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How do you drill through stainless steel at home?
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:53:43 +0000, Baron
wrote: Ed Huntress Inscribed thus: Here's a thought to keep in mind for the future. It's the way that gunsmiths annealed spots on (case hardened) '03 Springfield receivers, for drilling to mount a scope. Cut the head off of a 12d nail, or use other appropriately sized pieces of mild steel bar. Chuck the nail or bar in your drill press and mount the work firmly in your vise. Get the spindle turning at a medium speed, bring the nail down onto the work, and press down firmly. You want to make a spot glow at least dark cherry red from friction. Take the nail out of the drill chuck and chuck your drill bit. Drill as deep as you need, or as deep as you can. If necessary, remove the bit, re-chuck the nail, and do the whole thing again. The annealing doesn't run very deep. I've used this method to drill flat springs, and it worked great for me. It also leaves a minimum amount of distortion and a minimal heat-affected zone. Ed Huntress Interesting technique, I'll have to remember that one ! It can work well when the circumstances are right. BTW, just so we don't leave in inaccurate impression: The case hardening on an '03 receiver was not the thin case we use to impart surface hardness. It was a deep case hardening applied with an extended soak in a furnace, with a dissociated ammonia atmosphere, and the purpose was to strengthen the receiver, not to harden it. So it isn't like those 'smiths were just trying to scratch through a thin case. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Baron" wrote in message
... Ed Huntress Inscribed thus: Here's a thought to keep in mind for the future. It's the way that gunsmiths annealed spots on (case hardened) '03 Springfield receivers, for drilling to mount a scope. Ed Huntress Interesting technique, I'll have to remember that one ! Best Regards: Baron. A variation is to anneal the spot with a red-hot iron dipped into a drop of solder. |
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On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:08:18 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Ever notice my domain name? Yes, and I've visited the site. I don't maintain it any more. I'm just below my maximum quota. I should move the DNS record to point to: http://802.11junk.com which I also don't maintain much because it's such a disorganized mess. Oh well. Did you notice the emoticon that said I was joking with you? Nope. I usually ignore imbedded hieroglyphics. One engineering student started a fire by laying a hot soldering iron on a pile of paper towels, then he stood there screaming "Run for your lives, we're all gona die" He was standing in front of the fire extinguisher, so I grabbed the pile of flaming towels and ran out the front door to let them burn out in the parking lot. He had been shown where every extinguisher was, and there were squeeze bottles full of window cleaner that would have put it out. The last I heard of him was that he was working for RCA designing TV tuners.. I was glad that I was out of the TV repair business! Sounds like me about 45 years ago. One of the other techs had started a small fire on the workbench with a hot soldering iron. I arrived to save the day by unloading 10 lbs of Class D dry powder from a large fire extinguisher into the flames, and all over everything in the shop. One big "whoosh" and the extinguisher was empty. It took about a week to clean up the mess. I was on the receiving end of another brain dead fire extinguisher operator. I was working on a Rose Float at the college when sparks from a welder set fire to a small pile of oily rags and rubbish. We were all standing around the impromptu bon fire (it was a cold night) when someone arrived with a CO2 fire extinguisher. Standing on the opposite side of the fire from me, they unloaded the extinguisher, which blew considerable burning debris in my direction. I was able to get out of the way of this crud flame thrower just in time. Some things just have to be learned the hard way. Another destroyed transistors by the handful buy putting them in wrong, then laughing about it. The last I heard, he workes at WPAFB in one of the labs. He was at R.L. Drake, till they got out of the ham radio business. Careful, those that can't do anything useful on the bench, eventually become managers. They were the cream of the crop. At graduation, we attempted to guess the future profession and level of success of various notable engineering graduates. It was generally agreed that I would die in a spectacular explosion of my own creation. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Mar 8, 5:10*pm, jon_banquer wrote:
On Mar 8, 12:58*pm, Transition Zone wrote: It won't help. Suggest you review posts from George *Plimpton / Delvin Benet, etc so you can see that you're not dealing with someone who has any metalworking skills or any real practical metalworking knowledge. Several people in labor, mfg, design, etc ... have no theoretical or practical knowledge in metalworking, but still take, send or broker related work out. My problem with people in this group is the sickening bigotry and the convincing sock puppetry. |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:08:18 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Ever notice my domain name? Yes, and I've visited the site. I don't maintain it any more. I'm just below my maximum quota. I should move the DNS record to point to: http://802.11junk.com which I also don't maintain much because it's such a disorganized mess. Oh well. Did you notice the emoticon that said I was joking with you? Nope. I usually ignore imbedded hieroglyphics. One engineering student started a fire by laying a hot soldering iron on a pile of paper towels, then he stood there screaming "Run for your lives, we're all gona die" He was standing in front of the fire extinguisher, so I grabbed the pile of flaming towels and ran out the front door to let them burn out in the parking lot. He had been shown where every extinguisher was, and there were squeeze bottles full of window cleaner that would have put it out. The last I heard of him was that he was working for RCA designing TV tuners.. I was glad that I was out of the TV repair business! Sounds like me about 45 years ago. One of the other techs had started a small fire on the workbench with a hot soldering iron. I arrived to save the day by unloading 10 lbs of Class D dry powder from a large fire extinguisher into the flames, and all over everything in the shop. One big "whoosh" and the extinguisher was empty. It took about a week to clean up the mess. My incident was about 40 years ago. I was on the receiving end of another brain dead fire extinguisher operator. I was working on a Rose Float at the college when sparks from a welder set fire to a small pile of oily rags and rubbish. We were all standing around the impromptu bon fire (it was a cold night) when someone arrived with a CO2 fire extinguisher. Standing on the opposite side of the fire from me, they unloaded the extinguisher, which blew considerable burning debris in my direction. I was able to get out of the way of this crud flame thrower just in time. Some things just have to be learned the hard way. Still better than fighting a forest fire with nothing but a backpak water tank, and a shovel. Another destroyed transistors by the handful buy putting them in wrong, then laughing about it. The last I heard, he workes at WPAFB in one of the labs. He was at R.L. Drake, till they got out of the ham radio business. Careful, those that can't do anything useful on the bench, eventually become managers. He's probaly laid off right now. He was told that the fiscal cliff 'Sequester" would cut the funding for the contactor he works for. They were the cream of the crop. At graduation, we attempted to guess the future profession and level of success of various notable engineering graduates. It was generally agreed that I would die in a spectacular explosion of my own creation. It IS nice to be rcognized for your talents. It's a good thing you didn't work at a munitions plant, instead of Lingerie. How many people have been killed by an exploding corset? |
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Transition Zone wrote: On Mar 8, 5:10 pm, jon_banquer wrote: On Mar 8, 12:58 pm, Transition Zone wrote: It won't help. Suggest you review posts from George Plimpton / Delvin Benet, etc so you can see that you're not dealing with someone who has any metalworking skills or any real practical metalworking knowledge. Several people in labor, mfg, design, etc ... have no theoretical or practical knowledge in metalworking, but still take, send or broker related work out. My problem with people in this group is the sickening bigotry and the convincing sock puppetry. WHICH group? The thread is crossposted among four newsgroups. |
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On 3/8/2013 11:23 AM, jim wrote:
George Plimpton wrote: On 3/8/2013 11:10 AM, jim wrote: Delvin Benet wrote: There is virtue in being *able* to do a lot of things for oneself, but not always in actually *doing* it. It takes a certain level of ignorance to believe that it is possible to become "able" without ever actually "doing". As usual, you didn't comprehend what was written. Apparently you immediately concluded I was making a reference to you. Why did you think that? -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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On 3/8/2013 12:11 PM, jim wrote:
George Plimpton wrote: On 3/8/2013 11:23 AM, jim wrote: George Plimpton wrote: On 3/8/2013 11:10 AM, jim wrote: Delvin Benet wrote: There is virtue in being *able* to do a lot of things for oneself, but not always in actually *doing* it. It takes a certain level of ignorance to believe that it is possible to become "able" without ever actually "doing". As usual, you didn't comprehend what was written. You might be able to do something as a matter of prior training and practice, but that doesn't mean you should always undertake to do it in future. Apparently you immediately concluded I was making a reference to you. You simply ran your mouth and as usual said something stupid and pointless. Pointless and stupid is all you understand. -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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On 3/8/2013 12:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 3/8/2013 12:51 PM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 10:28 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/8/2013 12:23 PM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 10:15 AM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 8:44 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote: "Delvin Benet" ýt wrote in message .. . I would go to the Sandia National Laboratory and get them to use a powerful laser to burn a hole through the ****er. You just don't understand the self-reliant philosophy of R.C.M., do you? I was just making a joke. You take things too seriously. Actually, and being serious myself here, I think a lot of people in r.c.m. take the self-reliance thing too far. They use bad judgment in determining whether to make or buy. It would probably be a better use of their time in many instances to buy rather than make a part, or to hire certain work out to specialists. There is virtue in being *able* to do a lot of things for oneself, but not always in actually *doing* it. Back around 1977 or so, I had a colleague who constantly prattled on about the virtue of working on one's car. He not only considered it a virtue to do so, he considered it a moral failing in those who didn't. In that era, business attire - suits - was still standard. One time when this goof was nattering on about fixing one's own car and expressing his disdain for those who didn't, I said, "Well, you could always buy a couple of gallon cans of dry cleaning fluid and dryclean your own suits, too. Do you?" He just gave me a dirty look and turned away. I suppose you would criticize a cowboy who tried to repair his horse? ^_^ LOL! Maybe not if he was a veterinarian. -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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On 3/8/2013 12:38 PM, amdx wrote:
On 3/8/2013 12:51 PM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 10:28 AM, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/8/2013 12:23 PM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 10:15 AM, Delvin Benet wrote: On 3/8/2013 8:44 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote: "Delvin Benet" ýt wrote in message .. . I would go to the Sandia National Laboratory and get them to use a powerful laser to burn a hole through the ****er. You just don't understand the self-reliant philosophy of R.C.M., do you? I was just making a joke. You take things too seriously. Actually, and being serious myself here, I think a lot of people in r.c.m. take the self-reliance thing too far. They use bad judgment in determining whether to make or buy. It would probably be a better use of their time in many instances to buy rather than make a part, or to hire certain work out to specialists. There is virtue in being *able* to do a lot of things for oneself, but not always in actually *doing* it. Back around 1977 or so, I had a colleague who constantly prattled on about the virtue of working on one's car. He not only considered it a virtue to do so, he considered it a moral failing in those who didn't. In that era, business attire - suits - was still standard. One time when this goof was nattering on about fixing one's own car and expressing his disdain for those who didn't, I said, "Well, you could always buy a couple of gallon cans of dry cleaning fluid and dryclean your own suits, too. Do you?" He just gave me a dirty look and turned away. -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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On 3/8/2013 2:09 PM, jim wrote:
I have no reason to drill stainless steel. I choose not to do much on my car because I don't enjoy it, I can afford to pay to have it done, and there are more valuable uses of my time. -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:43:04 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Still better than fighting a forest fire with nothing but a backpak water tank, and a shovel. Been there, done that, but only once. I think it was about 1966. I was doing something useless in a Cal Poly Pomona dormitory, when someone from the state forestry service arrived asking for volunteers to fight a fire. This was in the days when it was fashionable to empty the colleges, instead of the jails, to fight forest fires. We were soon on our way to do battle with a brush fire burning in the bottom of the San Gabriel River (now known as the 605 freeway) near El Monte. It's not every day that a dry river catches fire, and I wanted to be part of the experience. Our job was mostly to haul cut brush away from the river banks, so the adjacent houses would not burn. The bulldozers just couldn't work among the rubble on the river bottom. There were no fatalities or major injuries. We did loose a few due to exhaustion from being out of shape and not drinking enough water. We were at it for about 12 hrs, with erratic breaks, until another motley load of student arrived to relieve us. It's a good thing you didn't work at a munitions plant, instead of Lingerie. True. I haven't worked much with explosives, but I came close. Pollack-Benedict(?) construction was building the Simi Valley freeway between the north end of the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley. The connecting pass was plagued with large granite boulders, typically about the size of a large 2 story house. This was too much for the earth movers, so blasting contractor was hired to break them apart. Everyone assumed that during blasting, that the 2 lane highway, next to where the freeway was being built, could be closed to traffic. Nope. In provide the illusion of safety, some traffic control was needed. What better use for expendable students. A desperate call was made to San Fernando Valley State College (now known as Cal State University, Northridge) for anyone with RF experience. Of course all the ham radio operators immediately responded. 4 of us were hired to direct traffic, but more importantly, to yell at anyone with a 2-way radio in their vehicle to turn it off or risk having their transmitter cause a premature explosion. Signs highlighting the danger of radio transmissions in the area were installed at key locations, and generally ignored. It seemed that the local public service, public safety, and VIP drivers didn't really like the idea of driving for about 20 minutes without their radio. I had to settle for having them unscrew their microphones or promise not to transmit until clear of the area. There were no explosions, but I was genuinely concerned. Many years later, I discovered that a radio was unlikely to cause a blasting cap to explode, but at the time, it was generally accepted that it was possible. How many people have been killed by an exploding corset? I have no idea. Googling for "exploding corset" yields only one possibility: http://www.lelong.com.my/kx/corset+exploding.htm My father's factory (Tosca Lingerie) did not make corsets. It made womens night wear, commonly known as lingerie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie However, I did work for a company that made corsets, which were designed to contain an exploding waistline. I got a summer job in shipping and receiving at Foundation Garments in Smog Angeles. The bulk of their sales were male girdles offered for sale in the military PX stores. At the time, the military was downsizing well after the Korean War, and was using every excuse possible to retire overweight and out of shape officers. The only quick solution was to redistribute the flab with a male girdle. My employment was uneventful, although I did obtain a new proficiency with profanity, that has remained with me to this day. -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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How do you drill through a sh*t for brain?
Oh, that's got to hurt. my posts won't appear on one computer, in one
building, in one town? I'm going to cry all night. Did you ask if I was being mean spirited? No..... just made your own conclusions. Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Dan Espen" wrote in message ... "Stormin Mormon" writes: Were they affirmative action hires? Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lsd.org Good morning Mr. Young. Just thought I'd let you know this mean spirited posting finally got to me and you are back on ignore. Learn more about Jesus indeed. I think I've learned enough. -- Dan Espen |
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On 3/9/2013 11:44 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Transition Zone wrote: -- ================================================== =================== SPAMMED INTO NON-RELEVANT GROUPS / COUNTRIES ================================================== =================== |
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Jeff Liebermann wrote: On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:43:04 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Still better than fighting a forest fire with nothing but a backpak water tank, and a shovel. Been there, done that, but only once. I think it was about 1966. I was doing something useless in a Cal Poly Pomona dormitory, when someone from the state forestry service arrived asking for volunteers to fight a fire. This was in the days when it was fashionable to empty the colleges, instead of the jails, to fight forest fires. We were soon on our way to do battle with a brush fire burning in the bottom of the San Gabriel River (now known as the 605 freeway) near El Monte. It's not every day that a dry river catches fire, and I wanted to be part of the experience. Our job was mostly to haul cut brush away from the river banks, so the adjacent houses would not burn. The bulldozers just couldn't work among the rubble on the river bottom. There were no fatalities or major injuries. We did loose a few due to exhaustion from being out of shape and not drinking enough water. We were at it for about 12 hrs, with erratic breaks, until another motley load of student arrived to relieve us. Mine was on the Ft. Greely reserve, in the Buffalo Drop zone. I had just finished 40 hours on duty in two days when I was dragged out of bed and told I had volunteered to fight a fire cased by two idiot officers who shot at a rabbit whit a M16, and hit the rock it was sitting on. It ricochet and hit the gas tank on the tactilely equipped jeep they had taken from the motor pool and it exploded. Hundreds of acres of heavy forest were on fire, and we were to dig a fire break by hand. They lost the tanker in heavy smoke, and had to bring another truckload of water. A helicopter was dropping water on the flames, but the smoke was so thick you could only see about eight feet most of the time. It's a good thing you didn't work at a munitions plant, instead of Lingerie. True. I haven't worked much with explosives, but I came close. Pollack-Benedict(?) construction was building the Simi Valley freeway between the north end of the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley. The connecting pass was plagued with large granite boulders, typically about the size of a large 2 story house. This was too much for the earth movers, so blasting contractor was hired to break them apart. Everyone assumed that during blasting, that the 2 lane highway, next to where the freeway was being built, could be closed to traffic. Nope. In provide the illusion of safety, some traffic control was needed. What better use for expendable students. A desperate call was made to San Fernando Valley State College (now known as Cal State University, Northridge) for anyone with RF experience. Of course all the ham radio operators immediately responded. 4 of us were hired to direct traffic, but more importantly, to yell at anyone with a 2-way radio in their vehicle to turn it off or risk having their transmitter cause a premature explosion. Signs highlighting the danger of radio transmissions in the area were installed at key locations, and generally ignored. It seemed that the local public service, public safety, and VIP drivers didn't really like the idea of driving for about 20 minutes without their radio. I had to settle for having them unscrew their microphones or promise not to transmit until clear of the area. There were no explosions, but I was genuinely concerned. Many years later, I discovered that a radio was unlikely to cause a blasting cap to explode, but at the time, it was generally accepted that it was possible. I saw a lot of those signs when we made a trip to Florida in '66. They were building I-75, and very few sections were open for any real distance. A lot of time was spent on US 27 and various old roads to get from one section to the next. Often we were diverted from open sections because of blasting. OTOH, and uncle owned a huge quarry in Kentucky, and they had several blasters on their staff to blow away the sides of the cliffs into the quarry. He sold the crushed rock to the state to build the interstate system in Kentucky. How many people have been killed by an exploding corset? I have no idea. Googling for "exploding corset" yields only one possibility: http://www.lelong.com.my/kx/corset+exploding.htm My father's factory (Tosca Lingerie) did not make corsets. It made womens night wear, commonly known as lingerie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie However, I did work for a company that made corsets, which were designed to contain an exploding waistline. I got a summer job in shipping and receiving at Foundation Garments in Smog Angeles. The bulk of their sales were male girdles offered for sale in the military PX stores. At the time, the military was downsizing well after the Korean War, and was using every excuse possible to retire overweight and out of shape officers. The only quick solution was to redistribute the flab with a male girdle. My employment was uneventful, although I did obtain a new proficiency with profanity, that has remained with me to this day. No corsets in the PX, but the one on Alaska sold tights with a fly as lightweight thermal underwear in cotton & Nylon. The box had a drawing of a postman in shorts wearing them. When it was below -40, you wore them with the regular thermals to keep from losing your legs to frostbite. The damn things had a seam up the insides of the legs that could rub you raw. I figured out really fast why the nylon (without the seams) was never in stock. They gave some guys 90 days to lose up to 50 pounds in '74. No healthy way to do that, in such as short time frame. One of the 'broadcasters' (AKA: A 'Talking Head'/DJ) got written orders to lose weight, or take a dishonorable discharge. |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:49:00 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:27:30 -0800, Stanley Schaefer wrote: That's a hell of a can opener if it's 1/2" thick! Might be lassoing it with a lanyard would be a better way to go. Yeah, it's a doozie (for a can opener)! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12366196.jpg I bought it at Bed Bath & Beyond for $4, hoping to lanyard it outside. It's too smooth to just tie a cord around the handle. And, it's not magnetic & therefore very hard to drill with my vanadium-coated (brass color) steel drill bits: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12366090.jpg Id hit it with a TIG welder and put a stainless washer on the butt end. That way you can use any size washer with a big hole in it. Gunner The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 11:44:23 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Delvin Benet" t wrote in message . .. I would go to the Sandia National Laboratory and get them to use a powerful laser to burn a hole through the ****er. You just don't understand the self-reliant philosophy of R.C.M., do you? What if you work at Sandia? The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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How do you drill through stainless steel at home?
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:54:54 -0500, Ed Huntress
wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:43:07 -0500, Uncle Steve wrote: On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 03:13:02PM -0500, Jim Wilkins wrote: "Delvin Benet" ?t wrote in message .. . On 3/8/2013 8:44 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote: You just don't understand the self-reliant philosophy of R.C.M., do you? Actually, and being serious myself here, I think a lot of people in r.c.m. take the self-reliance thing too far. They use bad judgment in determining whether to make or buy. It would probably be a better use of their time in many instances to buy rather than make a part, or to hire certain work out to specialists. There is virtue in being *able* to do a lot of things for oneself, but not always in actually *doing* it. I can't speak for anyone else, but I will try a job once to learn how before I send it out. Then I can understand the fab shop when they suggest changes to ease production. That mattered when we were trying to push the state of the art in aircraft digital radios while staying with commercial process limitations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf Too often electronic designers know nothing of creating the package their brainchild must live in. Several times I've entered a project as the lowly lab tech and bootstrapped myself up to systems integrator after showing the engineers I could handle every aspect beyond their initial schematic design, freeing them from its drudgery. Proof-of-concept models I machined at home helped enormously. Then I have to switch from building to buying as much as possible because I'm swamped with designing and assembling all the circuit board and coordinating the interfaces between each engineer's part of the circuit. The difference as a hobbyist is that I allocate more time and less money so the balance shifts toward building. Plus each task I can learn to do on the car brings me closer to truly owning it, instead of it (and the dealer) owning me. My shop may have paid for itself by making special tools from scrap to let me do dealer jobs like $600 timing belt replacements. jsw The difference between the men and the boys is the boys can maybe afford to run out and buy every shiny tool on the market, but the men can make their own tools. Recently I had to drill through a short length of tool steel. Needless to say, titanium-nitride coated bits didn't even start the hole. I found some advice on a web-site which suggested using a torch to remove the temper in the area of the workpiece to be drilled, which was not an option in my case since the item I was working with was about 1" x 1/2" x 1/16". Plus I don't have a forge yet. Another suggestion was to use a wooden dowel and some grit, which is going to take a while. I ended up hanging a jar of coins from the drill-press handle in conjunction with the dowel method. Periodically you have to replenish the grit under the dowel, but it went through in a few hours. Stainless steel is softer than tool steel, so a carbide tile bit might work instead. Regards, Uncle Steve Here's a thought to keep in mind for the future. It's the way that gunsmiths annealed spots on (case hardened) '03 Springfield receivers, for drilling to mount a scope. Cut the head off of a 12d nail, or use other appropriately sized pieces of mild steel bar. Chuck the nail or bar in your drill press and mount the work firmly in your vise. Get the spindle turning at a medium speed, bring the nail down onto the work, and press down firmly. You want to make a spot glow at least dark cherry red from friction. Take the nail out of the drill chuck and chuck your drill bit. Drill as deep as you need, or as deep as you can. If necessary, remove the bit, re-chuck the nail, and do the whole thing again. The annealing doesn't run very deep. I've used this method to drill flat springs, and it worked great for me. It also leaves a minimum amount of distortion and a minimal heat-affected zone. Thanks!! Excellent method!! Saved! Gunner The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:08:39 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:52:12 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: In my checkered past, I once worked for a company that made air droppable tank gun barrels and such. I swept the floor, which is a good indication of my level of expertise at the time. The company was called "Hydromill" which is a clue of how things were machined. Most everything was machined submerged in a tank of coolant. I don't know if it will work, but submerging the drill, stainless part, and vise in a small tub of oil, while drilling, might slow down the work hardening. I've never tried this mostly because it's too messy. Hi Jeff, Funny you mention your floor-sweeping past, as I also had a summer job at a "plant" filled with metalworking machines and Germans running them (real Germans, with heavy accents). They 'drilled' .010" holes in jet turbine blades using a machine they called the "EDM" machine. It never once broke a bit because it drilled by automatic feed in a bath of kerosene dialectic simply by shooting electric current through the bit which was merely very close to the steel being 'drilled'. I think the EDM stood for Electro Dialectric Machining, and the concepts were that the sparks "ate away" the metal. Needless to say, I didn't bring one home with me... Want one? I run across at least 1 a year. I sent one off last year to be scrapped. Ran fine, nobody wanted it. The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On Mar 6, 9:07*pm, Stephen H wrote:
On 07/03/2013 21:46, Danny D. wrote: What's the trick to drilling a hole through 1/2" thick stainless steel? *From my guardrail experience, I had bought titanium coated drill bits. So I thought it would be easy to drill a hole in a stainless steel can opener (for hanging on a loop outside by the BBQ cooler). Nope! I can't make a dent! *http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12362068.jpg What's the trick to drilling through stainless steel? This is a piece of Pee..... I was drilling stainless steel today. 20 holes exactly in 3mm think 304 Stainless steel. You need cobalt drills. Screwfix do a set for 35 quid upwards You *MUST* use a slow speed You *MUST* use a cutting fluid If you don't drill slow and use cutting fluid, the drill bit glows red hot at the tip and the stianless steel literally hardens under the drill bit. Plus, start with a small drill and work progressively upwards to the size you want. |
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On 3/10/2013 2:20 AM, Gunner wrote:
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner You may be thinking of Kellem Grips. I've used them for years to pull wire through conduit or installed them as cord grips. The things work like Chinese Finger Puzzles. ^_^ http://www.jharlen.com/hubbel033041092.html TDD |
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My father's factory (Tosca Lingerie) did not make corsets.
It wasn't managed by a man named Scarpia, was it? |
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:13:57 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote: My father's factory (Tosca Lingerie) did not make corsets. It wasn't managed by a man named Scarpia, was it? No. My father (Maurice Liebermann) and his partner (Israel Drier) ran the factory. There was no general manager. When the business was sold in about 1987, it was purchased by Dave (I forgot his last name), who hired his son in law, Jim Greenspan, as general manager. At its height, in about 1985, we had about 100 employees scattered among 3 buildings. There's currently a retail store at the same location, that has recycled the name as "Tosca Lingerie II". -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:13:43 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 3/10/2013 2:20 AM, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner You may be thinking of Kellem Grips. I've used them for years to pull wire through conduit or installed them as cord grips. The things work like Chinese Finger Puzzles. ^_^ http://www.jharlen.com/hubbel033041092.html TDD Those I have several sizes of. The overhead cable thingies are of the same type, with a threaded bit of pipe nipple attached . Want a photo? Gunner The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On 3/10/2013 12:38 PM, Gunner wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:13:43 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/10/2013 2:20 AM, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner You may be thinking of Kellem Grips. I've used them for years to pull wire through conduit or installed them as cord grips. The things work like Chinese Finger Puzzles. ^_^ http://www.jharlen.com/hubbel033041092.html TDD Those I have several sizes of. The overhead cable thingies are of the same type, with a threaded bit of pipe nipple attached . Want a photo? Gunner I was selling the stuff 40 years ago when I worked for an electrical supply company. I used one a while back to fix a problem for a pizza place where the kept ripping the outlet out of the wall for their prep table every time they moved it to clean the floor. I removed the outlet and installed an hospital grade cord body with a pigtail of 12/3 SO cord anchored to the wall with a Kellem Grip which would allow the plug to simply pull straight out of the cord body without damage. I also use the grips to hang power cords from the ceiling in the middle of shop floors. ^_^ TDD |
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:48:52 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 3/10/2013 12:38 PM, Gunner wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:13:43 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/10/2013 2:20 AM, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner You may be thinking of Kellem Grips. I've used them for years to pull wire through conduit or installed them as cord grips. The things work like Chinese Finger Puzzles. ^_^ http://www.jharlen.com/hubbel033041092.html TDD Those I have several sizes of. The overhead cable thingies are of the same type, with a threaded bit of pipe nipple attached . Want a photo? Gunner I was selling the stuff 40 years ago when I worked for an electrical supply company. I used one a while back to fix a problem for a pizza place where the kept ripping the outlet out of the wall for their prep table every time they moved it to clean the floor. I removed the outlet and installed an hospital grade cord body with a pigtail of 12/3 SO cord anchored to the wall with a Kellem Grip which would allow the plug to simply pull straight out of the cord body without damage. I also use the grips to hang power cords from the ceiling in the middle of shop floors. ^_^ TDD Good man, then you have seen them before. Thanks for letting me know what they are called. I always called them Finger Puzzle cable grips and the guys at the will call desk knew what I was talking about. Gunner The methodology of the left has always been: 1. Lie 2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible 3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible 4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie 5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw 6. Then everyone must conform to the lie |
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On Mar 10, 2:11*am, Gunner wrote:
On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:49:00 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:27:30 -0800, Stanley Schaefer wrote: That's a hell of a can opener if it's 1/2" thick! * *Might be lassoing it with a lanyard would be a better way to go. Yeah, it's a doozie (for a can opener)! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12366196.jpg I bought it at Bed Bath & Beyond for $4, hoping to lanyard it outside. It's too smooth to just tie a cord around the handle. And, it's not magnetic & therefore very hard to drill with my vanadium-coated (brass color) steel drill bits: http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12366090.jpg Id hit it with a TIG welder and put a stainless washer on the butt end. That way you can use any size washer with a big hole in it. Gunner If there's no TIG handy, there's always JB Weld. I use brazing filler rod for making rings for such things, the local Ace has welded brass and steel rings in a variety of sizes in the misc. hardware aisle. Or, if you gotta have heat involved, silver braze will work. Kind of overkill for a fancy church key. Post said "can opener" and I'm thinking some variety of Swing-Away, not a church key. Does anything drinkable still come in steel cans that need puncturing? Tomato juice and V8 are all I can think of and those would be the big cans, not individual serving sizes. Stan |
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On 3/10/2013 8:10 PM, Gunner wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:48:52 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/10/2013 12:38 PM, Gunner wrote: On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:13:43 -0600, The Daring Dufas wrote: On 3/10/2013 2:20 AM, Gunner wrote: On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 17:28:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D." wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:21:29 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: 1. Do you have a bench grinder? 2. Shrink tube and rope. 3. Do a knife handle wrap. 4. Chinese finger trap. 5. Compression fitting. 6. Capacitive discharge spot welding Hi Jeff, Actually every one of those would work! You're very clever (we should invite you to our weekly "inventor's lunch" up in Palo Alto on Wednesdays). I've been needing to buy a bench grinder for years, so, maybe I'll use this as my need-based tooling! BTW, the chinese-finger-trap seems the most clever! I have some Cable Hangers..which are a finger trap secured to a 1/2" conduit threaded connector. For hanging drops from the center hole of a blank 4x box cover. Might be easily converted to this use. They finger trap is made from steel cable (not stainless unfortunately) Gunner You may be thinking of Kellem Grips. I've used them for years to pull wire through conduit or installed them as cord grips. The things work like Chinese Finger Puzzles. ^_^ http://www.jharlen.com/hubbel033041092.html TDD Those I have several sizes of. The overhead cable thingies are of the same type, with a threaded bit of pipe nipple attached . Want a photo? Gunner I was selling the stuff 40 years ago when I worked for an electrical supply company. I used one a while back to fix a problem for a pizza place where the kept ripping the outlet out of the wall for their prep table every time they moved it to clean the floor. I removed the outlet and installed an hospital grade cord body with a pigtail of 12/3 SO cord anchored to the wall with a Kellem Grip which would allow the plug to simply pull straight out of the cord body without damage. I also use the grips to hang power cords from the ceiling in the middle of shop floors. ^_^ TDD Good man, then you have seen them before. Thanks for letting me know what they are called. I always called them Finger Puzzle cable grips and the guys at the will call desk knew what I was talking about. Gunner You can use them as a come along for prisoners too by slipping them over their fingers or thumbs. ^_^ TDD |
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On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:07:27 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote: Incidentally, you haven't suffered until you've tried to machine titanium. Try tungsten, if you like challenges. -- croy |
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On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 01:25:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:27:27 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote: Form follows function. This is an important point! begin embarrassing truth First, I tried shoe goop + leather strips. Disaster. Luckily, the shoe goop cleaned off the stainless perfectly. Then I tried rubber strips (made by cutting a 26" length of bicycle tube strips about 1/2" wide. Wouldn't stay on even though I used glue (it unwound while the glue was setting. Then, in frustration, I simply used electrical tape and hanging wire! Butt ugly! But, as Jeff said, form follows function ... And, as Oren is fond of saying, "looks fine from far away!". Here's a picture of the abomination! (Drilling would have been prettier!). http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12369220.jpg Notice the Ballantine Church Key from the 60s' next to it. At least they had holes in the ends way back then. I'll probably unwrap the electrical tape when I find something better - but - for now - it should work (but it's fuuuugly). Personally, i like both leather and SS. If you get a machinist to mill in three 1/4 inch wide hex portions and wrap with wide spaced wet leather strips it not only would work but be beautiful and last a decade or more. Then just remove the old leather, clean thoroughly and do the leather again. ?-) |
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Check out this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen Of course, that's a $100,000 machine. But it's designed for efficient production. You could build your own cheaply and operate it manually. It would be a fun project. |
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