Hello lovers to craft. Surely many of us once visited the idea of making a speedometer out of a car cable. It looks pretty reliable, so it must withstand quite large loads. One author decided to implement a similar idea. The solution was very simple and practical. can be connected to a drill. As an experiment, the author installed a disc from a grinder on the shaft, but this is not the best solution, since metal cutting requires high speeds, which the drill cannot give out. But if you install a drill chuck on the shaft, you can drill, engage in milling, and so on.
If homemade Interested in you, I propose to familiarize yourself with it in more detail.
Materials and tools used by the author:
Material List:
- a bolt with nuts and washers;
- bearing;
- two PVC pipes of different diameters;
- car speedometer cable.
Tool List:
- gas-burner;
- solder and flux;
- drill with drills;
- vise;
- spanners;
- a hacksaw.
Homemade manufacturing process:
Step one. Bearing installation
First, we need to install the bearings in the PVC pipe, which will be part of the handle. We select the desired diameter of the bearing and press it into the tube. To do this, the end of the pipe must be heated with a gas burner, and then a vice will come to the rescue.
Step Two Installing the working shaft
As a working shaft a bolt is used. In his head you need to drill a hole, a cable will be installed here. The author solders the cable by installing it in the hole in the bolt. Well, then we install the working shaft in the housing from a tube with a bearing, fix it with a nut.
Step Three Finish the pen and test
As a continuation of the pen, the author used another piece of a tube of a smaller diameter. To install the tube on the cable, you need to cut it along. Then this tube is pressed into another, larger diameter. At the other end, a nut from the speedometer cable is installed. In order not to cut the tube, you can remove the terminal from the cable. Since we do not need it. Then just put the tube on the cable in advance.We fix the tubes with each other using self-tapping screws.
That's all, after that the device is ready, we connect the flexible shaft to the drill. As an experiment, the author, using washers and nuts, mounted a disc from a grinder on a flexible shaft. In the future, it is planned to install a drill cartridge here.
That's all, the homemade product is ready, I hope you liked the idea. Good luck and creative inspiration, if you decide to repeat it. Do not forget to share with us your ideas and homemade products.
