On Saturday 16 July 2016 15:06:14 andy pugh wrote:
> On 13 July 2016 at 23:40, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > My snips, or sharp scissors always seem to curl it up some. Hows the
> > best way to flatten it out so it just lays there?
>
> Why does it need to?
> The Gibb will hold it
On 13 July 2016 at 23:40, Gene Heskett wrote:
> My snips, or sharp scissors always seem to curl it up some. Hows the best
> way to flatten it out so it just lays there?
Why does it need to?
The Gibb will hold it flat.
You _could_ consider making a new gib. I have done it
On Wednesday 13 July 2016 20:22:50 Ken Strauss wrote:
> I use a small 3-in-1 sheet metal machine (something like
> http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Combination-3-in-1-Sheet-Metal-Mach
>ine/T2 1320 but from BusyBee in Canada) to cut thick shim stock without
> significant distortion.
Looks
I use a small 3-in-1 sheet metal machine (something like
http://www.grizzly.com/products/12-Combination-3-in-1-Sheet-Metal-Machine/T2
1320 but from BusyBee in Canada) to cut thick shim stock without significant
distortion.
> -Original Message-
> From: Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 13 July 2016 13:26:14 Jon Elson wrote:
> On 07/12/2016 04:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > So the question is: Who is likely to be able to supply this stuff
> > 0.010" thick by 0.400 wide? Brass or SS would be a never mind.
>
> I think McMaster-Carr and MSC stock kits of brass shim
I get rid of the curled/rough edge by a bit of grinding/filing and
also I roll it with a ball bearing on a bit of ground flat steel with
a finger through the bearing pressing down.
Sharp scissors or best tins nips
Dave Caroline
On 07/12/2016 04:31 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> So the question is: Who is likely to be able to supply this stuff 0.010"
> thick by 0.400 wide? Brass or SS would be a never mind.
>
>
I think McMaster-Carr and MSC stock kits of brass shim stock
with about 15 thicknesses (.010" definitely in the
Greetings all;
I finally got the compound apart, and found that with the cobble job that
made the gib, with the end broken off and looking as if it was ground
flat ended with a bench grinder and some new screws installed along with
some handmade pusher washers that have a finger that projects