Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

[mcfred]

That's not abuse.... that's use.

If your vice looks like new... you aren't using it.

I agree, tools are meant to be used; I don't want new, but a coat of paint and some fresh jaws wouldn't hurt. I do try to care for my tools. Afterall, I've got 3 generations' worth of nicks, dings, gouges and welding slag family members have put into it over ~50 years(?).

I just can't find a set of replacement jaws for it. I'm thinking I'l have to find some generic set of 8" knurled jaws and cut them to fit my 3.5" Craftsman.

 

[oneshot86]

I agree, tools are meant to be used; I don't want new, but a coat of paint and some fresh jaws wouldn't hurt. I do try to care for my tools. Afterall, I've got 3 generations' worth of nicks, dings, gouges and welding slag family members have put into it over ~50 years(?).

I just can't find a set of replacement jaws for it. I'm thinking I'l have to find some generic set of 8" knurled jaws and cut them to fit my 3.5" Craftsman.

make a set...
one out of brass also

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I agree, tools are meant to be used; I don't want new, but a coat of paint and some fresh jaws wouldn't hurt. I do try to care for my tools. Afterall, I've got 3 generations' worth of nicks, dings, gouges and welding slag family members have put into it over ~50 years(?).

I just can't find a set of replacement jaws for it. I'm thinking I'l have to find some generic set of 8" knurled jaws and cut them to fit my 3.5" Craftsman.

Just take them to any shop with a mill... have them re-mill them. Or surface grind them.

Jaws are easy,

Sirhr

 

[Waorani]

Scored this one yesterday just for the price of picking it up. Other than refinishing and straightening the handle, looks like all it needs is a couple of dowel pins, rear cap and pipe jaws if I want to go the extra mile.

 

[sea2summit]

If this is a vice thread now I did score these last year for $0.17/#. They are on my winter restoration list, need to find a new handle for both and a spring for one otherwise they just need to get cleaned up a bit...and if I ever find the ungrateful grandchildren that scrapped these, well I’ve got words.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

If this is a vice thread now I did score these last year for $0.17/#. They are on my winter restoration list, need to find a new handle for both and a spring for one otherwise they just need to get cleaned up a bit...and if I ever find the ungrateful grandchildren that scrapped these, well I’ve got words.
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A paddlin is a better option.

Nice!!!

Sirhr

 

[oneshot86]

awesome vises

 

[LeftyJason]

It seems like all of the vises in my area are so freaking expensive. Prentiss vises are $300-1200. Post vises start at $220.

 

[jr81452]

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Sirhr

Is that a palmgren xy rotab? Explains the finish on those parts, near zero rigidity. Put that garbage back on the drill press where it belongs

Seriously though, if you take out the center slide you can gain some stiffness and Z height in one move.

 

[Geno C.]

Made a sizing die for my 22lr out of an old shot out barrel

 

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currently working on a "tac-board" or "nav board" for precise underwater navigation.

it essentially a fancy way to say "ship compass with a watch mounted to it".....

the ships compass is more precise than wrist mounted compasses that we usually use, and it gives us the ability to mount depth and bottom timers to it at well.


its usually held in front of the diver as they swim along.

now for some reason a lot of places seem to restrict sales of these to police/ military.....for.....reasons.

and when they do pop up on Ebay, they are ungodly expensive.....

so most people just make their own out of an old cutting board

well i found a design that actually looked pretty easy to fab up

so i channeled my inner Chinese and reverse engineered it

had the chassis water cut from 3/8" 6061, now to do all the final finishing and then likely have it sent out for Type 3 hardcoat.

should have some updates in a week or so.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

currently working on a "tac-board" or "nav board" for precise underwater navigation.
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it essentially a fancy way to say "ship compass with a watch mounted to it".....

the ships compass is more precise than wrist mounted compasses that we usually use, and it gives us the ability to mount depth and bottom timers to it at well.


its usually held in front of the diver as they swim along.
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now for some reason a lot of places seem to restrict sales of these to police/ military.....for.....reasons.

and when they do pop up on Ebay, they are ungodly expensive.....

so most people just make their own out of an old cutting board
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well i found a design that actually looked pretty easy to fab up
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so i channeled my inner Chinese and reverse engineered it
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had the chassis water cut from 3/8" 6061, now to do all the final finishing and then likely have it sent out for Type 3 hardcoat.

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should have some updates in a week or so.

I bet I know some people who would buy those.

Some of them are in marketing!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[kindabitey]

currently working on a "tac-board" or "nav board" for precise underwater navigation.
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it essentially a fancy way to say "ship compass with a watch mounted to it".....

the ships compass is more precise than wrist mounted compasses that we usually use, and it gives us the ability to mount depth and bottom timers to it at well.


its usually held in front of the diver as they swim along.
View attachment 7457589
now for some reason a lot of places seem to restrict sales of these to police/ military.....for.....reasons.

and when they do pop up on Ebay, they are ungodly expensive.....

so most people just make their own out of an old cutting board
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well i found a design that actually looked pretty easy to fab up
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so i channeled my inner Chinese and reverse engineered it
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had the chassis water cut from 3/8" 6061, now to do all the final finishing and then likely have it sent out for Type 3 hardcoat.

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should have some updates in a week or so.

I had to do it with one on my wrist. No wonder I was always lost .

 

[Decoy]

I had to do it with one on my wrist. No wonder I was always lost .

I had a pretty decent one that I attached to the back side of my pressure gauge so it hung in front. it was a nice addition to the one on my wrist in case that hand was busy with a bang stick or something.

 

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I bet I know some people who would buy those.

Some of them are in marketing!

Cheers,

Sirhr

haha yeah, i think the guys over at ScubaBoard are fixing to form a lynch mob if i dont end up doing a small production run of them

 

[sirhrmechanic]

haha yeah, i think the guys over at ScubaBoard are fixing to form a lynch mob if i dont end up doing a small production run of them

Do a picture with a Resco watch and a HFB knife in the photo... you will sell 500 of them overnight....

Seriously!

Sirhr

 

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Do a picture with a Resco watch and a HFB knife in the photo... you will sell 500 of them overnight....

Seriously!

Sirhr

So if I read what you are saying correctly....so long as I use them for "marketing purposes"....I should be able to write a couple Rescos off on my taxes as "business expenses"

 

[sirhrmechanic]

So if I read what you are saying correctly....so long as I use them for "marketing purposes"....I should be able to write a couple Rescos off on my taxes as "business expenses"

Unless your accountant is a complete idiot... yes!

PM inbound...

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Longrangeprecision762]

My plow Jeep needed some surgery. The first year for a boxed frame rail.

 

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have some updates on the nav board.

finally had time to get the mounting holes drilled and have it media tumbled.....looking pretty good!

need to update the rear cover to accept thread inserts.....should have a new rear cover tomorrow and then itll be read for the water.

going to eventually send it out for Hardcoat.....but i think itll survive a few splashes in the lake unharmed.

 

[Lardbutt]

Decided to wander around this thread a bit. Seems like a lifetime ago when I was working in metal fabrication. I am a journeyman welder and millwright. Used to work on boilers, high pressure pipe systems and did some cool stuff. I have welded twice in the last 30 years and it was humbling. I do miss it and playing with the cool tools. Perhaps missing it is looking through the the filter of time I did like the work.

 

[Halfnutz]

Finally got it moved to the basement where it will get more use. This was my grandfather's. Took a bit of cleaning up but still works great.

 

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got the nav board all finished and buttoned up.....will report back after diving it tomorrow.

but in the mean time, machined up a BP revolver nipple wrench today

 

[Halfnutz]

got the nav board all finished and buttoned up.....will report back after diving it tomorrow.

but in the mean time, machined up a BP revolver nipple wrench today
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That's pretty!

 

[frankxtc]

This is a mount and cooling airflow metalworking project for a HAM radio amplifier I built.
The blower intake is the large silver tube coming up from under the amp.
Blower pressurizes the aluminum box where the amplifier tube is mounted.
Pressurized air flows through the tube cooling fins.
Tube is capable of making 7kw power at 5000 volts. (I don’t run it that hard)

 

[sea2summit]

Fist project with no plans, just go to the scrap yard and see what might work.
Steel $33, plus scraps I already had.
Wood 2x8’s for the floor $23.
May $46 but I only used half.
Rattle can $12
So $114 plus time ain’t tea bag. Boy’s first time actually welding on a project, don’t judge him he has a horrible welding teacher...

Just waiting for the second coat of paint to finish drying on the gate and put that back in, took it up for a test fit and she wasn’t ready to commit but looks like it will work just fine.

 

[pmclaine]

Fist project with no plans, just go to the scrap yard and see what might work.
Steel $33, plus scraps I already had.
Wood 2x8’s for the floor $23.
May $46 but I only used half.
Rattle can $12
So $114 plus time ain’t tea bag. Boy’s first time actually welding on a project, don’t judge him he has a horrible welding teacher...

Just waiting for the second coat of paint to finish drying on the gate and put that back in, took it up for a test fit and she wasn’t ready to commit but looks like it will work just fine.

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Farmers......using their skills buying scrap shit like poors in order to make their and our world a better place.......

 

[sea2summit]

Farmers......using their skills buying scrap shit like poors in order to make their and our world a better place.......

Very true. And I take no credit for what they do, I only pretend to be a farmer on the weekends. But I live near a lot of them and love working with them, everyone is a salt of the earth type man.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

So everything was painted a few weeks ago... and I bought a small trailer to mount everything on. Makes moving things easier than if I put it on an actual rampart! Ramparts are hard to move. Sort of a waste of Walnut, I guess. But damn that trailer floor looks good!!!

Barrel goes in tomorrow!

You can see how the 'pivot' works for the traverse. It's run on the rails that are screwed to the floor. The elevation is via the acme thread.

Once the bronze barrel goes on and the Elevation hooks up, it's going to look really spectacular! And function just like a Rampart gun should!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Halfnutz]

So everything was painted a few weeks ago... and I bought a small trailer to mount everything on. Makes moving things easier than if I put it on an actual rampart! Ramparts are hard to move. Sort of a waste of Walnut, I guess. But damn that trailer floor looks good!!!

Barrel goes in tomorrow!


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You can see how the 'pivot' works for the traverse. It's run on the rails that are screwed to the floor. The elevation is via the acme thread.

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Once the bronze barrel goes on and the Elevation hooks up, it's going to look really spectacular! And function just like a Rampart gun should!

Cheers,

Sirhr

I have a large window in my house this would look great pointing out!

This cute one belongs to a member of our local German club.



Proves that there are "Have's" and "Have's Not".

 

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So everything was painted a few weeks ago... and I bought a small trailer to mount everything on. Makes moving things easier than if I put it on an actual rampart! Ramparts are hard to move. Sort of a waste of Walnut, I guess. But damn that trailer floor looks good!!!

Barrel goes in tomorrow!


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You can see how the 'pivot' works for the traverse. It's run on the rails that are screwed to the floor. The elevation is via the acme thread.

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Once the bronze barrel goes on and the Elevation hooks up, it's going to look really spectacular! And function just like a Rampart gun should!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[ZiaHunter]

Finally got it moved to the basement where it will get more use. This was my grandfather's. Took a bit of cleaning up but still works great. View attachment 7467858

Nice job and those old drill presses are hard to beat. PIcked up a Clausing 20" circa late 50's drill press from a co-worker brothers estate. Needed some work and had to replace the quill which was not cheap. Thing is a beast and just hums. Last year rebuilt a friends Powermatic 1200 that was in boxes and turned out to be quite a project since all the bearings had froze and and the VSS was trashed. New motor, bearings, VSS and now runs like a top.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

And the barrel is in place...

Now to turn up some canister shells...

Sirhr

 

[pmclaine]

And the barrel is in place...

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Now to turn up some canister shells...

Sirhr

Go with some chain shot..........

 

[frankxtc]

Here is a machine work project I did for the RV.
Added a new (larger) rear sway bar.
The new Hellwig sway bar looked great, but the mounting brackets were just….crap.
Ordered a block’o steel. Took some measurements, laid it out w/ blue dye, made chips.

 

[ZiaHunter]

Shotmarker Stand made from 2"x2"x1/8" square AL tubing. 32" square and TIG welded. Legs made from 1" EMT and height can be adjusted by using different size EMT. Breaks down flat for easy transport and is light. Bungee cords attached to keep stand stable.

 

[frankxtc]

The firing line @ my range had wooden tables that wobbled.
I made this portable shooting bench out of some pieces of stainless steel tubing, threaded pipe bungs, and a big chunk of Aluminum plate.

 

[sea2summit]

Doesn’t look like something I’d want to move around every time I went shooting lol.

 

[frankxtc]

^^^ Version 1.0 of the portable table was even worse - the concrete was difficult to handle & assemble…….

 

[pmclaine]

^^^ Version 1.0 of the portable table was even worse - the concrete was difficult to handle & assemble…….

Is that in "The concrete former and finisher" thread?

Asking for a friend.

$50 SHIPPED for your old table?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Couple of small projects...

Swing arm mount for m249.

I’ll finish that today.

And an instrument pod for M998

Easy to make. A bit more work to fab. But cheaper than buying!

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

The arm all done including locks, bushings, etc. Just need a socket that will fit my cradle and it'll be done. Not bad for a morning's work! I didn't really feel like paying $800 to the Surplus Mount Mafia to get something that they got at Gov auctions for 20 cents a pound... and I can make in a morning!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

 

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Parts finally came in from Cerakote....they look amazing.

Cerakote only took 1 week...i dropped it off and told them to spray it whatever color they were doing their next batch in......took a gamble.....could have gotten back parts in Navy seal hot pink......was lucky to get manly black.

 

[CSGambill]

Nowhere near as technically impressive as some of your guys' creations, but I made this bench as birthday/anniversary/Christmas present for my sister. Milled the top from a tree that came out of my neighbor's yard.

Flattening the slab for the top:

 

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Nowhere near as technically impressive as some of your guys' creations, but I made this bench as birthday/anniversary/Christmas present for my sister. Milled the top from a tree that came out of my neighbor's yard.

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Flattening the slab for the top:
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dont sell yourself short, that is some damn fine craftsmanship....truly.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Parts finally came in from Cerakote....they look amazing.

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Cerakote only took 1 week...i dropped it off and told them to spray it whatever color they were doing their next batch in......took a gamble.....could have gotten back parts in Navy seal hot pink......was lucky to get manly black.

Navy Seal Hot Pink??

Isn't that some kind of rescue color?

Looks great...

PM me when you are ready to talk to those guys I know in San Diego... This needs to be marketed...

Sirhr

 

[CSGambill]

dont sell yourself short, that is some damn fine craftsmanship....truly.

Thanks. I am proud of it, but my welds need help. Tig welding well takes serious skill!

 

[lariat]

Made a desk a while back from some circa 1940s pipeline and angle iron off of an oil lease. Top is pine and coated it all in linseed oil. Not a work of art but it is what I need for my office in the shop. Heavy as hell. Crappy cell pic from when I was renovating but the desk turned out pretty good. The surface rust when hit with the linseed oil makes a nice deep leather brown.

 

[4065HW]

Knife I made years ago. Forge welded up a chainsaw chain. Deer antler scales. Nickle silver pins and plate. Tapered tang. Sheath with rawhide lace and welt