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 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.

On 01/23/2017 06:21 AM, wrote:
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.

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.

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.

Dan

On 01/23/2017 04:51 PM, wrote:
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.

and...

If it is cast iron, what did you use for arc welding electrodes?

Some stuff that's been waiting in a can for 25 years.

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.

Dan

prairiesky wrote:
On 01/23/2017 04:51 PM, wrote:
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.

and...

If it is cast iron, what did you use for arc welding electrodes?

Some stuff that's been waiting in a can for 25 years.

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.

Dan

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 ?
--
Snag

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.

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.

Martin

On 1/23/2017 8:21 AM, wrote:
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