February 15, 20251 yr That looks like it'd be fun just putting together. Did you find out how many different ways it'll go together? How do you like it? Are there more dies? Frosty The Lucky.
February 15, 20251 yr It’s designed to take three different thicknesses of die: 1/2”, 3/4”, and 1”. It comes with one 8” length of 3/4” x 2” mild steel, and I’ve got some 1/2” thick S-7 I’m planning to use as well. I haven’t used it yet, but the quality of the construction is excellent. All the parts are laser-cut and fit together perfectly.
February 15, 20251 yr 21 hours ago, JHCC said: Mail call, from Canada this time: a guillotine from Cloverdale Forge. Looking forward to giving it a try. Interesting design...2 questions, if you please. What's the purpose of the additional slots? What's the die material made of? Oops. when I clicked on the topic, computer jumped me to the end and I didn't see your earlier post from Black Bear Forge. Sorry all. Moderators, feel free to delete these unnecessary/duplicate questions. I apologize. (this is why I shouldn't do anything other than make calls on my phone) Edited February 15, 20251 yr by Mod34 Deleted quoted images.
February 15, 20251 yr I don't do anything but talk and occasionally check weather on my phone, I have a laptop for the other stuff. Silly things like looking at pictures, piles of parts, etc. and having a clue as to what's what. (getting more rare all the time) Frosty The Lucky.
February 24, 20251 yr Ashley's hatchback to the rescue! We picked up this nicely sized sandblasting cabinet for FREE over the weekend. I intend to add a chute for removing the media and I'll need to either build or find something that will work as a stand. Here's a video of the build from 8 years ago.
February 24, 20251 yr Works on air? Make shure your compressor can handle the amount of air and look for a good airdryer. And don't use seasand or sand with pieces of shell in it . It is cheap buy really annoying to unclog the tip every time. have fun with it.
February 24, 20251 yr That'll work, I've made them out of a cardboard box and piece of clear plastic. Gewoon is right you need a compressor that can make enough cufps Cubic feet per second of compressed air or you'll be spending a lot of time waiting for it to catch up. A larger reservoir tank will do it but it'll take time to charge it. Frosty The Lucky.
February 24, 20251 yr Gewoon, Shaina would have to do some travelling to get sand from a sea beach. She is in Kansas City, Missouri which is close to the geographic center of the United States. It's probably about 1400-1500 km. from her house to the nearest salt water. Good advice for folk in coastal areas though. Anyone using "wild" sand should run it through a screen before using it to separate out anything larger than sand size. G.
February 24, 20251 yr Doesn't Kansas have rivers and streams George? What size sieve do you think? Shaina, you might contact a local soils lab and ask about out of spec ROTAP screens. We had them from 4 to -200. The number is the number of spaces per sq/in. On a more practicaler note call an autobody supply, they'll have grit sizes from blasting 60 yro crud off a truck frame to super fine for delicate work and that'd just be sand. Autobody shops do a LOT of sand blasting. Frosty The Lucky.
February 25, 20251 yr Yes, of course there are sand bars and other fluvial deposits in Kansas and Missouri but the contribution from fresh water mussels and snails is very, very small and the proportion of larger sediments that far cownstream is also small. That said, you can have a local condition like an eroding cliff that contributes larger pieces. The sand blaster should have info on it about what size grit/medium to use. Generally, window screen is too coarse for seiving out all the bits that are too large. I agree that unless a person has a particularly good, clean source of natural sand commercial medium probably makes more sense. 40 years ago I had an outcrop available here near Laramie of very fine, very pure quartz sand that made pretty decent welding flux but today there is an oil change place built over it.
February 25, 20251 yr Please, don't ever use actual sand. Silicosis is quite bad for you. Use aluminum oxide grit or similar. I suggest cutting a hole in the bottom to which you add a funnel for the grit to flow out of the bottom. Make another hole in the side or top to which you will affix the hose from a shop vac to clear out the fine dust.
February 25, 20251 yr You may also want to consider the health hazard associated with using sand. Years ago, I did a fair amount of larger scale sandblasting in a room built specifically for that purpose but we had a positive pressure air supply hood to wear. The room was built where a many tons of a galvanized piping cooling structure for compressed air (former food processing plant) had once stood. I had the pleasure of cutting that stuff up with the torch and it took me about two weeks! We used to get the sand from a building supply place and it was sold to us as #2 dry sand. Years later when I bought my own pressure pot sand blaster and I searched for the #2 dry sand, I was told that sand was no longer used because of the health risk - silicosis. All of the cabinet type blasters that I have used all leaked somewhere and there was always fine grit in my nose and mouth after using them. I wear a respirator when I blast now which is outside in my backyard and I use coal slag media that I buy at tractor supply. There is a choice of particle size, course, medium and fine and it is not very expensive. It can be reused if you have a way to capture the media and screen it before putting it back in the pot to remove bits of scale, rust, paint etc. I use a piece of rubber roofing as a back drop and ground covering to try catch some of it but most of it gets scattered across the lawn. Someday I would like to try soda blasting.
February 25, 20251 yr I forgot to mention that you should duct tape a mylar sheet or similar to the inside of the glass to preserve it. Gazz, I have used soda for blasting. It is the most delicate form of blasting. If you get it all over your lawn it will kill it as it is alkaline.
February 25, 20251 yr Ah yes the extraction for dust is a good one indeed. The one i can use has a big fan ducted into. Silicosis, i will think about it. Maybe time to change the blasting media
February 26, 20251 yr My mom and dad got a new couch and for some reason my dad gets a static charge when ever he stands up. Their cats run into the other room when ever he stands up now.
February 26, 20251 yr You are welcome. But also with this knowledge we now know about an environmentally safe weed killer.
February 26, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, LeeJustice said: environmentally safe weed killer People have known about goats for thousands of years. I have pics of our little weed killers. Frosty The Lucky.
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