<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2815"><span>Brian,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2810"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2811">no we don't have industrial areas in N.Z. , just grass with sheep & cows :)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2810"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2895"> I have a lathe & mill, but these grooves are particularly small & in stainless,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2810"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2972">so wanted a bit of advice before I attacked them.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2810"><span>Cheers Alan</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2809"><span><br></span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2836"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2835"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2834"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2971"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2943"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 14, 2015 3:36 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2840"><br><div id="yiv5879693298"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2839"><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2838"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2837">Alan, Can't you go down to an industrial area of New Zealand and pick up some equipment , like laths and mills?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2842"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_2841">Brian<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves<br clear="none">Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:20:14 +0000 (UTC)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5879693298yqt5552563734" id="yiv5879693298yqt06717"><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3018"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3043"><span>Thanks Hank & Emile.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3017"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3016">That's a brilliant idea Hank. I have found a couple of diamond blades for a dremmel drill</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3042"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3041">that are thinner than my smallest groove; & standard dremmel disks that will do for the</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3068"><span>larger of the two grooves. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3040"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3039">Am working on my brushless thruster & replacing the motors shaft with stainless, & extending &</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3038"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3069">machining it to fit my propeller.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3020"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3019">Cheers Alan</span></div><br clear="none"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3030"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3029"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3036"> <font face="Arial" size="2" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3037"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:58 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3028"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3027"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3026"><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3025"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3035"><span>Alan,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3034"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3033">If you have a parting tool, you can grind it to the thickness that you need, but wow that is thin. You will need to buy a grinding stone and a bench grinder for sharpening, if you haven't already. You need a special stone for the harness of the cutters. Your grinding disk idea is not bad, just take the disk and run a bolt and nut through the centre of the disk to hold it. Then clamp the bolt in your tool holder, spin the lathe as fast as it will go and slowly push the disk into the shaft. This is certainly not a standard idea, but us rookie machinists have creative licence to do this. :-)</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3032"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3070">Hank</span></div> <br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3031"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display:block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3024"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3023"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3022"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444791500329_3021"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div><div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:10 AM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>Hi, </div><div>I need to cut a few external circlip grooves in stainless 316 rod.</div><div>One is 1.1mm wide (3/64") & the other .7mm (1/32") wide. The shaft is 10mm & 8mm diameter.</div><div dir="ltr">I have a lathe tool that fits tungsten inserts & am wondering that IF I can get an insert</div><div dir="ltr">the right width, whether the tungsten would be too brittle for that.</div><div dir="ltr">Another option may be a dremmel drill & disk if I can set it up on the lathe carriage & if they have</div><div dir="ltr">grinding disks that diameter.</div><div dir="ltr">Any suggestions, comments appreciated.</div><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Alan</div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div>_______________________________________________
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