Hello! Once upon a time, for my homemade projects, I made a jig for connecting with an oblique screw.
It doesn't look like much, but it does its job perfectly. To make it, you needed a piece of tubing and a hot glue gun.
And so I decided to slightly modernize my conductor and made a new one. The materials and functionality have remained virtually unchanged, but the appearance has improved significantly. Meet! Jig for an oblique screw, version 2.0.
Compared to the old conductor
Materials and tools
To make it I needed:
- Steel tube.
- Hot glue sticks.
- Metal corners.
- Aluminum tape.
Tools:
- Hacksaw for metal.
- Metal scissors.
- Sandpaper.
Making a conductor
For the tube I used a metal corner. Inner diameter 9.1 mm.
I ordered the drill from China. Drill diameter 8.9 mm.
The drill enters with a slight play.
I saw off the excess from the corner.
I cut the tube at an angle of 75 degrees.
It turned out to be 2 tubes.
Sanded it a little with sandpaper.
I cleaned the tubes and set them aside.The hardest part is over.
I'm starting to make the mold for filling. To do this, I took 2 metal corners
I bent one of the sides at 90 degrees and cut off the ears.
The resulting form was covered with aluminum tape.
The next step is to cut the sticks for the glue gun. I put them in the form.
I take another piece of aluminum tape and glue the shape onto it. When the glue melts, it will prevent it from leaking out of the mold.
I take an old frying pan, place the mold in it and add pieces of hot glue. You don’t need to put too much in at once, because... There may be too much glue and it will start to leak out of the mold.
I set it to bake. Temperature 200 degrees. Add salt and sugar to taste)
When the first batch melted, I added more glue. I added it 2 times in total.
When all the glue had melted, I removed air bubbles with a toothpick.
The conductor is ready. I left it in the oven so that it cooled evenly.
The glue has hardened and it’s time to check the conductor in action.
I fix it with a clamp and drill.
It turned out pretty good. The inlet and outlet holes turned out to be at the same level.
The connection turned out smooth and strong. I couldn't break it with my hands.
To summarize, I will say that the conductor turned out to be a worker. It does its job no worse than the original. And if you compare their prices, then my conductor is a clear favorite. Whether to make such a conductor or not, I leave the choice up to you.
That's all. See you again!
