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05-30-2024, 03:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2024, 03:18 AM by physics.
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Ok, got the Dake press. Model 00. Much less slop than my panapress, and significantly bigger and heftier. While results are not perfect yet with swaging, it seems like they are at least fairly repeatable. E.g., the edge almost always rolls wrong in the same spot, and I can manipulate the swaging tool to choose which side of the eyelet has the defect. Based on that, I think I need to focus on getting the tool square with the face of the ram and securely fastened, of which it is neither.
The hole in the ram is 1/2" diameter give/take a couple mil, and the tool is 1/4" diameter. My quick fix of jamming cardboard behind the tool before tightening the set screw didn't pan out (though it got real close and for a few eyelets worked), so I think I'll pick up a couple nylon spacers from the hardware store that have the proper inner and outer diameters, and see if those will adequately center the tool in the hole. I'll cut one in half as well, and position it so that the tool is sandwhiched between it and the set screw. If anyone has other ideas, I'm open.
Pictures of a quick test run of eyelets with my "cardboard v-block" centering method:
Trying eyelets in the board turned out less consistent than doing the eyelets outside the board. Maybe the board made the tool shift around more in the hole?
As a side note, the drill press made putting those holes in the board easy breezy beautiful. Definitely a good use of money. They only wander because I free-handed the center punching to mark the hole placements.
The hole in the ram is 1/2" diameter give/take a couple mil, and the tool is 1/4" diameter. My quick fix of jamming cardboard behind the tool before tightening the set screw didn't pan out (though it got real close and for a few eyelets worked), so I think I'll pick up a couple nylon spacers from the hardware store that have the proper inner and outer diameters, and see if those will adequately center the tool in the hole. I'll cut one in half as well, and position it so that the tool is sandwhiched between it and the set screw. If anyone has other ideas, I'm open.
Pictures of a quick test run of eyelets with my "cardboard v-block" centering method:
Trying eyelets in the board turned out less consistent than doing the eyelets outside the board. Maybe the board made the tool shift around more in the hole?
As a side note, the drill press made putting those holes in the board easy breezy beautiful. Definitely a good use of money. They only wander because I free-handed the center punching to mark the hole placements.
