DAPPH
as dyslexik as I'm daft
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Can any one help advise of make suggestions ?
I'm looking for a cut of steel tube pipe 50 mm long that has an internal diameter of 95 to 96 mm and a 12 to 15 mm wall thickness
It is to make the mounting flange for a Sealy heavy duty drill press where the base is connected to the post / tube . I realise it will have to be precision turned to 98.4 mm internally to fit the post well & welded up correctly to a base plate .
It is to replace a cracked collar / flange on our " Men's shed " drill press .., the numpties that moved our goods into our new premises dropped the press & didn't say anything about it other than the end cover needs knocking out a bit . It seems that the motor end hit the ground , cracking the cast iron mounting flange .
I have some 15 mm plate to make the base plate for the flange but nothing to make the vertical collar with .
Today I was using a 40 mm hole saw in 6 mm aluminium , the ally was correctly clamped in the press vice which was bolted to the adjustable table .
Suddenly it grabbed and bit in hard the cutter ceasing to rotate .. After stopping the drill press on th stop button I looked for reasons as to why it grabbed . I mean it's a new hole cutter ..only used to cut six holes in total ... thats when I discovered the opened up crack in the vertical part of the mounting flange /collar .
I found I can move the top of the press almost six mm without even trying hard . . it's now stripped down in pieces .
I dread to think what would have happened if the top assembly & post had torn free to fall on the operator . It wouldn't have been a happy ending to the day for me that's for sure .
I'm looking for a cut of steel tube pipe 50 mm long that has an internal diameter of 95 to 96 mm and a 12 to 15 mm wall thickness
It is to make the mounting flange for a Sealy heavy duty drill press where the base is connected to the post / tube . I realise it will have to be precision turned to 98.4 mm internally to fit the post well & welded up correctly to a base plate .
It is to replace a cracked collar / flange on our " Men's shed " drill press .., the numpties that moved our goods into our new premises dropped the press & didn't say anything about it other than the end cover needs knocking out a bit . It seems that the motor end hit the ground , cracking the cast iron mounting flange .
I have some 15 mm plate to make the base plate for the flange but nothing to make the vertical collar with .
Today I was using a 40 mm hole saw in 6 mm aluminium , the ally was correctly clamped in the press vice which was bolted to the adjustable table .
Suddenly it grabbed and bit in hard the cutter ceasing to rotate .. After stopping the drill press on th stop button I looked for reasons as to why it grabbed . I mean it's a new hole cutter ..only used to cut six holes in total ... thats when I discovered the opened up crack in the vertical part of the mounting flange /collar .
I found I can move the top of the press almost six mm without even trying hard . . it's now stripped down in pieces .
I dread to think what would have happened if the top assembly & post had torn free to fall on the operator . It wouldn't have been a happy ending to the day for me that's for sure .
