skippy
Aluminum
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2005
- Location
- Canberra Australia
Chaps,
Last week I replaced the bed wipers on a Hardinge HC lathe with some generic Dynatech FB-AW wiper strip. While it would do the job, I thought it looked a bit ordinary, and CNCed up a pair of plastic covers to locate the wiper strip. The covers are shaped so that the preload on the lip seal presses the bottom of the cover against the sides of the bed, acting as basic wipers on these two faces. I still need to make some steel chip covers to protect the plastic covers, but overall it's cheap and cheerful solution.
I'm not sure how to do it, but I'm happy to post the drawing and gcode on the thread if there is any interest.
Cheers, Steve
Last week I replaced the bed wipers on a Hardinge HC lathe with some generic Dynatech FB-AW wiper strip. While it would do the job, I thought it looked a bit ordinary, and CNCed up a pair of plastic covers to locate the wiper strip. The covers are shaped so that the preload on the lip seal presses the bottom of the cover against the sides of the bed, acting as basic wipers on these two faces. I still need to make some steel chip covers to protect the plastic covers, but overall it's cheap and cheerful solution.
I'm not sure how to do it, but I'm happy to post the drawing and gcode on the thread if there is any interest.
Cheers, Steve