Post by: Roscoe on October 25, 2019, 07:38:06 am
Post by: RedRyder on October 24, 2019, 03:47:59 pm
Absolutely superb!
Gil
Post by: classixs on October 07, 2019, 10:32:25 am
Can certainly see why you´re exited to have them Daniel, and yet another "Very well done" to David.
Post by: Stoker on October 06, 2019, 07:27:45 pm
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Post by: Jim on October 05, 2019, 06:41:35 pm
Post by: txlabman on October 05, 2019, 03:23:23 pm
Post by: Vpro on October 05, 2019, 03:19:42 pm
This was a nice little project that I took on for Daniel and as he said the main issue for me was the size of the lettering at just 1.3mm tall. I used some tiny ball nosed cutters of just .3mm diameter. I did initially try .2mm diameter but these didn't last as they were just too small for my machine as I don't have enough rpm. But increasing the diameter 50% to .3mm made the difference and were still small enough to get the detail I needed.
The fixing hole in the back of the plate is M3 and I thread milled this using a tiny .5mm pitch threading tool. The advantage of using this is that I can control exactly how deep the thread is going to be. So the pilot hole was 3mm flat bottom (overall thickness of plate was 3.6mm) and the thread was milled 2.8mm deep. Daniel informed me that the fixing screw protrudes 2.5mm from the door.
The two finishes I used were high temp enamel for number nine and brass blacking solution for the number 4.
Cheers
David
Post by: txlabman on October 05, 2019, 03:15:23 pm
I want one or two or three of these! 🤠
Post by: Swift Fox on October 05, 2019, 12:29:00 pm
Great to see those nameplates he did for you!
Post by: SeeSteam on October 04, 2019, 09:27:45 pm
Post by: Nick on October 04, 2019, 09:23:36 pm
Post by: St Paul Steam on October 04, 2019, 07:59:44 pm
Post by: jkbixby on October 04, 2019, 07:54:51 pm
Post by: Stoker on October 04, 2019, 07:11:40 pm
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... or rather ... THESE:
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These are slightly smaller than a US nickel and the writing is also slightly smaller than what is on a US nickel, which is nothing short of amazing in my book, and they just arrived here within the last hour or so .... OH BOY!!!
Mounted the main one up as seen in the first photo and it fit to perfection even hitting the critical mount screw hole depth perfectly so that it locks up firm without the screw bulging the face of the plate. All this precision from a distance of about 1/3rd of the way around the world!
Needless to say ... I'm ecstatic and really don't know how I could be any happier at this outcome.
I should add that any flaws that you think you might see in my photos, are only shadows and light reflections, artifacts of my photos, not of the pieces themselves!