Today, some work was done on the first of two plates that will eventually be welded onto the fuel tank barrel. As mentioned before, the end plates would be cut with a 6" diameter hole saw bit in the mill/drill. This work ended up being quite tedious and time consuming as the mill/drill is far under powered for this operation. The hole saw had a tendency to grab and stall the spindle of the mill/drill and cause the machines breaker/fuse to trip constantly. While this is not necessarily good for the machine, this was the easiest method to cut out the blank end plates. After about a hour of cutting, success was finally reached with the first cut out.
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