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Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by 52 Ford Never drink and derive... ....or dive
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Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations Bad math since I forgot to convert inches to feet. 21,600 inched equals 1,800 feet. Never drink and derive...
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations My neighbor who works for an elevator company dropped off this 9 foot section of 8x8x1/4 today for free. He did ask if I could make a jig or piece they use to make sure the T tracks are straight. The jig is just two pieces of 1/4" aluminum angle that are 12 inches long. There is a short score or narrow line on one end. They clamp these pieces to the T track and use a string to ensure the tracks are straight. I would have thought they needed more precision, but OK. A bunch of heavy pieces he delivers for free versus a couple of pieces of angle? Sounds like a deal to me. Your luck must come from...somewhere clean living?
Re: Scrap metal art or projects My neighbor who works for an elevator company dropped off this 9 foot section of 8x8x1/4 today for free. He did ask if I could make a jig or piece they use to make sure the T tracks are straight. The jig is just two pieces of 1/4" aluminum angle that are 12 inches long. There is a short score or narrow line on one end. They clamp these pieces to the T track and use a string to ensure the tracks are straight. I would have thought they needed more precision, but OK. A bunch of heavy pieces he delivers for free versus a couple of pieces of angle? Sounds like a deal to me. Attachment 1786111
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations Apparently I forgot how to spell "inches" as well. A spelling error on your part perhaps. I take it as “verbalizing” the 21,600. Made sense to me.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by N2 Welding Pat, That dunce hat just made me realized the first 3 letters in your company name PSA could be public service announcement Maybe Pat could bend up a piece of SCRAP flatbar as a handle for his dunce cap.... Attachment 1786035
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Pat, That dunce hat just made me realized the first 3 letters in your company name PSA could be public service announcement
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Apparently I forgot how to spell "inches" as well.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations Bad math since I forgot to convert inches to feet. 21,600 inched equals 1,800 feet. Attachment 1786027 Apologies for my poor photo editing (High school dropout using iPhone)
Re: Scrap metal art or projects I have seen so many fire extinguisher bells, I wondered if the two CO2 fire extinguishers I had were empty,, I looked at them, they had the empty weight, and the full weight stamped on them.. They were both last tested about 1983,, I weighed them, the smaller one had a full weight stamped at 31 pounds,, it weighs 33 pounds. The larger one has a test weight of 41 pounds stamped on it,, it weighs over 45 pounds. I was kinda amazed that the FE's could hold CO2 for 40 years and not leak down,,
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by SweetMK Bring 'em down to Botetourt,, I will do them in two hours,, you pay for the electricity!! I have done thousands of plasma cut parts in it,, Need to stick that tumbler in a tumbler then paint it Ford blue.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations To do some simple math, I am estimating each side at 3 inches. So that is 2400x3 = 7200 inches. The exterior edges were done by running them across an 80 grit belt, then again with a very fine surface conditioning belt. The interior edges were just hit with a 150 grit Dynabrade band file. So 3 x 7200" = 21,600 inches or so. Or 4 miles of edges. But my math might be off. Bad math since I forgot to convert inches to feet. 21,600 inched equals 1,800 feet.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by Lis2323 THAT is exactly how i was going to suggest building it. It is the mirror image of dad's first carrot washer. The only difference would be 12-14 gauge galvanized steel with 5/8" perforations on a 2" grid pattern (like on a fixture table) Same hex shape with eccentric axis and sliding door. I bought it because it was a duplicate of my in home woodstove, only several times larger,, Attachment 1785983 My plans were to convert it into a giant woodstove for the shop. Propane is too easy, so it is still a tumbler,,
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by SweetMK I don't know why I have only low res pics,, too long ago (12 years) This is how you load it,, two compartments Attachment 1785977 ] THAT is exactly how i was going to suggest building it. It is the mirror image of dad's first carrot washer. The only difference would be 12-14 gauge galvanized steel with 5/8" perforations on a 2" grid pattern (like on a fixture table) Same hex shape with eccentric axis and sliding door.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects I don't know why I have only low res pics,, too long ago (12 years) This is how you load it,, two compartments Attachment 1785977 after Attachment 1785981 This is tractor chains after tumbling, to be painted,, Attachment 1785979
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Bring 'em down to Botetourt,, I will do them in two hours,, you pay for the electricity!! I have done thousands of plasma cut parts in it,,
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by Lis2323 Okay. I like that idea. But you don't like strapping buckets to your lawnmower tires???
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by rancher76 I might have been very tempted to get a concrete mixer from horrible freight and tossed them into it with some gravel out of the driveway if I was facing 4 miles of edges to debur… Okay. I like that idea.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by rancher76 I might have been very tempted to get a concrete mixer from horrible freight and tossed them into it with some gravel out of the driveway if I was facing 4 miles of edges to debur… Hadn't thought about that. I think This Old Tony did something similar with a big tin can chucked in the lathe.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects I might have been very tempted to get a concrete mixer from horrible freight and tossed them into it with some gravel out of the driveway if I was facing 4 miles of edges to debur…
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations Start with a whole bunch of square and box tubing of various sizes from 1x1 up to 8x8. Spend the equivalent of an entire day or more cutting them into slices from 1/8"-1/2" thick and you end up with 300 pieces. That meant manually deburring 2400 edges since I don't have a vibratory deburring machine. Now I can finally start welding and making things from these. Attachment 1785929 Get a 5 gallon bucket, fill it half way with abrasive grit (blasting media?), attach the bucket to a tire on your lawn mower, jack the mower up, put it in drive (bypass seat switch)....
Re: Scrap metal art or projects To do some simple math, I am estimating each side at 3 inches. So that is 2400x3 = 7200 inches. The exterior edges were done by running them across an 80 grit belt, then again with a very fine surface conditioning belt. The interior edges were just hit with a 150 grit Dynabrade band file. So 3 x 7200" = 21,600 inches or so. Or 4 miles of edges. But my math might be off.
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Talk about a labor of love! That is a TREMENDOUS amount of deburring!!!
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Originally Posted by psacustomcreations That meant manually deburring 2400 edges ***since I don't have a vibratory deburring machine*** Attachment 1785929 Am I the only one who can grasp the takeaway in Pat’s statement?
Re: Scrap metal art or projects Start with a whole bunch of square and box tubing of various sizes from 1x1 up to 8x8. Spend the equivalent of an entire day or more cutting them into slices from 1/8"-1/2" thick and you end up with 300 pieces. That meant manually deburring 2400 edges since I don't have a vibratory deburring machine. Now I can finally start welding and making things from these. Attachment 1785929
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