The discussion about hte miter fence being unstable and the link to that oh so beautiful miter fence clamp has me thinking ont thing...
My handwheel terrifies me.
I am certain one day it will break off in my hand as I overly eagerly run the blade up to do a blade change....
And then my brain got to thinking something stupid.. or not..
I know there USED to be options for metal handwheels for the BT3x00, early BT3000s had them, and there were aftermarket wheels that fit and adapters to mount more standdar ones...
But has anyone tried taking say the handwheel from a BT3100, and using it to make a mold to cast a new aluminum handwheel?
The process looks simple, but I don't want to, well get a forge to melt down enough aluminum, and enough casting sand to make the mold to make ONE cast aluminum handwheel...
Does anyone else here do this sort of thing, or have any friends that do that would be interested in knocking a few out for members here at a reasonable cost?
I know in my case, I can work the pieces once cast, cut off casting slag, smoothing, polishing, and if we are lucky enough to do the wheel AND the knob drilling and tapping the threads...
Heck if they are local to HOUTX I can even provide the aluminum given about 2 weeks notice (my neighbors would happily contribute soda / beer cans to the cause!)
Am I the only one here thinking this?
My handwheel terrifies me.
I am certain one day it will break off in my hand as I overly eagerly run the blade up to do a blade change....
And then my brain got to thinking something stupid.. or not..
I know there USED to be options for metal handwheels for the BT3x00, early BT3000s had them, and there were aftermarket wheels that fit and adapters to mount more standdar ones...
But has anyone tried taking say the handwheel from a BT3100, and using it to make a mold to cast a new aluminum handwheel?
The process looks simple, but I don't want to, well get a forge to melt down enough aluminum, and enough casting sand to make the mold to make ONE cast aluminum handwheel...
Does anyone else here do this sort of thing, or have any friends that do that would be interested in knocking a few out for members here at a reasonable cost?
I know in my case, I can work the pieces once cast, cut off casting slag, smoothing, polishing, and if we are lucky enough to do the wheel AND the knob drilling and tapping the threads...
Heck if they are local to HOUTX I can even provide the aluminum given about 2 weeks notice (my neighbors would happily contribute soda / beer cans to the cause!)
Am I the only one here thinking this?
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