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Thomas told once he used scale and grinddust. Can't remember where on ifi i read it.

almost both my tongs finished. But the empty gasbottle made the final call to not let me finish them. Only rivetting and the final adjustments needs to be done.

Ghent and antwerp have some old cool cranes in the harbor area.

I like the idea. By the time all hooks are changed, you want to remake the first 10 or so because you improved that much, you feel you can do better

Most of my stands are also filled with sand or floor dust (concrete floor that keeps giving of dust) with grinddust. Packs down good and cheap. Plus a nicr sweeped floor in my case.

Frosty The pigtail idea is great. Might borrow your idea sometime. I need some new tongs. A pair for 6mm flatbar. And a pair for hoops, also 6mm. I also recieved a nice couple of springs. Diameter 4mm. But coil-over style (leaking damper). Not sure how to safely disasemble the thing. The springs are very stiff. I'm not able to compress the thing by hand. So a bit scared of just twisting the gaffel off.

Slowly working my way to an object and not parts anymore.

Thanks all. I enjoy making good looking practical stuff like dooropeners. Waiting on clearcoat for one that go to my front door (stainless was better, but to expensive for what i need and not a size i find easely as a leftover)

The door to my (shared) workspace had some cheap and cheaper feeling doorpulls since a couple of months (before just rope, yeah cheap). I could not stand it. on the inside a classic shape with spades on the ends. Could align them a bit better. On the outside (still inside but outside the workshop) a nice doorpull with pine apple twist. And yes i could made my bolts and nurmts and screws, but i used what was there before. Happy feeling now opening and closing the door.

Cement clinker will harden over time. And it will be dusty if dry, more than normal concrete. Also softer, so over time you will wear it down and see walkways.

There are less of these size in the usa or less left over. And 500 euros incl shipping makes is almost double.

I didn't know you where that old

A long overdue project. It was eating valuable space on my worktable. And i had everything laying around to make it.

How is the welding going on the magnetic chuck? A magnet can interfer with the weld and can pull your arcstrike. Can make it challanging for tacking up small parts.

I have it even with sandblased shopprimered steel (stock from a shipyard) (hotrolled because cheaper). But it makes sence your explanation