hillzabilly wrote:Nice one mate ,with the riser ,the flared section could be knocked down to 90' giveing a bigger area ta seal ,and need less tension on ya bolts to seal,I feel the tapered ones may distort ya plates over time ,as the pressure is on a very narrow margin to seal well,also on stripping to clean you may find that you need to reposition each cap to the same plate and position .cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Dig Brinker wrote:Up early and into it, good to see. Must've been dreaming about stills again :teasing-neener: drilling or slotting the rest of your risers? Look forward to your update Cap :handgestures-thumbupleft:
stilllearning wrote:I just had a lightbulb moment when you said you were using the drill press to lower your caps into the cutting wheel... Sounds like a good way to do it, I'm gonna give this a try next chance I get.
scythe wrote:Just make a way to lock the drill chuck from spinning so that if the grinder bites your not going to explode a disc as the drill rotates and bends the disc past the point of no return.
CaptainRedBeard wrote:scythe wrote:Just make a way to lock the drill chuck from spinning so that if the grinder bites your not going to explode a disc as the drill rotates and bends the disc past the point of no return.
Thanks for the advice scythe. I'm not sure how I will accomplish that, I'll have to suss it out when I get home from work. I'm sure I could jam the chuck somewhere to hold it steady.
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