The war continues.
No access to a lathe and milling machine.
Then there are the guys who make promises. I give up. In future I'll get those utterances in writing.
I hate South Africa. I think there are 5 people I trust. This is the era of the talker and not the doer.
Never met such a bunch of lying, risk averse people in my life.
I decided to wing it and make the cold side turbo flanges myself.
I've got a drill press and hand tools. I blued some 12mm plate and scribed it.
I used the cutting disc to rough shape the OD. After that I set the plates on the drill press and used a hole saw down to 10mm deep on each side.
I opened the hole and ran a 10mm bolt through and locked the plates together on the drill press.
I used the angle grinder with a new fan grinder to shape the OD.
It took some time. I got the part ground right to the scribe mark and used the green abrasive cloth to finish.
Part two was to drill a bunch of pilot holes on the ID because the hole saw cut was a wee bit small. After most of the holes had intersected the centre bit fell out kinda.
I helped it with a hammer.
On to the Aluminium burr. After running two small bolts through the pilot holes to keep the plates together I spent the day grinding all the way to the scribe mark and then used a flapper wheel to polish.
Klingspor Abrasives South Africa is my #1 sponsor. I have so much product I could open a store. I call Brent and tell him I need abrasives and he just says chat with Clodia and collect. Their products work.
Here's the stages of two days of blood, sweat and tears. The only downside are the splinters in my dang socks and feet.
