New replaceable ZCI prototype

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:24 am

I round mine with the disk sander. However, I have a template for the insert that I use to guide a router. It would be no problem to make another template and groove it for the insert and rout it round. Mine's a slip fit, so a couple small pieces of double sided tap would hold it for routing.

mountainbreeze wrote:I like this idea. Would it be possible to modify the design slightly so that the replaceable part would not have to be rounded off in the front? That would make it easier to make the part. Probably not due to the location of screw hole. Just thinking out loud.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:12 pm

mountainbreeze wrote:I like this idea. Would it be possible to modify the design slightly so that the replaceable part would not have to be rounded off in the front? That would make it easier to make the part. Probably not due to the location of screw hole. Just thinking out loud.

You might be able to get away with NOT rounding the one end but it is so simple to do.

When I make ZCI, I usually do the blanks (if not the complete ZCI) in quantity. To safe some time and, more importantly, to achieve some duplicity, I made a sanding jig. I use it on the belt sander but it could be done just as well on the disk sander.

The one hole (small) is the pivot point and the larger hole superfluous.

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