The strike plates in my renovation are not long enough to cover the trim, so it’s getting dinged up. Machining longer strike plates would be straightforward for the flat features, but how would I do the bends? I think the existing strike plates are 5/8 stainless, which is much too thick for our brake.
Is the solution to make a custom die and anvil and use the hydraulic press? I probably have enough of these to make to justify that.
I’d farm that out to send cut send.
Oh, that’s a good idea. I can 3D print to make sure I have the dimensions right and then send it out. I forgot that they did bending.
A member had briefly lent us a bender that could do thicker items like that. It was useful to a number of people, I think perhaps we should get our own version of that. The cost for the fundamentals would be $600-800.
Haha. I said 5/8. I meant .0625, not 0.625. Still twice as thick as the Dayton can handle.
You can make a bending die to use in the hydraulic press. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzFKwqY6NC0&pp=ygUPM2QgcHJpbnRlZCBkaWVz
I can cut it. I think you bend 1/16” pretty easily. The dimples could be done with a punch and a hammer.
Cut it on a fiber laser? I was originally thinking I’d do it on the Tormach, but the inside corners would have to be rounded with the tooling I have.
I could definitely 3D print (or Tormach) these dies:
I’d be game for trying that. Metals4U has .060 stainless.
I wonder which would be better for dies. PLA or Aluminum?
Send a file. I can cut it. I think I might have some 1/16". Westbrook is not open today
Hopefully one of these formats works:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19cD26fatuiJCmd4l9S8-bQfSwHOc_AYP?usp=sharing
@aneel What is dimension of the sketch so I can make sure it is to scale. The svg rescaled and it was gigantic.
if it’s a standard size use press fit metal locating pins.is that 100%infill?
The video Joe posted suggested only a 60% infill. The holes are 0.27", so I figure I can use 1/4" rod for pins. I’m going to print the piece again with holes there for metal pins.
The width might be a bit off. I remade the cad. The holes, and cutouts are spot on. The curved section might be off a small bit. I didn’t flatten out your cad model. Let me know if there are changes that need to be made?
Thanks, I’ll be in on Thursday if not earlier. Is there a file format that would have been more useful? STEP?
