how easy would it be to machine the raised IR off my calipers? and what should i expect to pay if it can be done?








cheers

 

What you want is a machinist mate
That would be a piss of piss for someone with a milling machine

 

thats not hard at all would you want the full face skimming to a mirror finish

 

Angle grinder, followed by a belt sander.

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I was thinking that as the rest of the face is really bumpy!

 

If you take it to a proper machine shop they will posibly charge you an hour or two labour, which depending on the type of machine shop could be Ł25 an hour to anything higher really. But to be honest I could do that in my dinner break

 

it all depends on the setup cost so around Ł50 ish

 

lol corect the guy on his wording and fuck up on yours

 

next question, Anybody know anywhere in the manchester area that can do this?

 

send them to me ill do it for free.

 

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I cannot see the point in polishing one bit.

 

you could do that with a flap wheel and the a da

 

I was only trying to help the chap as 'engineer' covers a whole range of trades fella, so lets see if I spell this correctly................................Fuck off and find a life

 

Mottram engineering will do them for you.
Pm me for the the details.

Dave

 

Pips that for any machine shop,I'd say no more than Ł50 all in.probably no more than an hours work but if you want it polished a bit more.

 

Cheers for the offer! by the time i send them and get them picked up its prob going to cost what a machine shop could do them for! If only you were closer

Thanks again tho i will keep you in mind!

Does anybody think it will affect the caliper if i take a thin skim off it all?

cheers

 

anyone?

 

you could either mill it of or even grind it off with a horizontal grinding machine,not hard and shouldn't take long to clock it up with a DTI and mill/grind the lettering off.

with grinding you would get a better finish,either way it shouldn't do any harm to the caliper if you clean off the lettering.

 

as a degree qualified mechanical engineer i appreciate the sentiment, but resent the fact that you would apply the term engineer to a tradesman. i know it's common, but it's not right.

 

do you reckon it will make the caliper structlly weaker taking a layer off the side?

cheers

 

depends where and in what direction the forces are applied and what you mean by 'weaker'

 

Na mate wont make it any weaker as your only taking the lettering off as stated above + maybe a couple of thou to clean up the full face.definatly not a hard job.

 

that will be

 

I am confused.com

What is wrong with applying it to a tradesmen then?

 

I will take it up to my local engineering shop and get them to take it off! would body filler be upto the heat on the calipers?

 

Engineer was originally a Professional title, (Degree qualified) but has been "Mis-Used" for a loonngg time when describing anyone working with "nuts and bolts"

I'm an Electrical and Mechanical Technician by qualification, but quite often get referred to as an engineer.
Note the difference in the 2 engineers

A Professional Engineer would have letters after his name so there couldn't be any confusion between the two.

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normly filler wount ,alloy filler will tho

 

any good ones to go for? im just going to get the lettering took off then shap a bit of filler to stipple it i think!

 

Mmm, ok then, still confused though
So basically its an old term for a degree qualified person that has now evolved, rightly or wrongly, through its use by the general public to cover a whole host of things? and generally the public would have no idea that degrees should be involved with it?
Oh and sorry to the OP for going a bit off subject

 

Correct.

And I still think a grinder then belt sander is the best option for the caliper, it's overkill having it machined.
But then I'm not an Engineer, just someone with over 40 years experience in everyday engineering solutions.

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Im a machinists and have eng' after my name when I qualified. Even my deeds say engineer in precision machining.

But Yh the breaks should take half hour max mate.

 

I am a machinist, an engineer and a machine shop manager. But i find it easier to say i work as an Engineer to joe bloggs.

 

I am also an Engineer, albeit without a degree, and have been for 20 odd years now, well thats what all my qualifications state anyway so somewhat confused by it all really lol.

Tbh I would just grind the letters off myself and then flat it back down, take about 10 minutes I reckon