Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work.

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On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 4:02:23 AM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:

Welcome to RCM. What sort of metalworking do you do?

I am kind of addicted to going to the local scrap yard , finding something that inspires me to make something. Often I find nothing, but sometimes I find something that takes only a little work to have something useful.

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On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 4:02:23 AM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:

Welcome to RCM. What sort of metalworking do you do?

I am kind of addicted to going to the local scrap yard , finding
something that inspires me to make something. Often I find nothing,
but sometimes I find something that takes only a little work to have
something useful.

Dan


Dontcha know that "good" people don't get their hands dirty.



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On Monday, January 23, 2017 at 2:36:59 PM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:

I dug the remains of an ornate woodburning stove out of the ground and
made it into my secure vault-like mailbox. Some steel plate came from a
dumpster, then cutting torching and arcing welding gave me the metal
structure. Faced up the sides and back with native basalt.


Sounds nice. If it is a ornate wood burning stove, I would expect it was cast iron. If it is cast iron, what did you use for arc welding electrodes?

I knew someone in Washington State that embedded a mail box in the front half of a junk car. The mail box was not real obvious so it looked like a car coming out of a thicket of blackberries.

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I'm into Plasma CNC,

Turning Metal rods and non-round items,

working on an engine (not fast) and

currently working on a Bronze stick - 1/2" x 4" x 48". Have a foot

cut off to dovetail slot into it. (been a while).

I'm selling the CNC and even found a buyer for most in my shop by happen
chance.

Getting into more and more wood - carving and such as I slow down.
I'm 69 now coming on to 70.

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On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 4:02:23 AM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:

Welcome to RCM. What sort of metalworking do you do?

I am kind of addicted to going to the local scrap yard , finding something that inspires me to make something. Often I find nothing, but sometimes I find something that takes only a little work to have something useful.

Dan

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On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well . So tell us , did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?


So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.



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On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well . So tell us , did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?


So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.


Nothing macho about it . You showed up here a couple of weeks ago posting
political drivel . I just wondered if you actually have any metalworking
skills . Apparently not . And I don't own an anvil - yet . But I do have an
aluminum foundry ...
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On 01/24/2017 08:11 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
prairiesky wrote:
On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door


You do that? WOW!

or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well .


Incredible!

So tell us ,


And here we go!! After we learn just how bitchen' you are, can I measure
up??

did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?


Oh, NO! The hard-hitting questions!

So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.


Nothing macho about it . You showed up here a couple of weeks ago posting
political drivel . I just wondered if you actually have any metalworking
skills .


No, Dan wanted to check my credentials, and Dan dropped it when I cut
off the opening he was looking for. I figured maybe just a 1-in-5 chance
now that some punk would come strutting forward with a corny "So tell
us..." challenge.

Apparently not . And I don't own an anvil - yet . But I do have an
aluminum foundry ...


Your a cliche. Simpsons characters are modelled after guys like you.



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prairiesky wrote:
On 01/24/2017 08:11 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
prairiesky wrote:
On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door


You do that? WOW!


Yes I do , and it's obvious that you're awed by me .


or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well .


Incredible!


Yes , it is !


So tell us ,


And here we go!! After we learn just how bitchen' you are, can I
measure up??


I'm not really that bitchin' , but there are some here that are . You'll
never measure up to even me though .

did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?


Oh, NO! The hard-hitting questions!


Not at all - to anyone that knows anything about welding cast iron . Which
you obviously don't .


So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.


Nothing macho about it . You showed up here a couple of weeks ago
posting political drivel . I just wondered if you actually have any
metalworking skills .


No, Dan wanted to check my credentials, and Dan dropped it when I cut
off the opening he was looking for. I figured maybe just a 1-in-5
chance now that some punk would come strutting forward with a corny
"So tell us..." challenge.

Apparently not . And I don't own an anvil - yet . But I do have an
aluminum foundry ...


Your a cliche. Simpsons characters are modelled after guys like you.


Originally , yes . But they had to dummy them down so those of you with a
5th grade mentality could understand them .
Your evasive responses have shown that you're just another troll . I'm
done with you , now go clean your room like mommy told you to before she
cuts off the power to the basement .
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On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 12:59:06 AM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:

No, Dan wanted to check my credentials, and Dan dropped it when I cut
off the opening he was looking for. I figured maybe just a 1-in-5 chance
now that some punk would come strutting forward with a corny "So tell
us..." challenge.



I dropped it because I figured anyone with any knowledge would recognize that you really did not do what you said you did. And who cares about the people that are ignorant about metalworking.

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:11:01 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
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prairiesky wrote:
On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well . So tell us , did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?


So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.


Nothing macho about it . You showed up here a couple of weeks ago posting
political drivel . I just wondered if you actually have any metalworking
skills . Apparently not . And I don't own an anvil - yet . But I do have an
aluminum foundry ...


Plonk him and forget him, Snag. That vegetable is a waste of CO2.

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government fears the people, there is liberty."
Attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but Massah Ed, he doan tink it so.
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On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 11:24:12 AM UTC-5, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:11:01 -0600, "Terry Coombs"
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prairiesky wrote:
On 01/24/2017 07:45 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

Nice evasion . I TIG CI with either strips of CI cut from an old
woodburning stove door or with Invar 42 (thanks Dan!) or braze with
brass . I haven't used any but understand there are a couple of
nickel based electrodes that work well . So tell us , did you preheat
? Cool slowly after welding or peen the welds as they cooled ? Weld
it cold and pray ?

So funny! I don't recall much of what I did and didn't do, but I was
pretty sure that if I casually blew Dan off, he wouldn't be punky
enough to escalate this into a macho-dude challenge.

Hey, Coombs! My anvil is bigger than yours. You're a punk.


Nothing macho about it . You showed up here a couple of weeks ago posting
political drivel . I just wondered if you actually have any metalworking
skills . Apparently not . And I don't own an anvil - yet . But I do have an
aluminum foundry ...


Plonk him and forget him, Snag. That vegetable is a waste of CO2.

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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the
government fears the people, there is liberty."
Attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but Massah Ed, he doan tink it so.


A spurious quote, most likely an "edited" version of a quote from John Basil Barnhill, 1914, in a debate about socialism: "Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty."

There is no record that Jefferson ever said anything like it.

Since you have a proclivity to post spurious quotes, Larry, keep this URL handy if someone tells you something is from Jefferson. If it's from a rightard site, chances are it isn't:

https://www.monticello.org/site/jeff...ous-quotations

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On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 2:24:37 PM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:


I dropped it because I figured anyone with any knowledge would
recognize that you really did not do what you said you did.


You dropped it because you saw a possible risk to your ego looming.
Coombs is just too stupid to look that far ahead. Whatever anyone thinks
they recognize now makes no difference, because I built the mailbox
anyway. You can see it on Google Maps, Street View. Check it out!


Another idiot that believes he knows peoples motivation by reading what they post on the internet. I try my bet to park my ego before logging in.

Your suggestion to use Google Maps to see the mail box might be good, but only if you provide a location. No one is going to search the world looking for your mail box.

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On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 2:24:37 PM UTC-5, prairiesky wrote:


I dropped it because I figured anyone with any knowledge would
recognize that you really did not do what you said you did.


You dropped it because you saw a possible risk to your ego looming.
Coombs is just too stupid to look that far ahead. Whatever anyone thinks
they recognize now makes no difference, because I built the mailbox
anyway. You can see it on Google Maps, Street View. Check it out!


Another idiot that believes he knows peoples motivation by reading what they post on the internet. I try my bet to park my ego before logging in.

Your suggestion to use Google Maps to see the mail box might be good, but only if you provide a location. No one is going to search the world looking for your mail box.

Dan


He claims to have made a mail box? Good Lord, you can paint "MAIL" on
a gallon can and hang it on a fence post and call it a "mail box".

This is an accomplishment to brag about? "Oooooh! You can see my
mailbox on the internet!"


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