Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Angle Iron Ways

You just made me spend the better part of the day reading about ECM instead
of doing paying work.

http://www.unl.edu/nmrc/ECMoutline.htm

This stuff is very cool and I don't see any reason this can't be implemented
by almost anyone. I reminds me of my electroplating experiments a couple of
years ago, except it uses much safer electrolytes (you should have heard my
wife when she found out I had cyanide solutions out in the garage.)

I might fire it all back up to experiment with some electropolishing.

On 8/17/06, Graham Stabler <eexgs@...> wrote:
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Gillies" <neil@...> wrote:
>
> >I'd appreciate some off-the-wall thoughts.
>
> You asked for it! :)
>
> Make a tool out of stainless steel that looks essentially like the
> roller you will eventually use. Mount this on some basic form of
> spindle, something like a cheap cordless screwdriver will do. You now
> have a rotating electrode for Graham's patent pending ECM rail
> finishing method. The rotation creates a centrifugal flushing action.
>
>


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