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Yesterday,
10:21 AM
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Hardening and Quenching
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Some where or time I saw a program where the blade maker insisted the quench was done with oil and the quench tank (a horizontal pan) was oriented to...
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07-22-2017,
04:54 PM
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Home made rod bender
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Did you just make your bender or have you had it a while. Looks great. I like your idea for the mandrils.
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07-22-2017,
03:43 PM
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I think I have solve the clamping problem with my rod bender. After some search I found a web page of how to make Cam action edge clamps. Took me...
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07-22-2017,
03:36 PM
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07-21-2017,
12:38 PM
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BCRider, I thought of making a cam type work holder but got lazy and took the easy way. Maybe later. I do have a small two lobe camshaft from a 8hp...
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07-20-2017,
09:31 PM
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WAY OT- Boiled Eggs
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I normally let the Easter Bunny provide my hard boiled eggs :cool:
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07-20-2017,
09:27 PM
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I need a quick and easy bending jig
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What Paul said, cut a board to the size you want the inside of your trays to be and pound away.. ;) Well you get the idea.
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07-19-2017,
04:51 PM
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Templale gauge?
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Amazon sells those parallelograms like Black Forest has for $12. They do look useful.
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07-19-2017,
02:49 AM
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Boslab, I know that they make a hydraulic assists for those tough bends.. Some years ago I made a mandril for my Harbor Freight clone of a real...
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07-19-2017,
02:39 AM
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02:36 AM
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07-18-2017,
08:50 PM
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OT: How strong is a power line? (Tree down in todat's storm)
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Depending on if the line is a primary or secondary. Primary line usually have a steel core with seven aluminum wires wound around the steel wire. ...
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07-18-2017,
07:40 PM
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Home made rod bender
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OK, I think I figured a method of clamping down the rod to be bent. I drilled and taped a hole in the plate and made L shaped handle with a...
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07-18-2017,
07:10 PM
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I finished the wrought iron chair
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Your photo finally loaded after clicking your link and then reloading the page using the little circle arrow at the right of the address.
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07-18-2017,
11:15 AM
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I finished the wrought iron chair
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After resetting the page a couple of times I was able to see the photo. Nice job. Are you going to powder coat it. Here on the lefthand coast...
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07-18-2017,
01:51 AM
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8thscale, that is where I found it. Thanks for the link, I had misplaced it.
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07-18-2017,
01:50 AM
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Mike, I don't know of any advantage to making the mandrel holding pin different sizes with associated size holes in the different mandrels. I...
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07-17-2017,
10:47 PM
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Thanks Matt, it was more of a " see if I could build it" than a need.
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07-17-2017,
08:09 PM
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This is a rod bender that I made from the information I found on Homemadetools.net I think the person who posted it was Tom Lipton. I found most...
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07-17-2017,
07:17 PM
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07-15-2017,
09:27 PM
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Drowning at the Dam---o.t.
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I couldn't read it, no purple and blue, or yellow ;)
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07-11-2017,
11:36 PM
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What did you machine today?
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Finger Engine : is a flywheel that is turned by a rod on a crank that is powered by a lever that is operated by pumping with your finger....damn...
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07-11-2017,
07:58 PM
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Problem: I Need Sun Glasses - in the Shop
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I've replaced every light I own with LEDs. House, drive way, car port, guest house, shop and motorhome, and storage room above the shop, even all...
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retired from 27 years of working at a Nuke plant in Idaho
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