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James1979
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I had that issue on one I made a while back but thickened the ears up on this one.
I made a 38 when I sent him that, just scaled it to 65.
My 38 didn’t bend but it wasn’t stupidly tight, just access.
Yes Brad I had your spanner in mind as I was doing it. The hex that it engages with isn't very wide however re-inforcement on one side would be OK.
Frankly my cut quality on this plate is bad with too much taper - I need to sort my settings out better - I'm usually only cutting 1.2 - 3 mm sheet. I may end up running a bead of weld down the contact faces and grinding back to flat
Frankly my cut quality on this plate is bad with too much taper - I need to sort my settings out better - I'm usually only cutting 1.2 - 3 mm sheet. I may end up running a bead of weld down the contact faces and grinding back to flat
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A few homemade linings "out of nothing", under the clamps. For fixing pipes on the welding table.
Modified clamps, for plugs with a diameter of 16 mm, 6 euro piece. Surprisingly well made. I used to buy both more expensive and noticeably poorer quality.
Modified clamps, for plugs with a diameter of 16 mm, 6 euro piece. Surprisingly well made. I used to buy both more expensive and noticeably poorer quality.
Nice. How did you cut that profile? Rotary table or something fancy?
If I looked at the other posts I should have figured that out myself. Thanks.
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yes i had to mill the ears due to taper but knew the cutter would cut the part undersize allowing a bit of material removal
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Just saw your video about the CNC table of yours and it's problems.
Did you get it sorted out ?
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In short, no.
It's a poorly designed table, made for a price. A price much much lower than what it retails for.
The software is also awful.
Im not the only one with problems, people with the professional tables costing 20-30k also having non stop problems.
Hence why all the other makers of lower end plasmas have taken over, and you barely see swift cut advertised now.
I can basically work with the issues, for the amount we use it.
If i was in @Hood or @henry Kadzielski where it's a production tool i think i'd be trying to flog it on
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As a hobbyist player I often use WD40 to give things a cooing spray every now & then , got a Shipman's fish paste jar with compressor oil in it attached to a bracket on the head stock body and a pigs hair artist brush in it for times when things need a drop of better oil cooling
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I hope to have a go at plasma cutting a hex ring spanner some 3" A/F could be fun ..it's only to undo a big nut on a hydraulic jack body head might look for 5 mm flat steel and weld the 12 mm key steel faces in around the nut for good fit ..... It's go to be more accurate than me freehand plasma cutting in 12 mm plate on my cheapie Parkside machine.
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Proper cutting oil works noticeably better than bog standard lubricating oil.
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Today I made a rivet nut setting tool.
I needed to replace a 8mm rivet nut but don't have a setting tool or have much call for one so, I made a quick, simple tool to set it.
Bit of M16 thread bar with a 8.5 hole drilled through it on the lathe and locked two nuts on it.
Squared the ends so the nut would grip and oiled the rivet nut threads and under the 8m bolt head.
Held the 16mm nuts and turned the 8mm bolt with a ratchet spanner and it worked a treat.
I would have struggled to get a setting tool in so I'm pleased with how it worked out.
If I had a small thrust bearing it would have worked even better but perfectly serviceable for a one off.
I needed to replace a 8mm rivet nut but don't have a setting tool or have much call for one so, I made a quick, simple tool to set it.
Bit of M16 thread bar with a 8.5 hole drilled through it on the lathe and locked two nuts on it.
Squared the ends so the nut would grip and oiled the rivet nut threads and under the 8m bolt head.
Held the 16mm nuts and turned the 8mm bolt with a ratchet spanner and it worked a treat.
I would have struggled to get a setting tool in so I'm pleased with how it worked out.
If I had a small thrust bearing it would have worked even better but perfectly serviceable for a one off.
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Slurry can also have an anti rust quality so no need for extra lube.
Not expensive if the stuff you use is watered down to use. I use Silkolene soluble cutting fluid that seems to last forever.
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Today after work and school (related to my job)
I've repaired a felisatti 230mm angle grinder
Which has been run over by a daily
So I've had to replace both switch and handle.
I've dismantling Various broken tools for parts so I've used an early 2000's Milwaukee handle and an early 2000's Metabo switch .
I've then assembled together a Milwaukee AG 20-230 from the same time period by salvage parts from other 2 same grinders.
And it actually works very well.
Need to find or make brush covers , replace the power cord with a longer one clean it up and find an auxiliary handle for it.
First one was a paid job second one it's just a tool of mine.
I still have many tools here for repair
Tomorrow a second round
Another felisatti I have here from August, various concrete mixers.
After that I can proceed with my projects, Money First
I've repaired a felisatti 230mm angle grinder
Which has been run over by a daily
So I've had to replace both switch and handle.
I've dismantling Various broken tools for parts so I've used an early 2000's Milwaukee handle and an early 2000's Metabo switch .
I've then assembled together a Milwaukee AG 20-230 from the same time period by salvage parts from other 2 same grinders.
And it actually works very well.
Need to find or make brush covers , replace the power cord with a longer one clean it up and find an auxiliary handle for it.
First one was a paid job second one it's just a tool of mine.
I still have many tools here for repair
Tomorrow a second round
Another felisatti I have here from August, various concrete mixers.
After that I can proceed with my projects, Money First
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When I needed to do this with some 3/16" UNF rivet nuts, I did something a lot more rough and ready - a high tensile bolt (not sure if it needed to be), a nut and washer, then the rivet nut, into the panel and a washer and bolt on the other side. Tightening the nuts towards each other was sufficient. Of course, that was a much smaller rivet nut so easier to collapse, and I had access to the back. I was putting them in a door skin because I wasn't about to stick self-tappers (the "correct" fixings) through my new paint. I'll keep this in mind though if I need to do bigger stuff.
I've done similar - mainly because the die-cast rivet style tool I had for aluminium rivnuts would have simply snapped trying to pull up steel or stainless steel ones.
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Anderson shelter farm mash up more or less finished
for now…
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