I hve just mchined a funnel that I will use for Hi-Flo nozzles and jerry cans
Neat is it 3D printed?
No I machined it out of an off cut of 70x80 mm block of industrial plastic
Nicely done. Every item of camping and 4WD gear should have at least two purposes. That funnel should come in handy in your RTT at night.
How much will you sell me one for?
To machine one for sale would be expensive, the material I used was an off cut purchased from a local company that instals and maintains center pivot irrigators and it cost $20 which was cheap . I priced a piece of aluminium and it was about $60 or $70 . The machining would be several hours as there is quiet a lot of material to be removed and a couple of set ups are required as it has to be set up in a 4 jaw chuck to get the off set .then changed back to a 3 jaw chuck . It took me all day but I was making it up as I went . I would be happy to post a sketch with dimensions if you know somebody with a lathe who will to do a favor . If you took it to a machine shop the cost would be in the hundreds .
That would be most helpful Aussie Battler, thank you.
I hope this will be ok , the angle is 10 degres per side (thats what I set the top slide to ) ,the ID of the spout is 18mm , wall thickness is 5mm with an undercut on the inside to form lip ,The 27 offset is from the OD of the collar to the OD of ths spout . You might be able to do without the collar but be careful of what you finish with on the inside , I put it there as a stopper against the filler neck and I also needed it so that I could hold it in the lathe for cutting the taper . Any questions just ask
You could probably fiddle the bottom of the funnel part to improve the flow , that looks similar to mine except that I managed to get a bit of an ofset lead in but not much ,I run out of room to get the boring bar in there .
Well done wakeo thank you. I look forward to seeing the file appearing and any further refinements.
checked it out on amazon ,would be perfect , I would not have wasted a day and still have my plastic off cut . But I got the pleasure of doing it my self ,only put my other projects back a day
