Anyone doing any actual metalwork?

They have shark suits, and meatpackers use metal chain mail. If you could pick up some of that cheap, it would have more flex AND it would probably be pretty breathable. Course, you'd look like the tin man, but .........

Steve

I've been making these:

Here you go...

Wow, nice patterns. What steels did you use?

And thanks! This (pattern welding in general) is what I've been working towards with getting my compressor and building the power hammer. I'm starting to get up to speed. Depending on how well my grinding skills ramp up, I should be doing knives soon too. Todd

Yep, that's why I was so excited about it.

I can buy a knife from you if you make a nice knife and have a nice price on it.

Ignoramus764 wrote: (snip)

I'll post something here when I get to that point. I'm hoping by the middle of summer.

You take a plug out, insert a bunch of nylon rope into the cylinder and then torque away. Make sure to leave the tail of rope out. :)

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

OOPS! Didn't read the last part. As long as the cylinder is coming up on compression, (no valves opened), the method I described is pretty safe. Try to keep the crank lobe at 90 degrees for minimum leverage against the head.

Wes

Thanks!

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"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"

Thanks!

I'll see if I can get something posted later tonight or tomorrow.

Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com

"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"

Thanks!

Harbor Freight recently started selling one for a pretty good price.

Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com

"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"

Their catalog has had them for $150 (e.g., 99736-1BUC).

Looks like a gear motor might be readily attached.

Bob

"Todd Rich" wrote

What are those?

As I have been with safety glasses, never using gloves around machine tools, removing both my wedding ring and my watch before using such tool (and hanging them on a mini-carabiner on my belt).

Agreed. I still have all my fingers.

Indeed -- though I do have the newsgroup to read and post in while I can't do things -- so I can share what I know with those who ask questions.

Thanks, DoN.

It looks to me like you may need an inside pattern and figure out how to roll the strip around it. I have seen that type of hinge but never thought about how it was made. Wonder if it could be drawn thru a suitably shaped tapered die, with maybe some preliminary forming? Seems like a good repro part to sell if you can figure it out reasonably.

Don Young

Believe it or not, seam-rippers. As in sewing implements. Made out of pattern welded (damascus) steel. I made the damascus as well grinding it to shape when done.

Used this hammer that I built to do it:

Believe me, I've tried talking to shops, I contacted Roper Whitney, I contacted some sheet metal shops that said they "made anything" - so far no luck - drawing through dies is one way, some kind of press brake to start it, and then a shape hammered onto the end to continue the roll might work, a roll mill might work

Someone must know how to make these - this is ridiculous - even Pexto didn't have much to say that was helpful

Better be sure it's on the compression stroke too , or you're likely to bend a valve or three .