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Conference 44.392::eng_in_miniature

Title:Engineering in Miniature
Moderator:ESPO01::NEALE
Created:Fri May 29 1992
Last Modified:Wed Mar 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:166
Total number of notes:1928

75.0. "Reaming vs Boring" by MARVIN::ROBINSON (NCL on a PC) Wed Jul 07 1993 14:28

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75.1Try stoning the edges, carefully?PKLC03::WELLCOMESteve Wellcome PKO3-1/D30Wed Jul 07 1993 16:0315
75.2Stone the reamerMARVIN::ROBINSONNCL on a PCThu Jul 08 1993 10:0714
75.3My reamers don't like removing muchNEWOA::NEALEWho can, do - who can't, consultThu Jul 08 1993 13:4417
75.4When is "until the reamer would not quite go through"MARVIN::ROBINSONNCL on a PCThu Jul 08 1993 14:4115
75.5Phospor Bronze Reaming.UKCSSE::CAMPThu Jul 08 1993 15:1124
75.6Reamed holes...UKCSSE::CAMPFri Jul 09 1993 11:5835
75.7or D-bitting....9331::GREENMANWed Jan 25 1995 12:4623
75.8How about home-made hones?GALLOP::NEALEWho can, do - who can't, consultMon Jan 06 1997 15:5955
75.936677::GINGERRon GingerMon Jan 06 1997 19:398
75.10PGMS, lobingGALLOP::NEALEWho can, do - who can't, consultTue Jan 07 1997 11:5915
75.11laps work good...TALLIS::GREENMANTue Jan 07 1997 14:0737
75.12More lap details?GALLOP::NEALEWho can, do - who can't, consultTue Jan 07 1997 16:4331
75.13Lapping tools30513::FISHERwhile (!asleep) sheep++;Tue Jan 07 1997 20:2133
75.14more....TALLIS::GREENMANWed Jan 08 1997 00:1346
75.15Let's go round another lap...GALLOP::NEALEWho can, do - who can't, consultWed Jan 08 1997 10:2934
75.16and yet morTALLIS::GREENMANWed Jan 08 1997 13:1225
75.1736677::GINGERRon GingerWed Jan 08 1997 14:4033
75.1818559::WELLCOMESteve Wellcome SHR3-1/C22 Pole A22Wed Jan 08 1997 15:0338
75.19More lapping30513::FISHERwhile (!asleep) sheep++;Wed Jan 08 1997 17:1468
75.20More Lapping30188::TWAITSWed Jan 08 1997 19:4747
75.21and more ...TALLIS::GREENMANThu Jan 09 1997 13:5037
75.22More On Lapping30188::TWAITSWed Mar 05 1997 22:4618
I found a book from 1907 that has the most detailed discussion I have seen
on lapping. They suggest that after charging flat laps  with abrasive (by
pressing it into the lap with a hard block or roller), the lap should be
cleaned with solvent, then lubricated with kerosene for use. Grooves are
cut into the surface of the lap so that grit and loose metal dont roll
around between the lap and the work like a ball bearing. 

In a paragraph re making ring gages they suggest that one of the causes 
of "bell mouthing" is loose material, and that when very fine gages are 
made the gauge can be ground shorter after lapping (implying that the 
problem cant be entirely avoided?). I assume that they are talking about 
very small errors. I wonder if the mechanism that causes the error is the 
lap not running true if it is "floating"? There is a consistant message that 
a clean lap cuts much faster, so the obvious mechanism where the additional 
grit makes the hole bigger isnt supported by this discussion.

Unfortunately in another paragraph they talk about applying a small amount 
of abrasive to an internal lap as it is used...