just after a bit of advice and i'm sure someone on here will be able to help
say you get a job to weld something together but dont have any spare material or anything to do a practice run or even to check you have the right settings before you start, how do you know what settings to use? is...
as far as i'm aware just normal steel, its a cheap tool makers clamp i've bought off ebay
unfortunately not, as i need to press 2 pins in and i've not got long enough pins to go the whole way through
probably be cheaper for me to buy a new clamp than LH drill bit
already given that a...
Afternoon all
Erm yeh as title says, was drilling a small hole (2mm drill bit) and half depth (around 7-8mm) the drill bit snapped, now the end of the drill is stuck in the hole, anyone got any ideas how i can get it out? Oh and its snapped just under the top so i cant grip it with pliers
There the things but i'm after some with the middle removed so i can make the bar telescopic, its only to stop the 2 bars clanging together and protect the paintwork
Afternoon all,
I'm after some hollow end caps for some box section, does anyone know where to get them from? I've seen an old thread on here where some one said cut the middle out of a full one, but thats going to take time and probably wont look as good.
Cheers for any answers
My apologies, i didnt realise it got a bit more complicated.
erm ok, say i was making a weight lifting bench and was after a maximum user weight. People would lie on it (which i guess is distributed weight) or sit on it (which i guess is single point) but then i might aslo get the odd one...
Morning all
After doing a search (and finding a thread i started last year and completely forgot about) can any one help me with this,
How much weight will box section support over a given distance?
For example:
If i have a peice of 50mm sqaure box section with 3mm wall, spanning...
Thanks for the link, have been having a look through and found a few bits of useful information.
Another question for those that have said they have taken people on, did you advertise or did they get in touch with you? Any hints tips on what to say? Like what made you think "yes i want to...
I didnt think about maintainence departments of bigger companies so i'll give that some thought.
I am employed full time at the moment and with my current situation theres not really any way that i can get time off (one of my reasons for wanting to change). I'm lucky to not really have any...
I rang my college this morning and they were really helpful, the short courses i mentioned are designed for the 3rd year of study, they're sending me the forms out to sign up for the course in september so unless i find someone willing to take me on as a mate with no experience i guess its wait...
Evening all
Just after a bit of info/advice from you all
I'm 24 and wanting to change my career and become an electrician. I've seen these "train for trades" or similiar websites that claim to make you fully qualified within 3 months, now i dont want to knock it because i've not tried it...
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Yeh i had a look at yours, was one of the ones thats given me the inspiration to make my own. i would need to make some 10mm lips on my boxes and i seen a chart somewhere as well while searching that said i would need 38ton on a 16mm V (which will give me an 8mm lip if i'm correct?)...
Evening all
Not sure if this is the right place to post but here it goes
I'm wanting to make a few boxes/containers out of sheet, roughly 1.5 metres in width maybe a more.
Now i want to make them out of sheet (2 or 3mm) and bend it if i can rather than welding all the sides together...
excellent project, something i've always wanted to build but as normal it gets put to the bottom of the list and i never get round to it:ashamed:
metal stores not too bad but still not brilliant on price, metals4u well personally i think they are extremely over priced on everything! even...