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Cruz'n right along...
Here's the bottom holes of the taper block which are lining up quite precisely with the bolt holes and registration pin hole. Haven't made the pins yet (we'll get there) but, I used a drill bit for a test and it was dead on (wheew!).
The bolt at the top is a tang keeper. MT has a tendency to spin so the bolt can optionally be screwed in lightly up to the tang to keep it from spinning.
And of course, MT's tend to get stuck so there's a threaded hole in the back to push out a stuck taper piece.
Here it's just sitting in position to give some perspective. The disk accommodates 6 attachment pieces. Perhaps the pictures are clear enough to see a rounding bit was used to break the corners of the block. Quite necessary to do that or this thing would be a knuckle widow maker.
Now it's time for heat treating which I might start tonight -possibly tomorrow. After that, we'll black-oxide it then clean-up the taper and holes after treating.
Ray
Here's the bottom holes of the taper block which are lining up quite precisely with the bolt holes and registration pin hole. Haven't made the pins yet (we'll get there) but, I used a drill bit for a test and it was dead on (wheew!).
The bolt at the top is a tang keeper. MT has a tendency to spin so the bolt can optionally be screwed in lightly up to the tang to keep it from spinning.
And of course, MT's tend to get stuck so there's a threaded hole in the back to push out a stuck taper piece.
Here it's just sitting in position to give some perspective. The disk accommodates 6 attachment pieces. Perhaps the pictures are clear enough to see a rounding bit was used to break the corners of the block. Quite necessary to do that or this thing would be a knuckle widow maker.
Now it's time for heat treating which I might start tonight -possibly tomorrow. After that, we'll black-oxide it then clean-up the taper and holes after treating.
Ray