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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-)

Posted by Bill Higdon
on 2002-11-06 08:45:54 UTC
Jerry Kimberlin wrote:

>jmkasunich wrote:
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>>It seems that anything simple that I can come up with will
>>require manual electrode feed. Is it practical to use
>>manual feed to burn out about 3/8" of a #8 tap? Or is slow,
>>smooth advance of the electrode too difficult to do?
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>I don't think you could do it easily by hand in this lifetime
>:-). A more practical way might be to use a hand held vibratory
>engraving tool with an insulater chucked in it that can hold the
>electrode. Most of the big tap burners (and some small ones) are
>just a vibration device that sits there and jiggles. In your
>one-off tribulation, you could hand feed that into the tap. You
>could duct tape the engraving tool to a rod chucked into your
>drill press to hold it all steady. Kind of rube goldberg but it
>should work once and hopefully you'll not break another tap :-).
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>JerryK
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I rmember an old book showing just such a device vibrating engraver
driving the tool (scrap metal rod about size of tap)
Bill Higdon

Discussion Thread

jmkasunich 2002-11-06 07:33:03 UTC Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jerry Kimberlin 2002-11-06 08:09:28 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Bill Higdon 2002-11-06 08:45:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) egroupscdh@W... 2002-11-06 09:04:19 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jerry Kimberlin 2002-11-06 09:24:11 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) RichD 2002-11-06 09:46:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jon Elson 2002-11-06 09:56:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jon Elson 2002-11-06 10:04:52 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jerry Kimberlin 2002-11-06 10:10:59 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Ian W. Wright 2002-11-06 10:24:08 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) jmkasunich 2002-11-06 11:40:31 UTC Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Paul Amaranth 2002-11-06 12:42:20 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Brian 2002-11-06 14:11:05 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) John 2002-11-06 14:47:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) Jon Elson 2002-11-06 22:56:24 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) turbulatordude 2002-11-07 04:46:41 UTC Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-) jmkasunich 2002-11-07 08:56:50 UTC Re: Tap burning EDM? Need it Quick and Dirty ;-)