On Aug 25, 8:21 pm, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Matty F wrote:



I was making a clamp to match an old one that holds the lid on a large
electric motor.
The finished clamp in place on the motor:
http://i26.tinypic.com/n6f3o0.jpg

It still needs to be painted black. What a pity!
The patent date on the motor is Oct 9, 1888

The finished clamp together with the original that had to be copied:
http://i32.tinypic.com/fwhsgz.jpg

To save cutting a huge block of steel, an extension was welded on the
handle. The weld was tidied up with an angle grinder!
http://i25.tinypic.com/eiqmr.jpg

I tried my hand at forging this rusty old bolt by heating it up red
hot and flattening the head with a big hammer. I cut the thread much
further:
http://i25.tinypic.com/2qmes9l.jpg

Halfway through chopping up the big block of steel, in case you missed
the earlier discussion:
http://i25.tinypic.com/27yuxz6.jpg

Brilliant! I only wish that I had the equipment and skills to be able to
make things like that.

The only expensive machine that I used was a metal bandsaw. It would
be possible to use a hand hacksaw but that would be hard work.
Otherwise an angle grinder could do most of it. I used a sandpaper
flapper disk in the grinder for finishing work.
I used a drill press for 4 holes but a portable drill would have done
instead.