The_Yellow_Ardvark
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doubleboost
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A start on some bronze bearings
The hollow bar was £400
The hollow bar was £400
Hood
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A friend asked me to make some small handrails for his steps so I made a start today by cutting some 5mm 5083 Aluminium.
A view of the plasma doing its thing. The view is through the Optrel Crystal but I still can't get a true to life view, the camera seems to auto adjust no matter what I do and it doesn't come out anywhere as near as clear as you can see with the eye.
Hopefully I will get a chance this week to bend the tube and weld things together and then get it into the powder coaters.
A view of the plasma doing its thing. The view is through the Optrel Crystal but I still can't get a true to life view, the camera seems to auto adjust no matter what I do and it doesn't come out anywhere as near as clear as you can see with the eye.
Hopefully I will get a chance this week to bend the tube and weld things together and then get it into the powder coaters.
Brad93
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Expensive stuff. Where I used to be employed they used to buy in 3M lengths.
They used to buy about 2 lengths every quarter.
We arc gouged old bushes out, strangely they always disappeared and never made it to the Christmas weigh in. There were some right lowlife, light fingered sods on that firm.
You can imagine how much a ¾” thick bush that accepts 3” pins weighs, and there are 6 per grab plus smaller bores too.
They used to buy about 2 lengths every quarter.
We arc gouged old bushes out, strangely they always disappeared and never made it to the Christmas weigh in. There were some right lowlife, light fingered sods on that firm.
You can imagine how much a ¾” thick bush that accepts 3” pins weighs, and there are 6 per grab plus smaller bores too.
Brad93
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How did you cut it length ways?
Newlands
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Just what I was going to ask. I know it wasn’t a hacksaw, because John did a bit of that in Sunday’s video and didn’t seem to enjoy it too much!
I bet it soaked up a bit of heat soldering the two halves together.
doubleboost
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A friend has a proper band saw then milled flat
I am just doing the prep work he will be machining them
doubleboost
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Yes cutting torch running flat out be a bit video next week
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Hood
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I am well impressed with the Jasic. Will be much better if I ever get a chance to get the new plasma table finished as the rails on this ones Y axis are cracking away good style
Not sure when that will happen though as I have a boat to finish fitting out and another two boats want roller systems and then near the end of the year is another new Cheetah to fit out and have loads of smaller 2-3 day jobs to do in between.
mtt.tr
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I am well impressed with the Jasic. Will be much better if I ever get a chance to get the new plasma table finished as the rails on this ones Y axis are cracking away good style
Haha, i know the feeling.
Being self employed life of luxury haha
Hood
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Aye, today has been one of these days, trying to get on with the bigger jobs and get dozens of people in with urgent smaller jobs, they then stand and blether (yap) for an hour after I have their job done
Aye, today has been one of these days, trying to get on with the bigger jobs and get dozens of people in with urgent smaller jobs, they then stand and blether (yap) for an hour after I have their job done
If you weren't such a nice guy they'd soon be off! Just point to the "Talking is good but please save it for later when I'm not so busy" notice.
Hood
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It doesn't work and believe me the abuse I give one or two of them is quite severe.
How heavy is that lump?
The scrap price for bronze is only around £1.95 per kg.
I know it's not scrap but even so.
doubleboost
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It hurts to pick it up must be pushing 50 kg
mpats
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Managed my first 2 bow-ties today. This is a bowl a turned about 10-15 years ago, was from a section (or cookie as the yanks call them) of sycamore. Not surprising it split, so insert 2 oak bow-ties to stabilize then I'll cut them back and tape it up then I can pour some resin in, probably use some copper powder in it. I'll probably throw it back on the lathe and re-turn it once done, maybe cut it a bit deeper.
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sometimes a repair can add to the look of an item and make it more interesting.
Windy Miller
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Either that’s a really tiny workmate, or that’s one MASSIVE bowl! How big was the lathe???
