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How to make Conical part?
seb43
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Posted: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 03:19 PM UTC
Dear All
I would like to connect 2 PS tubes with 2 different diameters and i need to make a conical part.

Does anybody have a good suggestion for the conical part ??

Cheers
Seb
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Posted: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 03:30 PM UTC
Depending on the diameters - try a pencil sharpener. For large size items you can just manually do it with sand paper or use a rotary sander and gently sand down the stock - the key to manually doing it is to go slow so you can get an even taper.
seb43
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Posted: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 03:32 PM UTC
Scott
Thanks for the quick answer

the big one have a 9 mm diameter the second one 5mm diameter
the conical part should have a lenght of 8 mm

I wil try that your tip tonight

cheers
seb
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