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Working With Metal Continued
With the all the straight lines machined, it's time to address the
radii in the corners. BTW, the thickness of the sides are 1/2" with the
1/4" holes in the middle.
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With only four areas that need work, I
used a file and worked to the line.
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This didn't take long and it worked out great.
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Here is the finished work piece that will be fastened to the top of the
wood.
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A close-up of one end, which I'm happy with. Now it's time to work
on the wood piece again.
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Working With Wood Again
If you remember the wedding present I made earlier, this will be the
same concept that I did before. I'm going to drill and tap the wood for
some 1/4-20 threads. First I'll use a center drill, then the tap drill
size and then finish with the threads.
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Here I'm drilling all my holes and getting ready to put threads in each
one. I hand tapped each one in place of power-tapping with my milling
machine. The reason is because I have no idea how that would've turned
out so I was being cautious.
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Next I used a pencil and traced around my metal piece giving me some
layout lines to work with. Then I used my bandsaw to cut near the line.
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Next I fastened the metal to my wood base and used a flush-trim bit on my
router to finish the four corners. A keen eye will notice the metal is
above the wood surface. I used some washers between the metal and wood
to give me some separation for the bearing to ride on.
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This only took a few minutes and after a quick deburr with some
sandpaper, the wooden part is almost finished.
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