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i saw a show on tv, designing, making fancy motorcycles: the guy doing
the cutting had a long beard on and looked like an old time motorcyle rider.. he had what looked like a 8 in. wide by 30 in. circle pad(it was probably spun on a lathc or something to get it to that shape from sheetmetal and welded to gether and then he drawed the design for some m/c fender on it and then used a torch to cut the shape.. it had a very small flame on it(no dials to turn like an acethelen cutting torch... there was one hose on it about 1 in or so and that was it.. i could not see if he had a ground wire on the metal he was cutting, there was no extra flame when he cut, just looked like the same size flame before he put it to the metal as when cutting??? does anyone know what he might have been using.. it looked to easy to do... he just moved the torch? around like an artist would move a pencil and the metal what was waste was just falling off... looked like a pretty good way of doing some work if i could find out what he did and how to do it..... |
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It was a plasma cutter.
Walker "jim" wrote in message ... i saw a show on tv, designing, making fancy motorcycles: the guy doing the cutting had a long beard on and looked like an old time motorcyle rider.. he had what looked like a 8 in. wide by 30 in. circle pad(it was probably spun on a lathc or something to get it to that shape from sheetmetal and welded to gether and then he drawed the design for some m/c fender on it and then used a torch to cut the shape.. it had a very small flame on it(no dials to turn like an acethelen cutting torch... there was one hose on it about 1 in or so and that was it.. i could not see if he had a ground wire on the metal he was cutting, there was no extra flame when he cut, just looked like the same size flame before he put it to the metal as when cutting??? does anyone know what he might have been using.. it looked to easy to do... he just moved the torch? around like an artist would move a pencil and the metal what was waste was just falling off... looked like a pretty good way of doing some work if i could find out what he did and how to do it..... |
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i saw a show on tv, designing, making fancy motorcycles: the guy doing the cutting had a long beard on and looked like an old time motorcyle The show was "Southern Choppers". The company was Milwaukee Iron, in Lynchburg, Virginia, and the guy's name is Gary...though his friends call him "Wolfie" according to the show. Their page is at: http://www.milwaukeeironinc.com/ rider.. he had what looked like a 8 in. wide by 30 in. circle pad(it was probably spun on a lathc or something to get it to that shape from sheetmetal and welded to gether and then he drawed the design for some They didn't show the making of the blank, but spinning two disks seems like a good way to get the halves. They did weld them together, then spun the result on a bar to let two guys grind the weld seam smooth. The grinding was going on in at least one scene. m/c fender on it and then used a torch to cut the shape.. it had a very small flame on it(no dials to turn like an acethelen cutting torch... there was one hose on it about 1 in or so and that was it.. i could not see if he had a ground wire on the metal he was cutting, there was no extra flame when he cut, just looked like the same size flame before he put it to the metal as when cutting??? does anyone know what he might have been using.. it looked to easy to do... he just moved the torch? It was a plasma cutter. Basically an arc with a compressed gas stream I believe (I'm not an expert, I just saw the show and have been doing some reading ;^). They let you cut a very thin kerf through metal, quickly and accurately...with some skill. Several inches per second on thin sheet steel are possible with some rigs. You can also get CNC cutters that use them...cheapest I've seen is from ShopBott...under $8000 for the basic machine (minus plasma cutter), that will handle 8'X4' sheets and cut up to 3/8" thick metal accurate to a few thousandths of an inch. Yes, Wolfie made it look easy, but he's been doing it for years too. I believe the main trick is to keep the cutter a constant distance from the metal...I've seen some with a little coil spring-like spacer around the tip to make this easy when cutting nothing but flat sheet. around like an artist would move a pencil and the metal what was waste was just falling off... looked like a pretty good way of doing some work if i could find out what he did and how to do it..... Most welding supply places that carry MIG and TIG will have plasma cutters. They start under $1000, but not all that far under $1000 from what I've seen. -- Mike B. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To reply via e-mail, remove the 'foolie.' from the address. I'm getting sick of all the SPAM... ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Walker wrote:
It was a plasma cutter. Walker "jim" wrote in message ... i saw a show on tv, designing, making fancy motorcycles: the guy doing the cutting had a long beard on and looked like an old time motorcyle rider.. he had what looked like a 8 in. wide by 30 in. circle pad(it was probably spun on a lathc or something to get it to that shape from sheetmetal and welded to gether and then he drawed the design for some m/c fender on it and then used a torch to cut the shape.. it had a very small flame on it(no dials to turn like an acethelen cutting torch... there was one hose on it about 1 in or so and that was it.. i could not see if he had a ground wire on the metal he was cutting, there was no extra flame when he cut, just looked like the same size flame before he put it to the metal as when cutting??? does anyone know what he might have been using.. it looked to easy to do... he just moved the torch? around like an artist would move a pencil and the metal what was waste was just falling off... looked like a pretty good way of doing some work if i could find out what he did and how to do it..... yes, thats what it was, found a picture of one from another post.. thanks./.. |
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