Creating a centering jig for PTFE rod

Here's my very simple re-told explanation of how to create a centering jig to make it easy to find the center of a 5/8" PTFE rod, which you have to do each time you have to (re)build the extruder on a RepRap.

Blog: http://www.keegan.org/reprapblog/

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[dzuari]

You should cut the wood in half from the center of the hole and parallel to the outside of the block, then fix one side to your vice and the other piece to the other side of your vise. That will make a fixture to clamp and unclamp quickly, then you just have to center the PTFE tubing to your drill, now you can crank them out in no time :).

Im a US manufacturer, machinist, pattern & mold maker, foundry worker and engineer, check out my channel, im sure you'll like the videos.

[grogyan]

Cool, don't forget to link this video to your RepRap wiki page.

I created a link to that page from the Mendel extruduer.