Cast iron tombstone cube restoration

[God mode restorations]

So just another one of us.. a frustrated W anchor

Lol. Well...

 

[mtt.tr]

i dont get the appeal of perfect paint, i do get the appeal for geometrically correct machines though

 

[God mode restorations]

Correct geometrically Correct machinery yes. A second hand cast iron cube that was buried under a Bush of brambles for years aint going to be. But I will clean and I will hand scrape it back to a suitable condition

 

[God mode restorations]

While I am doing the cube I been slowly doing a piece of railway track that I will use as a anvil..but I did think about contacting British rail saying I aint happy because after ten years of 800 plus tons smashing up n down it 24hr a day the track has lost a bit of accuracy

 

[Mikes]

Do you know what the cube was originally fitted on / to ?

 

[God mode restorations]

Do you know what the cube was originally fitted on / to ?

No. Could of been a radial drill or mill/drill machine

 

[Erie Fred]

While I am doing the cube I been slowly doing a piece of railway track that I will use as a anvil..but I did think about contacting British rail saying I aint happy because after ten years of 800 plus tons smashing up n down it 24hr a day the track has lost a bit of accuracy

But I'll bet it gained a bunch of hardness.......

 

[Erie Fred]

I'm not trying to have a go, but what's the point of a restorations thread if you won't tell people how stuff is done?

Because.....Taking the time to photograph and post excellent write ups with clear instruction is time consuming.

Why do it ? To help others learn faster what it took us 30 years or more to learn.

Why not do it ?

Arrogant newbies that take your excellent explanations, and say "Yabbut that's not how I saw it on You-toob".

Thereby negating all your skills, experience, and time & effort you've invested in trying to help others.

EDIT: Julian, I quoted you, but am not calling you one of the arrogant newbies, your a good person.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I quite liked the way the cube looked originally...can't fake that sort of ageing .

 

[Erie Fred]

I quite liked the way the cube looked originally...can't fake that sort of ageing .

Changes the whole "2001 space " movie....the cast iron "borg" from pre-historic times eh ?

 

[Barking Mat]

Changes the whole "2001 space " movie....the cast iron "borg" from pre-historic times eh ?

It would make an awesome welding table.

 

[mtt.tr]

Because.....Taking the time to photograph and post excellent write ups with clear instruction is time consuming.

Why do it ? To help others learn faster what it took us 30 years or more to learn.

Why not do it ?

Arrogant newbies that take your excellent explanations, and say "Yabbut that's not how I saw it on You-toob".

Thereby negating all your skills, experience, and time & effort you've invested in trying to help others.

EDIT: Julian, I quoted you, but am not calling you one of the arrogant newbies, your a good person.

Brilliant, so we can stop sharing knowledge amongst ourselves.


Although I will say if it took you 30 years to learn a menial task I can understand why you would feel that you should protect it.


Knowledge should be free otherwise it dies.

If someone feels like they want to contest an opinion well that's freedom of speech

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

It's a shame to clean the rust off...anything you make with that would look bloomin awesome.

Even as garden art/ sculpture it would look fantastic.

 

[JOEPRO]

Brilliant, so we can stop sharing knowledge amongst ourselves.


Although I will say if it took you 30 years to learn a menial task I can understand why you would feel that you should protect it.


Knowledge should be free otherwise it dies.

If someone feels like they want to contest an opinion well that's freedom of speech

This is the double edge sword of forums!

But generally yes I agree it's good to share knowledge and I personally have no issue with it and do so.

I'll also take criticism well (mostly) and learn from it. But there are also times where someone barges in just to stir stuff up and it can leave you feeling deflated so I understand that too.

 

[God mode restorations]

It's a shame to clean the rust off...anything you make with that would look bloomin awesome.

Even as garden art/ sculpture it would look fantastic.

It will look nice when it's done but will serve many a purpose in the workshop

 

[Erie Fred]

What a bleak outlook. As a young restorer always looking to learn, hearing stuff like that really puts me off.

Please don't be put off.
It's just very discouraging to take time to help the "younger generation" only to have them sum up your whole post with "Meh, I saw it different on U-toob, so you must be all wrong".

It's a fact, and many are getting tired of the treatment.

Also 99.44/100 are good, it's the .66% that ruins it for everyone.

 

[God mode restorations]

What a bleak outlook. As a young restorer always looking to learn, hearing stuff like that really puts me off.

Why should it put you off..looking to learn is good and keeps the brain ticking...we live in a social media world where a million videos can show you how it's done...I spent many years experimenting with different techniques until I was happy with the results...its a lot of hard work that takes time...I did make how to videos but it was a nightmare because its very time consuming and then you have to answer the heap of messages from people who know it all but know fk all.

 

[Erie Fred]

Why should it put you off..looking to learn is good and keeps the brain ticking...we live in a social media world where a million videos can show you how it's done...I spent many years experimenting with different techniques until I was happy with the results...its a lot of hard work that takes time...I did make how to videos but it was a nightmare because its very time consuming and then you have to answer the heap of messages from people who know it all but know fk all.

Yabutt did you strap a Go-pro to a squirrel for the video, and then add loud rock moosic all the time ?...

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Please don't be put off.
It's just very discouraging to take time to help the "younger generation" only to have them sum up your whole post with "Meh, I saw it different on U-toob, so you must be all wrong".

It's a fact, and many are getting tired of the treatment.

Also 99.44/100 are good, it's the .66% that ruins it for everyone.

I’m open to discussion, quite often I have a student say he’s seen xy on YouTube on a subject. Sometimes I’ve done it that way myself and I know it’s not great, sometimes I’ve not seen it and it’s an easier way of doing the job, sometimes we break it down into why it should be done my way or their way. It’s a learning experience and I’d rather have folk starting a conversation and thinking things through frankly

 

[Mikes]

Please don't be put off.
It's just very discouraging to take time to help the "younger generation" only to have them sum up your whole post with "Meh, I saw it different on U-toob, so you must be all wrong".

It's a fact, and many are getting tired of the treatment.

Also 99.44/100 are good, it's the .66% that ruins it for everyone.

I do hope that your engineering is better than your maths!