Second Batch of Brass GoPro Knobs
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Channel: Gary Truesdale · 2015 · Howto & Style
I'm getting faster, but its still tons of work to make brass knobs with manual manufacturing equipment. For this run I did what my machine shop mentor taught me and reduced the number of tool changes. This gets me to 7 minutes per GoPro knob pretty easy. With a little more tuning I could probably get in the five minutes per knob range with my equipment. That would get me close to 100 knobs per day. That would be full blast knob production in my garage machine shop. I pushed my 12 inch Craftsman lathe pretty hard today . I could hear the motor straining in back gear with the knurling. I also took heavy cuts with carbide tooling to cut the shoulder. I wanted to see what it could do. Everything held up. I oiled every shaft and gear. I removed every oil screw and filled it with oil and oiled every way. I also adjusted a pulley to eliminate a rub. My lather got a lot quieter. Especially in back gear. I experimented with the low speed non-backgear pulleys as well and I was surprised how slow I could get the lathe to run. Maybe it’s slow enough for some non-backgear knurling. I may do some testing. These Brass GoPro Thumb Screws are Designed for use with the FenceClip but they are also an elegant addition to any GoPro Solution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7vBZIYweP0 Thanks for watching.
