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nice work, very tidy job.
I wish to echo the right honourable members comment.
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I wish to echo the right honourable members comment.
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Yeah, weld runs into the bolt holes.
Yes, everything shotblasted, cleaner job to fabricate and weld, and needs no prep before painting.
If it's primer painted it causes havoc with the welds. It's supposed to be weldable, but quite often gives porosity so we don't bother. It needs to be painted again anyway, plus the top coat takes longer to dry if it's already been primer painted by the stockholder.
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Agree with the paint , noticed some of the fabricators grind off local to the welds, but then some of them just burn right through it. A lot of the time the steel sits around for a while before fabrication, so needs the protection of the fab primer.
If it's off the lorry straight on to the benches then it's just shotblast like yours.
We're those extra holes being used for anything ? Doesn't look like our would get much edge distance on anything bolting to it
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the only zx-10 steel mudguard in the world (probably!)
A beautiful job Ian. I had to replace the front guard twice on mine, clearly a weak point that should have been addressed by the factory. How does it compare with the original in terms of weight?
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Last time I saw my old man, he had 40 door escutcheon plates on the kitchen worktop.
I picked one up and asked where he had them laser-cut.
"Laser-cut ? "he said." I bloody cut them by hand"
On closer inspection ( very close ) you could see that he had.
Proper old school that bloke
hi, i haven't weighed them but i'd say it's only a kilo or two in it
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Knocked a pile of these out this morning in between a couple of bigger jobs..
For anyone interested, heres a few pics of how they are done. Only 200mmID on the top, so far too small to go in either of our rollers, so they are done in the press brake. Basically, its a weather cravat, welded round posts, to allow a bit of movement whilst keeping the weather out..
Plasma cut and fold lines engraved in one hit...
Work from each end, and finish off in the middle to make sure you can bend on all the marks.
Last fold, ends have come good. Just needs welding and dressing off.
Keeping the bends accurate makes all the difference, if you dont you can end up with allsorts of funny shapes that take a lot of knocking about to bring back into shape.
For anyone interested, heres a few pics of how they are done. Only 200mmID on the top, so far too small to go in either of our rollers, so they are done in the press brake. Basically, its a weather cravat, welded round posts, to allow a bit of movement whilst keeping the weather out..
Plasma cut and fold lines engraved in one hit...
Work from each end, and finish off in the middle to make sure you can bend on all the marks.
Last fold, ends have come good. Just needs welding and dressing off.
Keeping the bends accurate makes all the difference, if you dont you can end up with allsorts of funny shapes that take a lot of knocking about to bring back into shape.
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@zx9 - as promised Keith.
Hanging like the world's most depressing mobile the paint's done.
Not the greatest paint job as I'd inadvertently left a load of fibres on the surface and now have a delightful textured finish. The matt black does a lovely job of highlighting the faults lol
Here it's mocked up in action. 25mm conduit is in #10 cleats and the SWA in #7. Couldn't find any small bits of cable to show it but you get the idea
It's in very high wind, saline conditions so overspeccing is par for the course. All A2 fixings but we'll see if that's enough.
Hanging like the world's most depressing mobile the paint's done.
Not the greatest paint job as I'd inadvertently left a load of fibres on the surface and now have a delightful textured finish. The matt black does a lovely job of highlighting the faults lol
Here it's mocked up in action. 25mm conduit is in #10 cleats and the SWA in #7. Couldn't find any small bits of cable to show it but you get the idea
It's in very high wind, saline conditions so overspeccing is par for the course. All A2 fixings but we'll see if that's enough.
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After a few days of cutting inner wing out on my project..I managed to mock up a couple of bits.
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I hate these people who make panel repair/rebuild look easy!
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I had the reps down from Binzel, demoing their new Extrafire Thermacut 65 and 105 plasma cutters.
During the demo one of my customers gives me a ring and asks me if I have anything on the shelf that will cut a decent hole in 20mm thick stainless. Well, it turns out they picked a good day (all my big plasmas were out on rental and it just happened to be a good day ask for some decent cutting capacity.
Not that chomping a hole in some stainless is in any way difficult, but when the guy who gave you the job leans over at the point of pulling trigger and says, don't mess this up, that bit of plate is £650, it can make the botty twitch a tad.
So that's what I made today, some holes in plate I'd not like to foot the bill for.
Apologies for the ugly mugshot, Binzel's idea, not mine. Next time I'll flip the hood down, I promise.
During the demo one of my customers gives me a ring and asks me if I have anything on the shelf that will cut a decent hole in 20mm thick stainless. Well, it turns out they picked a good day (all my big plasmas were out on rental and it just happened to be a good day ask for some decent cutting capacity.
Not that chomping a hole in some stainless is in any way difficult, but when the guy who gave you the job leans over at the point of pulling trigger and says, don't mess this up, that bit of plate is £650, it can make the botty twitch a tad.
So that's what I made today, some holes in plate I'd not like to foot the bill for.
Apologies for the ugly mugshot, Binzel's idea, not mine. Next time I'll flip the hood down, I promise.
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£650 is a serious lump of plate...
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The wife of a colleague is going into work dressed as Princess Leia (the Senatorial gown, before anyone asks!) to raise money for Red Nose day. I lent a hand making a few parts for her belt.
If anyone feels like donating (and if it's ok with the Moderators!), her fundraising page is at https://my.rednoseday.com/sponsor/princess_leia
If anyone feels like donating (and if it's ok with the Moderators!), her fundraising page is at https://my.rednoseday.com/sponsor/princess_leia
