What are you machining?

[ronan]

I've been machining a new rod and replacing the barrel on a 21t excavator bucket ram this week. 120mm bore , 80mm rod around 1500mm long.

What steel would those pins be made from Rory ? Hardly just mild steel ?

 

[graffian]

I've been machining a new rod and replacing the barrel on a 21t excavator bucket ram this week. 120mm bore , 80mm rod around 1500mm long.

120mm!
You don't have any offcuts I could make a ram for a press from?

 

[Brad93]

What steel would those pins be made from Rory ? Hardly just mild steel ?

EN8 as a minimum id imagine. Most pins for heavy duty stuff will be EN16, EN19 etc.

 

[rory1]

What steel would those pins be made from Rory ? Hardly just mild steel ?

This rod is chromed en8, but I also use chromed en14 and en19t, the tube is a funny grade but it’s the equivalent of s355 .

When I make pins I usually use en14 black bar rough turned and then get them heat treated before hard turning them to the finished size

 

[rory1]

120mm!
You don't have any offcuts I could make a ram for a press from?

Not in 120mm . I order the bigger stuff cut to length

 

[Brad93]

This rod is chromed en8, but I also use chromed en14 and en19t, the tube is a funny grade but it’s the equivalent of s355 .

When I make pins I usually use en14 black bar rough turned and then get them heat treated before hard turning them to the finished size

Once the EN14 is heat treated can you get away with carbide inserts or do you need to use ceramic?

 

[rory1]

Carbide just about does the job, small tip radius, preferably with a neutral/positive rake to lower the tool pressure

 

[grim_d]

I've needed a handle for my vice for some time so knocked this together from an old socket and a broken Tommy bar. Polished up then "blackened" gave it an interesting shadow chrome look.

One day I'll make a real one.

 

[Richard.]

Started using one of those ecig things to pull me off the daily smokes. All going well but I keep dropping the thing and everytime I do it smashes the mouth piece which is made of some sort of Teflon/baker lite type material so as it’s the weak point and I’ve broken 3 in a month at £4 a piece I thought I would make a drop proof one.
316 stainless bar was just the ticket.
O ring is for a wp20 backcap. Made for the job.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Started using one of those ecig things to pull me off the daily smokes. All going well but I keep dropping the thing and everytime I do it smashes the mouth piece which is made of some sort of Teflon/baker lite type material so as it’s the weak point and I’ve broken 3 in a month at £4 a piece I thought I would make a drop proof one.
316 stainless bar was just the ticket.
O ring is for a wp20 backcap. Made for the job.

One of my favourite drip tips is stainless with cooling fins. When your using a stubby dripper they can get a bit hot.
Hope it goes well for you mate. I switched some time ago. Went from 150g of tobacco a week to none overnight.
Don't drop the nic too early.

 

[Richard.]

One of my favourite drip tips is stainless with cooling fins. When your using a stubby dripper they can get a bit hot.
Hope it goes well for you mate. I switched some time ago. Went from 150g of tobacco a week to none overnight.
Don't drop the nic too early.

Christ that’s a lot.
I was doing 50g about every 10 days.
Few little slip ups but seem to be sticking it out well nowadays.
Stainless certainly seems to be the way to go. At £4 a tip it was becoming more expensive than smoking lol.

 

[Shox Dr]

I see there has been more reports the flavouring in e-cigs may cause ‘popcorn lung’

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I see there has been more reports, the flavouring in e-cigs may cause ‘popcorn lung’

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ab...-controversies/does-vaping-cause-popcorn-lung

Last decade has seen so many skewed studies and misinformation its unreal.
Big tobacco is hurting.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Big tobacco is hurting.

As will be the Exchequer.

 

[Windy Miller]

Started using one of those ecig things to pull me off the daily smokes. All going well but I keep dropping the thing and everytime I do it smashes the mouth piece which is made of some sort of Teflon/baker lite type material so as it’s the weak point and I’ve broken 3 in a month at £4 a piece I thought I would make a drop proof one.
316 stainless bar was just the ticket.
O ring is for a wp20 backcap. Made for the job.

Nice job!

I can’t get on with the stainless mouthpieces - they just feel wrong in my mouth. I much prefer the plastic ones. Never broken one luckily.

I have a nice stainless one that you’re welcome to if you’d like it. I had just one pull on it and swapped it out for an old plastic one - just feels so much better. Must have sensitive lips I guess!

 

[Richard.]

I have a nice stainless one that you’re welcome to if you’d like it.

thanks mate but this should be fine.
Can’t imagine I’ll break this any time soon

 

[Maker]

Can’t imagine I’ll break this any time soon

You'll just move the stress and crack the boro glass tube now.

Does look good though.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

You'll just move the stress and crack the boro glass tube now.

Does look good though.

If it's poly not glass some juices will crack em. Lemon kills poly tanks
Moved to droppers for simplicity tanks always gave me issues.

 

[Richard.]

You'll just move the stress and crack the boro glass tube now.

Does look good though.

Could make a stainless one of those too easy enough if that breaks

 

[Shox Dr]

A lot less faff when you lit the end