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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject: Thin gear strut plate solution



Great Job Larry,

So far no cracks on my thin plates but my wheelpants are off and and

keeping a close eye on the situation.

Are you planning on turning up a bunch of plates all at once...i.e do

you need us to order them now, or are you OK to make them as one offs as

needs arise?

Thanks Larry....

Frank

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larrymc(at)qconline.com
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: Thin gear strut plate solution



Hi Frank,

I've turned 4 sets of 3 for .065 wall struts and this week began a

fourth set of 3 to practice TIG welding the gear

plates. The sample strut tube has to be a perfect sliding fit and I

find that TIG provides the least amount of diametral

change. First sample tubes were thinner, so the next set will tell us

if the machined diameter will hold dimension after

welding. I always practice a critical weld several times to obtain

optimum form, depth of penetration, etc. Tomorrow

I start on the heavier material and will have a much better feeling for

if this process is going to be o.k. If it becomes

necessary to make a few more, I'll just do them as one offs. Have to

cut the samples thru to see if penetraton is where

its needed. You should be hearing from me later this week, but.don't do

anything until you hear I'm satisfied with

this idea. My welds look beautiful, but the thin tubes got out of round

by .003 while heating and cooling.

Have been playing with leaky inner tubes this past week, so little else

got done over the holidays.

Larry

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Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis) wrote:

Great Job Larry,

So far no cracks on my thin plates but my wheelpants are off and and

keeping a close eye on the situation.

Are you planning on turning up a bunch of plates all at once...i.e do

you need us to order them now, or are you OK to make them as one offs as

needs arise?

Thanks Larry....

Frank

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