Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Turret assembly part 1






1. Blank garolite board (turret board)














2. Taped the layout to the board and used it as a drilling guide. Layout was drawn in a cad program at a 1:1 scale.








3. Drilling through the paper template into the garolite board with a 3/32" drill bit. This is the correct size for the turret to fit through. I used a speed square as a straight edge as a back stop to drill the holes nice and straight.







4. Holes drilled











5. Labeled the bottom of the turret board. I wanted to make sure I didnt put the turrets on the wrong side of the board.







5. To install the turrets I used a staking tool I got from Hoffman Amps. It consists of two bolts, one with a hole down the shaft to accept a turret and the other has a point on it to flare out the lug. The drill press was used as a light duty press. It was able to supply enough force to swage the turret





6. Top view of installed turret













7. Bottom view of installed turret





8. Finished turret board.

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