Strostkovy
Titanium
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- Oct 29, 2017
Some shops do an atrocious job on powder coat prep. I'd be surprised to have enough damage to worry about touching up for quite some time.
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Right in line with the cutter. I'd run well into the red on alloy steels. 6'es and 9'es at high speed eat powdercoat. And polane, and epoxy .... stainless would probably hold up but no paint I tried did.I'd be surprised to have enough damage to worry about touching up for quite some time.
See, this absolutely does not work if you cut steel and have a little oomph in the spindle. I've used everything on internal sheet metal - polane, epoxy, powdercoat - and none of it holds up, the way I run them inserts.
Possibly in a hardinge or bostomatic it'd be fine but not on a cinturn or an eagle or a panther or a k&t.
Much easier for me to just hit the sheet metal quickly once in a while with rattlecan. Looks just as good, easier to touch up, overall faster. I even quit trying to use bondo and all that to make the outside look beeyootiful. 85% is good enough, it's a machine.
That discovery saved me literally hundreds of hours. Also actually made the shop look nicer overall, cuz a half hour here and there is a lot easier to find than yet another major project.
I've been down this road. I designed a folded sheet metal base fromI am working on designing and building an enclosure for my PM-30MV conversion (mill)
I am trying to figure out the best metal for building the enclosure out of. I will be TIG welding it and possibly do some bending.
3105-H14 aluminum, painted both sides 0.063" thick
3105 H14 White Painted Aluminum Sheet | Coremark Metals
6061 aluminum 0.063" thick
6061 T6 Aluminum Sheet | Coremark Metals
A366/1008 cold rolled steel 16ga
Cold Rolled Steel Sheet Supplier | Coremark Metals
The steel is the cheapest, but I will have to paint it and worry about rust
6061 is easy to weld but it doesnt bend easy and I would want to paint it
3105 comes pre-painted, but I would have to grind the pain off in spots to weld and then re-paint
Anyone have experience building an enclosure/ maintaining one that can offer some insight?
Thanks!
I've went down this road years ago with a hobby machine....I am working on designing and building an enclosure for my PM-30MV conversion (mill)
I am trying to figure out the best metal for building the enclosure out of. I will be TIG welding it and possibly do some bending.
3105-H14 aluminum, painted both sides 0.063" thick
3105 H14 White Painted Aluminum Sheet | Coremark Metals
6061 aluminum 0.063" thick
6061 T6 Aluminum Sheet | Coremark Metals
A366/1008 cold rolled steel 16ga
Cold Rolled Steel Sheet Supplier | Coremark Metals
The steel is the cheapest, but I will have to paint it and worry about rust
6061 is easy to weld but it doesnt bend easy and I would want to paint it
3105 comes pre-painted, but I would have to grind the pain off in spots to weld and then re-paint
Anyone have experience building an enclosure/ maintaining one that can offer some insight?
Thanks!
Ekchully, that looks like you did a pretty nice job and it should work fine. Agree with you that I'd start with some 2" hoses to an external coolant tank but otherwise, not too bad for something in the garage.Not dumping on your plans, just sharing my experience.
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