Thread: Making triple stacked washers old school

The Guy that machined this possibly does ;-)

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Thank ScienceGuy too! He's the one that made the main die I'm using!

Also, what're you doing for the locking washer under the collar?

I still need a punch for that, or find some for the time being

Im going to make a video later of the punch in action

Need wifi to upload video sadly. But the punch pops perfect collars out of 0.016 aluminum. Was unsure since I'd only tried it on 0.005 brass.

Originally Posted by EisenFaust

Could model the complex ones in 3D and have a die CnC'd

Sure,if you had commitments for 4K worth of washers,you might break even,been there, done that

Can pump one out every 60 seconds basically....loooove this die.

Great solution to the problem.
The support washers would be 0.063- 0.068 hole dia by 0.093 dia OD. and about 0.010-0.015 thick.

I did a similar with a double washer hand held punch and die. The tube aligned the set and the pre drilled and punched blank.

~Richard
PS, the greatest thing about the stamped washers is that they will conform to the scale as you pin, where the solid ones off the 'bay do not and always look a bit odd on a curved surface.

I agree, these fit soooo much better, I put the aluminum ones to use on the marsh brothers razor and they would have looked aweful if they were those machined ones due to the contours of the scales, if the scales arent completely flat there would be gaps around the collar definitely.

Friend made me two more punches....one for brass pivot washers other for stacked collar support washer.