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Old 26-11-2008, 03:13 AM
Ian Robinson
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Originally Posted by wysiwyg View Post
I wish I could do the lathe work myself, I just dont have the skills.
Its something I had to outsource.

But the remainder of the work will be done by me, as I do have some fabrication and welding experience.
You don't know if your machinist who's doing your lathework has more of the big round he is using to make the cap do you ?
Is it aluminium or steel ?
I don't fancy having to buy a whole 170mm diam steel round (cap it with aluminium ?) or a whole 152.4mm diam aluminium round .... will work out very expensive unless I can buy an offcut of suitable depth. (about 3")).

I am looking for something similar (probably a blank undrilled (no predrilled bolt holes (usually at this size it's 4 bolt holes) and no central hole) flange but I can't locate a standard one thick enough in steel (would prefer aluminium (this way it wount have any redox reactions with the base of my Altux (which is finely machined aluminium)).
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