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Working With Metal Continued

 

With the all the straight lines machined, it's time to address the radii in the corners. BTW, the thickness of the sides are 1/2" with the 1/4" holes in the middle.
 

 

 

With only four areas that need work, I used a file and worked to the line.
 

 

 

This didn't take long and it worked out great.
 

 

 

Here is the finished work piece that will be fastened to the top of the wood.
 

 

 

A close-up of one end, which I'm happy with. Now it's time to work on the wood piece again.
 

 

 

Working With Wood Again

 

If you remember the wedding present I made earlier, this will be the same concept that I did before. I'm going to drill and tap the wood for some 1/4-20 threads. First I'll use a center drill, then the tap drill size and then finish with the threads.
 

 

 

Here I'm drilling all my holes and getting ready to put threads in each one. I hand tapped each one in place of power-tapping with my milling machine. The reason is because I have no idea how that would've turned out so I was being cautious.
 

 

 

Next I used a pencil and traced around my metal piece giving me some layout lines to work with. Then I used my bandsaw to cut near the line.
 

 

 

Next I fastened the metal to my wood base and used a flush-trim bit on my router to finish the four corners. A keen eye will notice the metal is above the wood surface. I used some washers between the metal and wood to give me some separation for the bearing to ride on.
 

 

 

This only took a few minutes and after a quick deburr with some sandpaper, the wooden part is almost finished.
 

 

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