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Since day one I haven't liked the way wipers on the 1340, the do TOO good a job and wipe all the oil off along with the chips. After seeing Will's post about the ones he got from Keith Fenner I decided to attempt to make my own. Mine are a little bit different because I didn't use the existing holes, I didn't like the idea of drilling through the felt, plus the holes on the 1340 are a little too close to the edge for my liking.
I started with some 3/8" Delrin, I used white so I could see my layout lines, and I made some sheet metal patterns...
Then I cut the squares out on my tablesaw...
Next I roughed them out on my bandsaw...
Finished shaping with the mill...
Clearance holes and counterbored for the SHCS's...
Lay out the pockets for the felt...
Mill them out...
Cut the felt...
Drilled and tapped for the 8-32 shcs's
I used some aluminum tape so the chuck wouldn't mess up the ways...
It was close, tore some tape but that's all.
Tapped the holes...
Soaked the felts with way oil....
And the final product...
If you want to do this and not use the factory holes use a small drill, I adapted a 1/4" chuck to fit in my right angle die grinder, all my regular drills were too big and would hit the ways.
That's about it, I hope this helps someone.
I started with some 3/8" Delrin, I used white so I could see my layout lines, and I made some sheet metal patterns...
Then I cut the squares out on my tablesaw...
Next I roughed them out on my bandsaw...
Finished shaping with the mill...
Clearance holes and counterbored for the SHCS's...
Lay out the pockets for the felt...
Mill them out...
Cut the felt...
Drilled and tapped for the 8-32 shcs's
I used some aluminum tape so the chuck wouldn't mess up the ways...
It was close, tore some tape but that's all.
Tapped the holes...
Soaked the felts with way oil....
And the final product...
If you want to do this and not use the factory holes use a small drill, I adapted a 1/4" chuck to fit in my right angle die grinder, all my regular drills were too big and would hit the ways.
That's about it, I hope this helps someone.