Nice idea rchadwick !

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Cool, bang on that man! You even put the step in for the ramp lip!

Nice, now I thought I was the only one to think about it

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I also made another hole to "Lock" the head in place. My one took about an 2 hours and looks shit, sorry no pics, sorry

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I built my adapter from the lid

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The torch and welding rod was for the lip. I soldered a piece on, and filed it to shape. When I finally set up my CNC machine, it'll be a lot easier

How do you lock the heads with a second hole? Do you put a pin or something throuogh the hole? I just position it, and tighten the screw at the Head Stack pivot point. It seems to work fine, but I'm a little worried I'll pull the bearing out if overtightened. When I get to it, I'm going to rough up the aluminum where it meets the pivot point, helping to lock it in better.

Hi rchadwick....nice pic's and nice idea...thanks for that input.
I will make one asap

Regards/ Bosse

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Hi rchadwick,

From your picture,what is holding the head stack and ramp on both sides, if we can know how. My grand mother is harassing me she wants her pictures back.

Mau

Well, there isn't anything holding the head stack and ramp on the other side. What I did was drill holes in my tool, and put screws through the holes, and screw them into the head stack and ramp. I originally thought I'd need to get special screws, or some other mount (Was thinking of Hot Glue), but the ramp has a hole in it that looks like it was made just for this purpose. It's a tiny bit loose, but a spare screw from the drive will fit in it nearly perfectly. The hole isn't threaded, but the screw does fit.

@rchadwick

WOW

Thanks for the Great Share. i find it more accurate than $250 hair comb tool

will try make one for Seagate Portable First.
I have access to one of India's Top Mechatronics ToolRoom Workshop, will get it done from there.

Thanks Again, you made my day
regards
AshwaniGaur

hi is some one there ?

Yes, 5 years ago

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Hi rchadwick, very usefull tool.

We will try to make one.

thaks 4 your known

It is good, but for these ramped drives really not needed; technique and a good material for in-between is sufficient.


It is the non-ramped drives that really make the trouble (but even these can be done with good technique, and simple materials)


There is a reason some of us are called "pros", intense amounts of practice and trial and error.