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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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This view shows the thread path. The tensioner was made from the outter coil of an old lawn mower throttle cable. The various "pig-tails" were cut from a spring using a Dremel & heavy cut-off disk.
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Keywords: Thread Carrier; Tensioner
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Bill Stevens
Registered: April 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 712
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Tue August 9, 2005 4:58pm
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That gizmo look stout enough to "catapult" big boulders over the castle wall. This looks like a "government" job to me! Any idea what it cost someone? Please include machinist time in quote.
Gon Fishn
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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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Tue August 9, 2005 5:17pm
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Bill, the durn thing was built mainly from recycled aircraft-grade aluminum purchased from a scrapmetal yard at 30 to 90 cents/pound (all from nearby military facilities).
The components were cutout with a reciprocating saw with bi-metal blade, and then filed down to final shape, requiring multiple file purchases and causing lots of blisters - over a 7 month period. It was lots of fun to build.
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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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Tue August 9, 2005 6:17pm
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To clarify: The rod wrapper base, rod supports, thread carrier, etc. took 7 months to build, not the thread carrier.
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Derek McMaster
Registered: April 2005
Location: Rohnert Park, California
Posts: 65
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Tue August 9, 2005 10:56pm
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Wow....that stuff is not just built it is ENGINEERED. It will last forever as long as it is not at ground zero or hit by lightning....An inspiration to us all as to what CAN be done given the time and motivation......I have a huge scrapyard near me......Hmmmmm.....Wish I had just a few more tools. How about a little more detail as to how the tension is maintained? That is where my present set up has problems.
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Stan Gregory
Registered: July 2005
Location: Coastal NC
Posts: 163
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Wed August 10, 2005 12:21am
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Derek,
The "thread tension" is controlled from the spool-end, using an inner spring and an outter binder clamp, with associated washers/spacers, depending on thread spool length.
The lawn mower cable is to provide spring "back tension", to give a little leeway with errors made in wrapping the thread and is an aid to correcting errors and to maintain tension on what has already been wrapped. Hope this helps. All that's needed is an access to a drill press, a bunch of files, gloves and some patience. Some sort of saw it also needed for sawing 1/8th aluminun. Settle in for long times filing, listening to country music and a beer doesn't do much harm either.
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BIlly Vivona
Registered: March 2005
Location: Staten Island, New York
Posts: 2,910
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Wed August 10, 2005 12:33pm
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This may be a North Carolina thing, but can you please explain why you have a wooden dowel sticking out the side of your house?
Very nice job on all the tools. hopefully you'll spend more time wrapping rods now that you've spent more than 1/2 a year getting yourself all set up.
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