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I’m over 2 hours away from a big box store so I had to improvise. No where in town had a 60 degree router but either so I had to kind of marry the two ideas together. Luckily I use almost exclusively hand tools in my woodshop so I had a bunch of saw files around and they happen to be 60 degrees. So I cut a 60 groove in the head of the bolt as suggested. Seems to protect the apex reasonably well. Might order one of those clamps if this doesn’t work out. But so far this is working better for me than heating with etoh lamp and using hands. Pretty early in testing but I’m hopeful this will take out the bulk of the offending unevenness.BGreer wrote: ↑12/18/24 10:16Monte,
There's a lot of good information here. That enamel side along the node needs to be flatter. That is a glue line waiting to happen.
Looking at your pictures, I would agree with pressing them out. I would use a Waara node press/jig for this. The Monsos V-blocks are great, but I think you would be better served by pressing the node in a smaller area. The Waara press is perfect for that. You can make one easily and inexpensively.
Here's a discussion on them, along with some pictures:
viewtopic.php?t=107540
You can cut or grind a 60 degree groove in the head of the bolt in the Waara press to get a better bite on the strip and to avoid crushing the apex opposite of the enamel.
You can find the toggle clamps at any big box hardware store:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/POWERTEC-30 ... /207181686
It's just another way to skin a cat. Good luck.
Brian
That looks like a good solution to me. Another way to skin that cat.monte12 wrote: ↑12/18/24 18:32I’m over 2 hours away from a big box store so I had to improvise. No where in town had a 60 degree router but either so I had to kind of marry the two ideas together. Luckily I use almost exclusively hand tools in my woodshop so I had a bunch of saw files around and they happen to be 60 degrees. So I cut a 60 groove in the head of the bolt as suggested. Seems to protect the apex reasonably well. Might order one of those clamps if this doesn’t work out. But so far this is working better for me than heating with etoh lamp and using hands. Pretty early in testing but I’m hopeful this will take out the bulk of the offending unevenness.
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