yup

Ok I will be doing this on a proper chunk of cast-iron....

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/images/R...C/DCP05690.JPG

My little press does not have the Hp to do this.

Will have pictures of the prosses shortly.... :)

Now your talking :D


ooh man, I love Bridgeports!


Jon

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5905.jpg
http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5906.jpg
http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5907.jpg
http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5908.jpg


came out pretty damn good, Mind if I say so myself... :D
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Some close-ups of the actual retention
 

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5909.jpghttp://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5910.jpghttp://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5911.jpghttp://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5912.jpghttp://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5913.jpg

2 springs from a couple of dead BIC finepoints, and 2 short pieces of PVC on the back. This is to insure a very snug fit, while protecting the heater cartridge from getting damaged by over tightening.

ut oh, guess what I just observed..... did you notice how those might be obstrocting the mounting hole places... or how do you plan on adapting it for that?


Jon

I am planning on encasing this in a box made of phenolic resin to insulate it when it returns. I was planning on just tapping AMD mounting holes into that.

let me kid no one not.... this is one big chunk of copper.... :D


had it on a 12v car battery here, running the two elements in parallel.... took it about 5 minutes to get up to 55ºC... then I dis-connected, it's now 15 minutes after that, and it's slowly starting to come down.... about 0.1ºC every 10 seconds....

this thing should be awesome for getting some real accurate and extremely stable measurements.....

http://3rotor.homelinux.com/SCM-BB/c...b_dscn5917.jpg

Nope, thought of that even before I got going in AutoCAD

;)