Today, Andrei Vinnichuk will show us how to make a conductor for making curls.
It is also called a snail or matrix. Do it yourself will show how to work with her,
how to make such a currency, and what is needed for this.
Read the article and take note.
Conductors come in different sizes.
Small, large, with and without clamps.
The author showed us only a small part that he has.
There are large and huge sizes.
During their work a lot of them accumulate. A specific conductor has to be manufactured for a specific job.
It also happens that the old conductor is not suitable for a new order.
Essential Suppliesof which Andrew will make a conductor. This material has already been, so the author will use what is available.
1. Strip 40 X 4 mm.
2. A piece of sheet 200 X 200 mm and 6 mm thick.
3. A section of a profile 20 X 20 mm, about 100 mm long.
From the profile we do fixtures for fastening in a vice.
Tools and assemblies.
1. Horn.
2. The grinder.
3. Discs and cleaning devices for grinders
4. Ticks, vise, thermowells.
Starting to make a snail, heats the edge of the strip in the furnace.
And twists on the “plug”
forming a starting curl.
Further, the bending process is carried out "on the cold", with a large bend radius it is already easy.
Advancing a few centimeters at a time, and bending a little bit.
If you need the exact size of curl currency.
The author recommends drawing a snail on the sheet where the conductor will be welded.
And in the process of forming try on the workpiece.
In principle, what we need. Will do.
An important point, the distance from this point
before this
should be the same along the entire length of the spiral.
In short - the inter-turn distance should be constant.
Now you need to make a smooth descent along the height of the spiral. So that you can substitute the workpiece horizontally, and gradually lower it as the diameter of the workpiece increases. Marks with chalk what needs to be cut off.
Installs a metal disc on the grinder and cuts it off.
On the front side, a snail is welded from a strip to the base.
On the reverse side, a profile is welded - fastening for a vice.
Here's what happened. Cut, cleaned, and now you can work on it.
He takes a blank from a square bar, heats the end.
Forms the final curl with a hammer.
After wrapping the end, you can switch to the brand new conductor snail.
The end warms up again, because the first radius is very small, and it’s hard to bend.
Cleans the scale with a wire brush.
Holds the ticks begins the process of twisting.
Further, the effort is not so great, you can not warm up.
Done! Curl with snail. He made one product, but it turned out two. And you can bend on it a lot more of the same exact size curls.
Actually made snail.
Thanks to Andrey Vinnichuk for the efforts and the experience!
Link to the original video - under the text of the article is the "source" button.
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