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arther dailey
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eagle eyes on this forum spot good tooling from a shaowNice benchtop anvil.
Hood
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I would say there is no hardening at all as really stainless can't be heat hardened or at least 304/316 can't.
I have never used a file as I don't want any contamination but it should be fine. I use a flap disc just to get the slight oxidisation off before tig welding. Having said that I have very little oxidisation nowadays due to the water table.
I have never used a file as I don't want any contamination but it should be fine. I use a flap disc just to get the slight oxidisation off before tig welding. Having said that I have very little oxidisation nowadays due to the water table.
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It’s a cool little thing. Very handy when I’m doing bits of tin work.Nice benchtop anvil.
I’ve ordered one on eBay but it won’t be here until next week so the spade connectors are just tiding me over for the moment.
Onoff
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Hood
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Stainless pipe and round bar turned up today, 3 days late.
Plasma cut some 6mm stainless for end plates and welded them onto the pipe and then welded in the round bar.
Also cut some 4mm stainless for the plates the bearings will bolt to, only had 4mm left so welded two bits together, once I have it cut to the right height I will cut supports for it.
Plasma cut some 6mm stainless for end plates and welded them onto the pipe and then welded in the round bar.
Also cut some 4mm stainless for the plates the bearings will bolt to, only had 4mm left so welded two bits together, once I have it cut to the right height I will cut supports for it.
Hood
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Tried it today with some 4mm I cut on the plasma, filed no problem. Been trying to upload a vid to youtube since this morning but something is wrong with youtube as it is not uploading and I have tried both at the workshop and at home, so not my router..
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Without a video how do we know it works?
Hood
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My Old Landy
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Playing with the laser on a slate coaster as part of a large commission. Quite pleased with the result. The artwork is AI generated from within the XCS software.
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Made from a bundle of salvage wood from a foot peddle accordion.
A copy of a Rudicus.
A copy of a Rudicus.
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Today I made a 600mm capicity tile cutting saw able to cut 1500mm wide slabs.
I've been messing about with this on and off for over a week but finally got it working today.
I have a dozen granite slabs that were destined for the skip and so followed me home.
I have been putting off using them to replace the concrete slabs on our front and rear steps.
I could have just used an angle grinder or petrol saw but they are 40mm thick, there are lots of cuts and I knew I wouldn't be able to do a tidy job without a proper guide so when a wet overhead tile saw came up locally for £150 I thought I'd give it a go.
It an Einkell STR 250 similar to the one below.
The bridge is almost 900mm long and allows cuts of 570mm to be made in one pass, but you can't get anything much bigger than 600 into it and I needed more.
I only used the the saw, carriage and water pump for this project, but I can turn it back into a standard tile saw in 10mins
I made a frame out of scaffold tube, 2 inch angle and other scrap I have, to cantilever the saw blade 750mm clear of the back supports (the slabs are 1335 long by 730 wide) which allows me to cut anything up to 1500mm wide and "in theory" unlimited length.
The backsupports are inch and half solid bar which fits inside the scaffold tube and is clamped with 10mm bolts so the height is adjustable. I bolted where I could so it would come apart for storage.
I used a mix of tig and stick (tig inside, stick outside) and one of the slabs was brought into service for setting out. I also used one of @pressbrake1 heavy-duty squares to keep things in check during welding.
I also had to make additional tables to support the slabs during cutting. The front table is separate and I made it 450mm square, so it can be used to hold the nice granite surface plate I got from @Pete. when this job is done, instead of on the tool cabinet it currently sits on.
I made HDME blocks to support the slabs because it's what I had and made the legs adjustable with 16mm thread bar.
It's a bit of a clatch but it does the job well enough.
It might even get a lick of paint at some stage.
I've been messing about with this on and off for over a week but finally got it working today.
I have a dozen granite slabs that were destined for the skip and so followed me home.
I have been putting off using them to replace the concrete slabs on our front and rear steps.
I could have just used an angle grinder or petrol saw but they are 40mm thick, there are lots of cuts and I knew I wouldn't be able to do a tidy job without a proper guide so when a wet overhead tile saw came up locally for £150 I thought I'd give it a go.
It an Einkell STR 250 similar to the one below.
The bridge is almost 900mm long and allows cuts of 570mm to be made in one pass, but you can't get anything much bigger than 600 into it and I needed more.
I only used the the saw, carriage and water pump for this project, but I can turn it back into a standard tile saw in 10mins
I made a frame out of scaffold tube, 2 inch angle and other scrap I have, to cantilever the saw blade 750mm clear of the back supports (the slabs are 1335 long by 730 wide) which allows me to cut anything up to 1500mm wide and "in theory" unlimited length.
The backsupports are inch and half solid bar which fits inside the scaffold tube and is clamped with 10mm bolts so the height is adjustable. I bolted where I could so it would come apart for storage.
I used a mix of tig and stick (tig inside, stick outside) and one of the slabs was brought into service for setting out. I also used one of @pressbrake1 heavy-duty squares to keep things in check during welding.
I also had to make additional tables to support the slabs during cutting. The front table is separate and I made it 450mm square, so it can be used to hold the nice granite surface plate I got from @Pete. when this job is done, instead of on the tool cabinet it currently sits on.
I made HDME blocks to support the slabs because it's what I had and made the legs adjustable with 16mm thread bar.
It's a bit of a clatch but it does the job well enough.
It might even get a lick of paint at some stage.
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What a cracking job. Well done mate
