T-Gold Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Anyone out there have any uses for brake discs? I keep seeing them in the Goodyear dumpster that I ride past on my way home every day. Seems like they ought to be good for something! Are they steel, or CI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meco3hp Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Hello, Not too sure about the late model ones but the older one should be cast iron. Other than weight trading (trading wieght of your junk metal for good metal at a salvage yard) I don't know of any thing they'd be good for. Thanks Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Fire pots in a forge, but they can also be used as a form for making circles from flat iron, the base plate for a 3rd hand stand, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_rod Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 A bit off-beat from blacksmithing, but if you do any work on a lathe then old disks can be used as a sort of "disposable faceplate" for holding awkward shaped jobs. Centre it up on the big boss in the centre using the 4-jaw. Drill and tap it, grind retaining grooves, even weld brackets and angle pieces onto it, all the stuff you would not dare do to a proper faceplate. When it starts to get a bit tatty, or has a few too many holes in it, simply throw it away and find another. one_rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Third hand stand I can do -- lathe isn't big enough for the faceplate thing, though I did think of that. That's on topic, I think! They seem a little shallow for firepots. Was thinking stands, but third hand is the first thing I've heard that I won't knock over. More are welcome. Other ones I've thought of: Bolt-on flywheel for something that needs the extra umph (drill press?) May use one for an exercise bike I'm building... ought to run a lot truer than the exercise disc weights I was going to use. Slack belt pulley? (Bolt two together?) That could actually be handy... would it need some crowning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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