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LeeJustice

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  1. It would be pretty thick to tackle with a plasma cutter.  I have some hours into making the first cut on one of mine with a 14" chop saw that I thought would make quick work of it.  Wheel kept glazing on me.  I also got a heavier duty extension cord to make sure it would carry the amps the saw needed.  It did up the amps, I tripped a breaker.  A little interweb research seems to show that I should have had it positioned long side up instead of down.  Easier said than done when the dang thing weighs like 300#.

  2. Many curtains you have to thread the rod through to hang them, and taking back down sometimes to wash.  I suggest making at least one of your flared spirals threaded to screw on, or have a threaded hole into which you put a screw/bolt to lock it onto the rod.

  3. On 7/21/2021 at 7:45 AM, jrmysell said:

    And do the fumes only get released when heating? Would it be fine if cutting it down with a bandsaw or reciprocating saw? And if my forge is in my open driveway would that be ok, or best to just avoid at all costs? 

    The Hydrogen Sulfide is long gone.  What would remain is the products of interaction with the H2S, Iron Sulfide and perhaps hydrogen embrittlement.  You could grind/sand with a dust collector and respirator.  (Should always use respirator/mask always anyway).  Or you could wet sand, provided that you don't introduce harmful by products into your waterways, environment.  Search link here:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Iron+sulfide+interaction+with+water&oq=Iron+sulfide+interaction+with+water&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30.12136j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    You are welcome Purple Bullet.

  4. Let's see if I can tell this story worth a darn.  My Ex had not seen Monty Python Either so I introduced her the movies.  My kids were raised watching Monty Python.  We were all in the car driving a road near home when the ex saw a hubcap at the side of the road.  She remarked, "That was further up (or down) the road the day before.  Right away, I said "Are you suggesting that hubcaps are migraory?"  The kids got it.  P.S.  I tried to spell migratory in their accent, which is how I said it.

  5. Fork lift tine is a bit to vague for a good answer.  Those come in a variety of sizes, length, width and thickness.  Thus the actual weight is over a large spectrum.  Are you talking about 3" wide by 24" L?  6" wide, 60" length or perhaps some other monster tine?  Perhaps you meant to say in your first post that you are considering a piece of one.

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