Round holes – is it possibl e ?

[21C105Participant @21c105]

MadMike. How wrong you are. Not a verbal description at all. Took in drawing and a cardboard mock up done to the best of my ability, bearing in mind that I am a farmer and not a time served tool room engineer . Anyway, I do not appreciate my efforts being mocked – I can see this forum is not for me.

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Reg.
Don’t take madmike s comments wrong
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He sort of echoed my thoughts …you didn’t explain to us you had supplied drawing and model to the firm in your earlier posts..I did wonder how you tasked them..I when I did that sort of thing would ( and have) draw the thing up and get your approval before chopping metal..
That said what should have been a simple operation looks mullered beyond belief or at least expectation

Please don’t be offended I feel none was meant.

[21C105Participant @21c105]

I am asked by my wife and all her friends at the WI to say thank you to everybody that posted a reply and assisted in this combined Christmas present / retirement gift. The finished result was a real success and the clock looks superb in its housing, with the two tubes now firmly fixed in a sapele base. The recipient was more than delighted. Festive greetings to you all.

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

Just designed a part in my head and made it. Would have been nice to include a shoulder to press the bearing up against. The words above are very true.

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

From time to time, I am asked to make something. No drawing as very often the 'customer' doesn't know how to draw what he or she wants. All they want is for it to work. As engineers, we often have to lead the customer. For instance, I have just made an imitation Bugatti rocker box cover for a Triumph engine! No drawings, just an old Triumph rocker cover and a photo of a Bugatti engine and a big block of cast aluminium.

Note, the rocker box is too long for the milling table, so I had to machine one end, then slide it along. Careful packing, wedges and clamping was required to make sure that surfaces were flat and true. No drawing and a satisfied customer.

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