MadModder

Absolutely so Seadog, but not when on flexible reinforced nylon ! So ...... I got on with making a 'flanged 1/2" BSP Tee Piece 

I found a suitable bit of 4 mm brass plate, marked it out, drilled it, cut it to size (always cut last - more to hold when drilling!) and then brazed it to the Tee piece.

I decided to use Cu-Phos brazing rods for two reasons - a/ I have a bag of it, and b/ it doesn't need any flux when brazing copper or brass - handy stuff but DON'T use it for boiler making. My supply is left over from years back when I was making up custom fittings for the 100 kW induction furnace.

So, wire them together, and have at it with my propane torch. I use MIG welding wire - should be soft iron wire but I don't have any. If you, like me, use MIG wire, anneal it first by flashing the torch over it getting it red hot. In the as supplied state it's too springy and is difficult to handle. Also getting it red hot forms a nice oxide layer which prevents the brazing sticking to it.

Not the neatest item but certainly functional 

. . .just need now to mark out the machine frame, drill and tap it, and fit the hoses and wire it up

At long last the 24v DC solenoid valves have arrived so I've been able to get a better idea of the volume that they  take up. The various bits of brass plumbing have been to hand for days.

Dry assembling them and hanging them roughly in the place where I want them is the easy bit. The conundrum is to work out how to actually secure them such that not only are they firm enough to resist the inevitable vibration, but also such that they can be easily removed for maintenance.

All the joints will be sealed with Loctite 542 'pipe seal', which means that their rotational orientation can be set without making them actually tight until the 542 sets.

However there is nothing at all on the valves to fix them with. I've considered various methods - 3D printing a 'cradle'  - bending up brackets for the top and bottom 'nozzles' to go through - a bracket with hole that gets interposed between the nozzle thread and the valve - all have their pros and cons.

My current proposal is to braze a lump of brass to the central 'Tee' piece with ears to fix to the machine chassis, and hang everything off that.

Two hours on two days -each and X-axis measurement is ready.

Still left final cable routting, but this looks pretty compact.

Not as well hidden than my original plan, but better than I were afraind.

I tried to make all prts to hug as close to machine core as possible.

Pekka

hi and welcome

Hello awemawson, because I am dedicated to the maintenance of companies and I have a machining workshop with milling lathes, drills ... greetings