I planned last Saturday for a good long session in the shop today to make the stainless steel bushings for my dad and to make the couplers for the Portabee. As of yesterday late night, I know that it'll not come to pass when my mum called saying my grandmother has been warded. We were over at the hospital visiting her till past midnight, reaching home bashed.
This morning, I spent about half an hour in the shop to complete a piece of the coupler for the Portabee. As I ran out of aluminium of the right size, brass was used instead. Machining brass is such a joy and I went absolutely coolant free. Tapping the M6 and M3 presented no challenge at all. I don't know if it's the effect of the 2 new HSS taps I got from Mike or it is just the nature of brass. And, no additional effect is required to make brass look great.
This is how it looks installed:
This morning, I spent about half an hour in the shop to complete a piece of the coupler for the Portabee. As I ran out of aluminium of the right size, brass was used instead. Machining brass is such a joy and I went absolutely coolant free. Tapping the M6 and M3 presented no challenge at all. I don't know if it's the effect of the 2 new HSS taps I got from Mike or it is just the nature of brass. And, no additional effect is required to make brass look great.
This is how it looks installed:
I'll be machining 2 flats to aid in tightening the nut against it.
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