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Thought about just leaving it… but best to just make another one… will see if this can be turned into T-Nuts for the milling machine.Well bummer, I would probably leave it though.
Sucks, but lesson learned…
Thought about just leaving it… but best to just make another one… will see if this can be turned into T-Nuts for the milling machine.Well bummer, I would probably leave it though.
Looks fine to me, I wouldn't worry about it. The two critical dimensions are the bottom width and the height. The bottom has to fully engage the T and the height has to be lower than the top of the compound. The rest doesn't matter
I'd also recommend not drilling and tapping the compound. There's no need as the tool post won't move around once the tool post bolt is tightened and you'll potentially weaken the compound.
No issue at all. The load is on the "wings", not the center area. If the "wings" were cut too thin I'd be worried about them flexing letting the nut bottom out in the middle; you'd lose clamping at that point. But you're fine.Yes, perfect fit there...
So this gap should not be an issue?
No biggy, welcome to the club:<) It will work just fine! I could write for days to account for my blundersThought about just leaving it… but best to just make another one… will see if this can be turned into T-Nuts for the milling machine.
Sucks, but lesson learned…
hopefully chips will be all over that lathe soon, getting in all kinds of places I wouldn't worry about it, it'll be just fine. To be honest I'm learning that a little less precision can sometimes be a good thing - if precision isn't needed then you save a lot of time and effort with a slightly looser fit.Thank you for calling that out. I will avoid any changes to the compound. ...
I keep going back and forth on making another one or not... I am with @Aaron_W that it will be a place for chips to fall in... maybe I can fill that with something and still use it...
The PWT Multifix should be hereMondaytoday! I need that to figure out what bolt to use for the install... so looks like I am done in the garage for this trip...
In Ocala until Saturday night... doing the lawn and moving a few things
Will keep you all posted... Thank you!!!
They are! I am not getting rid of them, hehehehe... dual purpose use... side cutting and reminder of past mistakes, lol.They are still good for side cutting:<)