neevo
Super Member
Not much happening at the moment as I wait for the chassis to be finished at the chromers plus I need to sort the end caps before I make the run down to the anodisers.
I’d happily have bought them from Larry at RR-ARTifacts not only because he’s a lovely chap but because they are a perfect fit. However there were a couple of issues.
1) I felt bad that I would essentially strip the anodising off a brand new finished set of end caps and polish them.
2) the shipping to Oz was turning out to be crazy expensive. Pretty standard for us down under unfortunately.
Larry was very accomodating and I may need him in the end but instead I’m trying a different path as a gamble:
It’s a milling attachment for my lathe. I’ve wanted one for ages and the cost wasn’t that crazy for the vice, collet chuck and 2 end mills.
Considering the end panels are only 5” long by nearly 13mm square, it’s not a heavy milling operation.
I have some 6060 stock on the way too and hope to be milling as soon as possible.
Time will tell if I can get anything half decent!
I’d happily have bought them from Larry at RR-ARTifacts not only because he’s a lovely chap but because they are a perfect fit. However there were a couple of issues.
1) I felt bad that I would essentially strip the anodising off a brand new finished set of end caps and polish them.
2) the shipping to Oz was turning out to be crazy expensive. Pretty standard for us down under unfortunately.
Larry was very accomodating and I may need him in the end but instead I’m trying a different path as a gamble:
It’s a milling attachment for my lathe. I’ve wanted one for ages and the cost wasn’t that crazy for the vice, collet chuck and 2 end mills.
Considering the end panels are only 5” long by nearly 13mm square, it’s not a heavy milling operation.
I have some 6060 stock on the way too and hope to be milling as soon as possible.
Time will tell if I can get anything half decent!