Hohner Hobo Finishing Details (for now)
In the continuing saga of getting my Hohner Hobo IV ready to print I finally received the rollers from Ramco machined to one-thousandth over size to allow for a bit of shrinkage. I also had to come up with a solution to mounting the delivery board on the front of the press. The board had been jerked off of the press at some point, stripping the plywood holes, but the holes in the bracket only allowed for a certain size of screw, and the plywood board is excessively thin, allowing only a certain length of wood screw. I pondered a while, then went to the hardware store to continue my pondering. The solution came only from a lousy choice of fasteners. I wanted to use flathead machine screws, but I needed stainless steel because I live close to the ocean. I hate Phillips-head, but of course they carry no slotted screws anymore, so I decided to use 1/2" Allen-head 10/32 machine screws. I purchased a tap to thread the mounting bracket (which is almost as thick as the plywood top), because I didn't want to mount the screws with a nut that would just fall off. A Fuller countersink bit from the set my son-in-law gave me allowed me to set the taper of the flat-head on the screws so they would be flush on the surface, and the photos are the result. The delivery board is now stronger than it ever was before. A tiny repair was made this evening to a corner of the plywood lamination, and now the press is ready to be inked up, and set up to print.
Hohner Hobo Finishing Details (for now)
In the continuing saga of getting my Hohner Hobo IV ready to print I finally received the rollers from Ramco machined to one-thousandth over size to allow for a bit of shrinkage. I also had to come up with a solution to mounting the delivery board on the front of the press. The board had been jerked off of the press at some point, stripping the plywood holes, but the holes in the bracket only allowed for a certain size of screw, and the plywood board is excessively thin, allowing only a certain length of wood screw. I pondered a while, then went to the hardware store to continue my pondering. The solution came only from a lousy choice of fasteners. I wanted to use flathead machine screws, but I needed stainless steel because I live close to the ocean. I hate Phillips-head, but of course they carry no slotted screws anymore, so I decided to use 1/2" Allen-head 10/32 machine screws. I purchased a tap to thread the mounting bracket (which is almost as thick as the plywood top), because I didn't want to mount the screws with a nut that would just fall off. A Fuller countersink bit from the set my son-in-law gave me allowed me to set the taper of the flat-head on the screws so they would be flush on the surface, and the photos are the result. The delivery board is now stronger than it ever was before. A tiny repair was made this evening to a corner of the plywood lamination, and now the press is ready to be inked up, and set up to print.