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3 Piece Dial Production


neckyzips

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Ok, so back in the shop, finishing up my backlog and looking forward, several members have asked for dials, so i have been making a few here and there and thought i would show you guys the steps and ask if there was anything in particular you would like to see made. These are fun to make and take a lot of set up and jig making to get right but the end result is a nice dial with tight fitting inserts that can be anodized or painted to suit. Any text or logo can be added, or changed around. I will be making the standard dials MM, LP, RP, etc but if there is something you would like to add feel free to list it. 
Anodizing takes a while so i have sent some of the standards out to be done, meanwhile painting them works just fine too. 

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Stock brought to correct depth 

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Dials cut backwards 

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Cutting text

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Tool paths for the plexi, the plexi takes 0.25mm end mills to accurately cut the indexes so they fit correctly 

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Inserts finished they then get cleaned and polished 

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More plexi fun!
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