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reminds me of boot camp
george -
Very few people cause this kind of emotion, vets, fishing buddies, kids and pets, mostly vets and pets.
What Glenn said.
George -
I use china markers (grease pencils) for layout over punched points/scribe marks.
grease gets down in punchs or scribed lines and wears well even when not down in the grooves.
Cleans up easily with WD40 type solvent/penetrating oils.
George -
Whatever you do, don't give up hope and take no prisoners.
Thinking of you.
George -
Frosty,
Wore out plenty of hole saws as a refrigeration pipe fitter in the grocery store install bidness.
Still have some, i will give the welded mild steel thing a try,
Always someone with different experience willing to help.
THANKS A BUNCH.
George -
Thomas,
I'll certainly check into this option, hadn't thought of it.
Frosty,
i've got grinders and a drill press, but nothing yet to cut into manageable chunks.
I'll ponder on this for awhile,
Thanks
George -
Well, I dont have a swage block yet or a mandrel, but I did drag a 340# counterweight off of a loader home from the scrap yard.
It resists moving vigoursly.
I think it is cast iron, but haven't tested other than hitting with a hammer.
I have been thinking about cutting this down and making several swage blocks. It's about 27"x24"x2" or 3" thick.
nothing is square, but that doesn't matter.
well, it is actually 20 x 24 and here is a photo. just one, it was too lazy to pose in different positions.
George
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Well, I dont have a swage block yet or a mandrel, but I did drag a 340# counterweight off of a loader home from the scrap yard.
It resists moving vigoursly.
I think it is cast iron, but haven't tested other than hitting with a hammer.
I have been thinking about cutting this down and making several swage blocks. It's about 27"x24"x2" or 3" thick.
nothing is square, but that doesn't matter.
I'll post some pics as soon as I can.
Any suggestions?
George -
this lends itself to multiple modifications, guilliotine type, use heavy wall pipe or different degrees of bevel for different jaw configurations.
nice job, paint makes it easy to find unless all your other tools are the same color.
George -
If "going backward" creates this great looking knife, that's not a bad thing.
Quality is not cheap, either in time or money.
keep it up.
george -
Have you downloaded Google Sketchup Chris? It's a good way to swap drawings for brainstorming these kinds of things.
Frosty -
Is there a theme to this show. if so how do these fit into the theme?
ggraham -
I like to use hickory, oak and mesquite to heat treat dead animal parts, that is briskets, hams, chickens, pork chops.
Sausage especially, but be careful, this stuff can get really brittle if you're increasing your aluminum can stock pile.
Burgers swell up an get really fat if not prepared correctly and really dry if H/T'd too long.
The longer you heat treat these items, the darker the color, you pick what you like best.
But for dimension lumber 2x's and what not, got to have them if for nothing else to make short pieces out of long pieces. I have a lot of practice and lots of short pieces stockpiled.
Enough of my rambling.
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As far as too much or too little air, you could use a damper plate on the inlet or outlet of what ever blower you happen to use.
or something along the line of an air inlet on a bbq pit. -
My Dad used to coat his table saw platform (cast iron) with floor wax to keep it slick. we also discovered it prevented rust. I inherited his saw and still use floor wax, saw is over 40 years old and the platform still looks good, but once in awhile I have to take steel wool to remove rust when I get lazy or use the saw a lot in humid weather.
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I have an belt driven air compressor (not a sears/craftsman)that gave me trouble starting. Belt slipping or the motor tripping on overload. The oil that came in the compressor was 30wt. I changed it to 10w30 and i have not had any problems. 15 to 18 years.
I tend to agree with welder19, you have a lubrication problem, but your bearings are probably sealed and you might have to live with it.
does the manual say what the ambient operating temperature should be?
Probably above 40 deg F.
ggraham
cast weights
in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
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Kendrick,
find someone who trotlines or jug fishes for catfish, they always need weights.
I'd come get them if you were closer to San Antonio.
George