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====== What I want to accomplish ====== | ====== What I want to accomplish ====== | ||
* Build a machine to polish glass surfaces very smooth, | * Build a machine to polish glass surfaces very smooth, | ||
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When the two test float glass pieces got wet and smooth-ish they would bind together very strongly, stalling the motor. I needed to build something with more power and some inertia to overcome the spiky friction. | When the two test float glass pieces got wet and smooth-ish they would bind together very strongly, stalling the motor. I needed to build something with more power and some inertia to overcome the spiky friction. | ||
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+ | Using a scrounged office chair base, an old drill, some 3d-printed gears and a concrete round from bunnings. Shown here with some pottery on top, because it also worked as a pottery wheel. I used a variac to slow the drill down to a good speed. I ran into heat problems in the drill, and the office chair base was not as stable as I would' | ||
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+ | I ended up picking up a cheap pottery wheel off gumtree (classifieds website). I'll be using that in the future. | ||
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+ | ====== What I want to accomplish next time ====== | ||
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+ | * Build the reciprocating part, | ||
+ | * Test the process with my pottery wheel. | ||
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