99-100 Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Don't know if I'm slow or just afraid. I've read Steve Wagners piece on bolt jeweling and built my jig and have the bolt polished but unlike skydiving (you get to altitude they open the door, you get out) I'm having trouble actually doing it. Anyone out there who's done it? Thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyjim Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 what part of it are you having trouble with? i did a little bit of it years ago on a dash peice for a friends firebird. we actually used a drill press, valve grinding compoud & a pencil turn upside down and it came out preety good for not knowing what we were doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Done several, what are the issues? I use a milling machine and a index jig, but the principal is the same as the b square jig. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99-100 Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Probably just anxiety but I presume you just start at one end and methodically work your way down by way of an "index". I plan on using a drill press and home made jig. I guess I just need to chuck it up and give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 The key to getting good results is uniformity. Always advance an equal amount each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99-100 Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I learned some time ago the first time I do something it usually has a HUGE learning curve. So I grabbed a large diameter punch and buffed it so it had a degree of shine and clamped in in my x-y vise and proceeded to practice. I quickly realized I needed some way to index it (as mentioned in the previous post) so I marked some masking tape and cut it to fit. I figure I'm going to have the nicest looking punch in town by the time I get it all worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99-100 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Picture is from my phone. I used a pencil eraser chucked in my drill press for about 15 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Picture is from my phone. I used a pencil eraser chucked in my drill press for about 15 seconds. Looks good from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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