vance r Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Has anybody tried to make a nut box using a 3d printer to create a pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Welcome from the Ozark mountains. If you don't mind, what are you calling the nut box, never heard the term. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance r Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 On a post vise it would be the center of the vise that contain the female threads for the jaws. They tend to wear out over the years. I know it is the first thing I check on any desent looking vise. There are no replacements available anywhere. I have even read of guys using scaffold leg screws and adapting them in. I know that making one is probably be more costly than buying another vise but I have found some really nice post vise with hardly any thread in the nut. Just seems there would be someone that has tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Okay, that's called the screw box and ya, it's a wear item, Sears used to carry replacements for most brands. I'm trying to visualize how a 3D printer could make a pattern or replacement screw box. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance r Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 Ah...Ok ..well I got the box part right. I've restored a few post vises and always wished I could find replacements. I'm a welder/ mechanic by trade but I was always interested in anything metal. I have the tool now to set up a small forge. Just have to put a shop together. I never had the opportunity to use a 3d printer but I know that a good one can print a nut and bolt and the nut will screw off the bolt when it is done. I was just throwing it out there. Maybe somebody that is more connected to the tec world could figure it out. It would be nice. thanks. This was my last project of 8 yrs. It is in a museum outside of Cincinnati now. I learned a lot about moving sheet metal. I'm really looking forward to getting the forge going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 What type of 3D printer? And what material. Filament printers make parts that are fairly weak between the layers, so the threads will probably pull out pretty easily. However, if you are printing it as a lost wax style casting, brass or bronze would be pretty effective. Personally, I really interested in how other have forged the screw and box. I know thread has been a post here on that before, but I never asked for details… Keep it fun, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 What a great restoration of the old fire truck. What make is it? If you have more pictures and have documented it, I and bet other members would love to see a post about the work here. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/52610-jeep-willys-lovers-of-old-vehicles/ I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance r Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 I consider this a preservation more than a restoration. Restoration is a whole other level. There was hours of time spent at the wire wheel and bead blast cabinet. I hired out the blasting of the frame. Glad I did! The Pump was a challenge. It was bronze and extremely heavy. Once I had shortened the boom on my engine hoist It didn't lift high enough to clear the frame. I ended up lowering the frame. . If you want more info on the work I can do that. All i can say is I'm glad I lived long enough to see it thru. The one picture is of it stripped down at the museum after they painted it the 'proper Seagrave red'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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