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I finished the clamp!
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 |
I finished the clamp!
"Matty F" wrote in message ... 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 Nice work. |
I finished the clamp!
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. -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
I finished the clamp!
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. |
I finished the clamp!
Matty F wrote:
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 That joint disappeared rather nicely when all ground down! -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
I finished the clamp!
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 A fine piece of work. Rail traction equipment in general does have an amazing life, the first I was involved with after graduation is still in daily service, whilst I am now retired. ;-) Not sure anybody will be that keen to preserve it though. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
I finished the clamp!
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Matty F wrote: 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. And the welding? I think it would have been almost imposible to saw accurately enough with a hand-held hacksaw - they wander off the line too easily! -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |
I finished the clamp!
"Roger Mills" wrote in message ... I think it would have been almost imposible to saw accurately enough with a hand-held hacksaw - they wander off the line too easily! Not with a decent frame, all hard blade and a bit of practice. |
I finished the clamp!
On Aug 26, 1:26 am, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Matty F wrote: 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. And the welding? I'm not that good at welding, but I knew we had an expert welder available. Otherwise I would have used a longer bit of steel in the first place. I think it would have been almost imposible to saw accurately enough with a hand-held hacksaw - they wander off the line too easily! I don't think I could have done that much hacksawing by hand, even though it didn't have to be that accurate since I knew I'd be doing a lot of grinding. But I design jobs to suit the tools available. The metal bandsaw is rather wonderful. I'd like a small hand-held grinder. Perhaps a Dremel, but I have never seen one. It's not clear from their website whether it will grind steel. |
I finished the clamp!
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F saying something like: 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 Really nice work. |
I finished the clamp!
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Roger Mills" saying something like: I think it would have been almost imposible to saw accurately enough with a hand-held hacksaw - they wander off the line too easily! Thousands of apprentices found otherwise over the years. It's not that difficult. |
I finished the clamp!
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F saying something like: I'd like a small hand-held grinder. Perhaps a Dremel, but I have never seen one. It's not clear from their website whether it will grind steel. Course it will - just get the right cutters. |
I finished the clamp!
"Matty F" wrote in message ... I'd like a small hand-held grinder. Perhaps a Dremel, but I have never seen one. It's not clear from their website whether it will grind steel. If you have a compressor aldi/lidl frequently have die grinders for about £20. |
I finished the clamp!
Matty F writes:
I'd like a small hand-held grinder. Perhaps a Dremel, but I have never seen one. It's not clear from their website whether it will grind steel. They will, but are seriously lacking in oomph. I have one; it's 125W whereas the Bosch die grinders start at 500W; I definitely wish I had something more like that. One can do small jobs with a Dremel, but I think you'd be seriously disappointed. -- Jón Fairbairn http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2009-01-31) |
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On Aug 26, 8:53 pm, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
Matty F writes: I'd like a small hand-held grinder. Perhaps a Dremel, but I have never seen one. It's not clear from their website whether it will grind steel. They will, but are seriously lacking in oomph. I have one; it's 125W whereas the Bosch die grinders start at 500W; I definitely wish I had something more like that. One can do small jobs with a Dremel, but I think you'd be seriously disappointed. I guess our 1kW bench grinder would be quicker for my larger jobs then. |
I finished the clamp!
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:43:43 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Roger Mills" saying something like: I think it would have been almost imposible to saw accurately enough with a hand-held hacksaw - they wander off the line too easily! Thousands of apprentices found otherwise over the years. It's not that difficult. It's getting to know the particular saw. I cut 2 ice-daggers with a saw at work - just cut 'straight' with the saw and it gave me 4 matching, tapered curves. So long as the error is constant it can be compensated for. -- Peter. The head of a pin will hold more angels if it's been flattened with an angel-grinder. |
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