Some interesting metal working tools

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“Then tries to kill/injure himself before his amphetamines' wear off.”

Definitely on something!

He probably has a big following.

 

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Not sure if anyone else is saddled with frequent snow blowing in the winter, but instead of getting cars running, I’m trying an upgrade on my snow blower.

My 48” Kubota had a hydraulic linkage set up so once you lowered the blower, it would float. I ran that 7 or 8 years and skids/scrapers never wore out. The new to me 60” is really heavy and I was part way through the winter before I realized the loader style hydraulics have a detent for float. But, even that float feature put lots of pressure on the skids. So I’m making my own mechanical float feature (simple). Basically slotting the cylinder mount to let the blower float over bumps.

Stick welding practice, one side almost done. Definitely need some grinder clean up. I was fortunate to have bought a box of cutters from a retiring machinist which included a 6” long 1/2” end mill for the bracket.

 

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Well, this could make rusty frame c3’s more interesting.

i saw some more videos from these guys. In one he says $14000. I guess I didn’t hear them right the first time.

Or, there were huge price increases.

 

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The mechanical float works great. The 60” blower glides along now over the concrete.

 

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My diff clearance jig needed some right angle supports. Got some good ideas from this guy. This is part 2. I need to get some 0.5 angle, but will go ahead with 0.25 angle for now.

 

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[BBShark]

I'm surprised that PLA was the best for material. Those parts turned out nice.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

3d printed dies are really, really cool... to the point that I'm considering a 3d printer for my shop to do those very things.
didn't realize you could 3d scan with your android or i-phone.... hmmmmm

 

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I thought he must have large 1” thick steel plates to press that! Look what he used:

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fix my press brake
been using house jacks to adjust bed height. Problems are: they're too tall, and they're hard to equally adjust

took a chance on an ebay bid and got these

step one, fitting... they fit!

next is to tie them together. a couple sprockets and chain

 

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Seriously heavy equipment you have there. Coupled jacks makes a lot of sense.

I've got a project going I'll post when finished.

This guy is pretty entertaining, pick up some ideas from his videos.

 

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[BBShark]

Was that blasting down to the metal or primer? The cleanup would be a deal breaker for me.

 

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I've seen a few that are stripping paint. Less worry about your lungs with this technique. Yeah, you'd want to be out in a field so the sand just stays. Pool filter sand from Home Depot is what a bunch use.

This one plays on YouTube only.

 

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Another

 

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The drift guys must spend big money.

 

[BBShark]

That's a nice part. Impressive automated permanent mold setup and the forging also.

But, I don't get it. I saw a drift event at Barrett Jackson 10 years ago. Is that still a "thing"?

 

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That's a nice part. Impressive automated permanent mold setup and the forging also.

But, I don't get it. I saw a drift event at Barrett Jackson 10 years ago. Is that still a "thing"?

Apparently it is. I see some expensive builds on YouTube. Probably very regional, California, Florida, etc.

That video is less than a month old if I remember correctly, so pretty current.

But, what a nice part.

 

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Picked up a HF surface conditioning power tool a while ago. Figured it might be good for stripping paint off a frame. Tested it out the other day on a cross member and it worked extremely well.

 

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Here is a hack I came up with, abusing my HF equipment.

I got this miller welding table for $270 last winter. But, the top had a significant bend in it. Took it apart and hit it with a sledge on the concrete a few times. There were still some bends, so ended up disassembling my press and using it sideways. Had a couple of short 2x4s on top and the hydraulic jack underneath. The lift table worked perfectly for positioning the 3/16 thick table top.

Those lift tables are awesome. I bought it originally so I could lift the bed of my lathe for assembly.

The table top is pulled out in the photos, but you can insert the whole diagonal and apply bending load if you want. It only took an hour or two, so I’m pretty happy.

 

[BBShark]

Clever!

 

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Those lift tables are great for the price. Should have bought the next size larger.

 

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Saw one of these for sale second hand. I could have used that in the past.

Not metal working, just too lazy to make a new thread.

 

[BBShark]

that looks like a good idea with one exception, it puts your head at the level of the door sill plus thickness of he pad, instead of the footwell. You can barely get your head in there to see what your doing.

 

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Incline?

 

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I bought a “new to me” toolbox and didn’t check all the drawers. But, the bottom alone retails for 5x what I paid for both.

Anyway two of the small bearing packs were missing. So decided to get into stamping 0.26 steel.

 

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The set on the bottom is missing the inner bearing pack.

 

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So here goes die making.

The cross gouge is from grinding off a welded cross piece. I can fill with braze later if necessary.

100 0.25 in bearings were 6$ from Amazon ( free shipping).

I’ve finished the dies and made some test pieces. Lots of oil is required.