing? Looks pretty neat.

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ormerod168

Re: a nutcase - or howto handfile a nut
May 25, 2014 01:11PM

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jstck
Do I understand it correctly that you made a long nut (for the Z drive) out of some brass tubing? Looks pretty neat.

correct, D9x20mm brass nut for the treaded Z-rod, drilling and treading is easy and so is filing the flats if you do it this way

Erik

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Chaisaeng

Re: a nutcase - or howto handfile a nut
May 25, 2014 02:02PM

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A very good machinist tip,
Thanks spinning smiley sticking its tongue out