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Originally posted by Bert View PostBob,
knowing you, I figured you could make nylon locking nuts. You'd probably make a jig, have a stell center, and pour melted plastic in 'em. But then you'd waste 1/2 hour doing all that
I ran 80' of track thru it a few times each piece and they rolled perfect even in stainless steel. I also ordered a lovejoy coupling to put my motor/gearbox setup from my big roller to the small one to ease the pain of the blister on my right hand from wheeling....Bob
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Bob,
knowing you, I figured you could make nylon locking nuts. You'd probably make a jig, have a stell center, and pour melted plastic in 'em. But then you'd waste 1/2 hour doing all that
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Nice job on your roller. I have a larger version and have considered making a small one like yours for doing small parts and pieces. The big one is nice but is a pain when trying to make small items. Dave
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I have 4 lathes, 2 SB 10 inchers and 2 Craftsman 6 inchers. I could have made the nuts but i wanted the nylon lockers, i was going to dimple some nuts to lock them but i didn't want to screw up the bolt threads...Bob
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wow, must be nice to have a latheWhy didn't you make your own nuts
too cool!!!
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Great job on your roller.Sometimes it's nice to have the exact machine you need for the job. Pride of building it yourself is very gratifying & you get reminded of that every time you use it. Thanks for sharing.
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looks great. you lathed out all the parts too. man it must be nice to have a lath, the uses it could be put to must be way up there.
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Small Ring Roller
I needed a roller to roll my O Scale RR Track for the bridges i sell and since i can't buy one off the shelf i had to make it. Its only 5" tall but you can get the idea and make one bigger for a ring roller. Here are some pics of the roller and the parts. I made every part except the 1/4" lock nuts and the handle that was from a metal dumpster. It took me about 15 hours to design and build...Bob
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/aametalm...60762401121042Tags: None
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