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Step 6Tapping
Now that all of your pieces are lathed, you need to tap some holes to make them all stay together while they're spinning at 1000+ RPM's
Mark two spots on exact opposite sides of the funnel piece, then fit the melting piece inside of the funnel piece.
Clamp the two pieces in a metal working vise and take it to the drill press.
Drill one of the holes with the appropriate drill bit, then tap with the appropriate tap, and bolt together with the appropriate bolt. YOU CANNOT RIVET THIS, because you will need to clean out your machine at one point or another.
Next, drill the other hole on the other side, tap it and screw it. Now the melter and funnel pieces should be fixed together, and you can start to fix the baseplate onto the rest of the center piece.
Clamp the base plate and melting piece together. make two dots on exact opposite sides of the base plate about .625" from the center. Drill both of them while the two pieces are still clamped together, making sure not to go through the melting piece, then take off the base plate.
Remove the base plate and tap the melting piece. Then, using a larger drill bit, drill out the base plate so that the bolts can easily slide through it, and will thread into the melting piece.
Mark two spots on exact opposite sides of the funnel piece, then fit the melting piece inside of the funnel piece.
Clamp the two pieces in a metal working vise and take it to the drill press.
Drill one of the holes with the appropriate drill bit, then tap with the appropriate tap, and bolt together with the appropriate bolt. YOU CANNOT RIVET THIS, because you will need to clean out your machine at one point or another.
Next, drill the other hole on the other side, tap it and screw it. Now the melter and funnel pieces should be fixed together, and you can start to fix the baseplate onto the rest of the center piece.
Clamp the base plate and melting piece together. make two dots on exact opposite sides of the base plate about .625" from the center. Drill both of them while the two pieces are still clamped together, making sure not to go through the melting piece, then take off the base plate.
Remove the base plate and tap the melting piece. Then, using a larger drill bit, drill out the base plate so that the bolts can easily slide through it, and will thread into the melting piece.
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