Staking Keystone turrets
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Staking Keystone turrets
Do you guys have anything other then the Hoffman tool for staking those keystones? Maybe a tool I may have around and not think of? Ive been using a hex bit similar to the bit George uses for the metro turrets and with my drill press it works perfectly but none fit inside the smaller keystones and I wont ream them. Their weak enough as is.
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I guess something like this
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... =hi&n=1000
Ill stop at the hardware store tomorrow and see if I can find something that will work.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... =hi&n=1000
Ill stop at the hardware store tomorrow and see if I can find something that will work.
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Yeah, pretty much something like that.Billy Batz wrote:I guess something like this
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... =hi&n=1000
Ill stop at the hardware store tomorrow and see if I can find something that will work.
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staking tool
i have a keystone staking tool that i got from mouser 23.51. you can use it for staking wide roll eyelets and for turrets. it a good tool. you mount it in a drill press and use it. one thing that i did was, took a flat washer 3/8 i think and ground a flat on it so that the set screw in the anvil would sit flat on the drill press deck. if you buy one you will see what i mean. it's a tool to have. leon
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Flames how do you stake them with a mallet without destroying the turret? Now I see why you need 2 peices for the Hoffman staking tool. If you hammer or press down with the top of the turret taking the force it will bend or smash. One of the pieces of that tool fits over the shaft of the turret but presses against the base and allows the pressure to just be on the base of the turret instead of the top.
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I tried hammering them and I flattened the split "key" part. Then I tried a really dull chissel but I split it down the center. I need to figure out a decent way to do it too ... hopefully cheap and easily found.
Gear:
'74 Super Lead rebuilt with '68 metro board and old stock mustards.
'73 Super Lead
'68 Basketweave with pre rola G12Ms
'70 Basketweave
'74 Super Lead rebuilt with '68 metro board and old stock mustards.
'73 Super Lead
'68 Basketweave with pre rola G12Ms
'70 Basketweave
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