In a message dated 12/5/99 8:35:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< A method I learned while working with the Master himself, Mark
Allen, was to use a "roller" on a stick. We'd use a piece of brass tube,
I don't know the exact diameter, maybe 3/8", maybe 1/4", a short piece
of hanger wire (shaped like a "U", and a roller of some sort on the end.
I've used all kinds of things to create this roller: 3 or 4 quarters
with a hole drilled in the middle, pennies or dimes >>
I have found that music wire (piano wire) works best - Hanger wire is too
soft. Also, instead of using coins (they tend to flop from side to side
unless they are mounted perfectly), try this - It works great, and the
rollers I use, have been in use for years (same rollers, just the occasional
replacement brass tube):
Find a 9/16" hex nut and bolt - The bolt itself should be 1/4" in diameter.
Screw the nut all the way on the bolt. Then cut the excess bolt away - This
will leave you with a semi round "ish" ball that is flat enough to mount in a
drill press. Drill a 3/32" hole thru the center. Then shape the edges of
the assembly to create a smooth donut shape.
Then simply feed the steel fork piece thru, and glass the forks to the end of
your brass tube (use a little silica filler and light weight glass. The nice
thing about this method, is that in the event that you forget to dip the
wheel end in a bath of acetone, you can always torch it with fire to burn
away the cured resin - This will clear away any material binding the rolling
action inside the steel donut - Just make sure and keep the heat away from
the glassed forks and tube.
The brass tube is also nice because you can bend it accordingly to get to
those hard to reach places inside any given fuse mold - Then simple bend it
back. After roughly every 400 or so fuses, simply get a new tube...
See Ya,
Steve
