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thezentree
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What laser do you have? I will have a need to engrave some cylindrical metal parts with text at least 0.003" deep sometime in the not too distant future and am considering buying some kind of laser that can handle round parts.I'm making some crap for a craft fair.
Penetrode Offroad
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subybaja
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Chinese fiber lasers are crazy cheap now. I've been looking at them on eBay under $1500. Probably not something to base a business on, but it'd be nice to have.
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What!? Come on now every one knows that you cant be a cool chick without at least 2 vehicle decals, 4 articles of clothing, and 6 accessories that have the word bitch or bitches on them in the form of bad bitch, boss bitch, drunk bitch, and so on. I mean what else screams I have class like having bitch on everything? By the way if you really want to see the inner bitch come out, point that out to them while they're complaining about men. ****ing hilarious!
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I have an Xtool P2. It is a 55 Watt CO2 laser. There is an extra attachment you need to buy to do the tumblers.
Not sure on the cups yet. My first time selling them.
The coasters sell. I also can do custom of course, have done them with last names on them.
Making progress on this thing. Don't mind my rusty ****. It'll all get cleaned up before weld and paint trays are mocked up for width on the rear swivel car dolly section
platform for bikes is welded on and acts as a strong back for the lower frame.
ends of the open sections will get plated and the c channel will get welded to the front and rear. I need material for the beam to go across the whole face of the swivel and a piece of 1x1x1/8 inch sq tube to go across the back. Swivel will be in the center of that front c channel and just in front of the drop axle.
platform braces are in to tie the whole frame together and allow the out platform to transfer the load to the center frame.
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smell-o-vision
if the deck doesn't tilt, why not brace it back to the axle at the ends?
looks kinda wasp-waisted
As an aside, I like that you're using thinner square tube and not the ******ed excess 1/4 wall that everyone defaults to. Or at least the corner radius makes it seem that way.
looks kinda wasp-waisted
As an aside, I like that you're using thinner square tube and not the ******ed excess 1/4 wall that everyone defaults to. Or at least the corner radius makes it seem that way.
Because the platform pivots and I wanted to leave a little flex in it for uneven surfaces. Definitely went with thinner tubing for weight savings and then used multiple layers to laminate for added strength.
dnsfailure
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My wife loves books, so we're going to make a leather bound and copper clad book covers for a few notebooks she has.
This first WIP is just a test, to learn some skills and figure out how exactly to do some of this stuff. So far it's pretty easy, and fun learning.
The copper is 3/4" L water pipe, and solid rivets. And the larger holes (I'll call them tube rivets?) are from some smaller copper tube. I think all of the copper tube is about .045" thick or so, and the solid rivets are 1/8". We did one of the tube rivets tonight, and it worked out really well. the binder rings will go through the tube rivets.
Once we finish this first test, we will start working on the design for a real one, probably a bit more fancy, and figuring out a way to put copper on the top and bottom of the cover as well as the long sides.
Fun project, copper is fun to work with, and surprisingly easy to manipulate when you anneal it.
This first WIP is just a test, to learn some skills and figure out how exactly to do some of this stuff. So far it's pretty easy, and fun learning.
The copper is 3/4" L water pipe, and solid rivets. And the larger holes (I'll call them tube rivets?) are from some smaller copper tube. I think all of the copper tube is about .045" thick or so, and the solid rivets are 1/8". We did one of the tube rivets tonight, and it worked out really well. the binder rings will go through the tube rivets.
Once we finish this first test, we will start working on the design for a real one, probably a bit more fancy, and figuring out a way to put copper on the top and bottom of the cover as well as the long sides.
Fun project, copper is fun to work with, and surprisingly easy to manipulate when you anneal it.
6869704x4
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4 Wheelers don't have cup holders?
Backing plate
Backing plate
665.0coupe
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I’m taking a week long intro to sheet metal shaping class. Yesterday was day one.
We started with a flat sheet of 20ga and made this over a stump.
Then we shrunk the folds, more hammer work over a stump, planished on a planishing hammer, and some English wheel work we came up with this.
We started with a flat sheet of 20ga and made this over a stump.
Then we shrunk the folds, more hammer work over a stump, planished on a planishing hammer, and some English wheel work we came up with this.
JayMcJay
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I'd love to know how to do that kind of thing. Pretty amazing that you turned that out on day 1. Good work!I’m taking a week long intro to sheet metal shaping class. Yesterday was day one.
We started with a flat sheet of 20ga and made this over a stump.
Then we shrunk the folds, more hammer work over a stump, planished on a planishing hammer, and some English wheel work we came up with this.
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How'd you un-**** the folds?
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dnsfailure
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the tube rivets are in place, that's where the binder rings will go, it's turning out pretty cool. This is still just the 1st test piece to learn how to do this, but it's very promising! The weight that the copper adds to the cover feels really good. I bet when a book is complete, with both covers it's going to feel pretty heavy, haha And making some small rivets out of 1/8" copper wire.
You close the open end of the tuck to capture it / lock it in, then hammer down the tuck & it compresses the metal into its shrunk position.
665.0coupe
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The class is at McPherson College in McPherson KS. They have an auto restoration degree. Every summer they do 3 weeks of summer classes. They have a bunch of auto related classes.
^^this
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smell-o-vision
"close the open end of the tuck"
uhhh
so you hammer the folds down from the edge inward?
Yeah, basically. The tuck is like a "V" - smack the fat end of the V down first to close the tuck, then smack the rest of the tuck down back toward the narrow end.
665.0coupe
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We did it the other direction to get rid of the fold. First smack the fat end to lock the fold, then we started at the narrow tip of the V and worked out towards the fat end. All of this while the fold was supported in the dish of the stump. It might not matter which way you work the fold, I don’t know.
Here are some more pictures from day 2.
The 1925 Dodge Brothers fender.
This is the two parts tacked together. I didn’t get any individual pictures of the second part. We created both parts so the overlapped, and then trimmed the top part to make a butt joint. This puts the weld seam out in the open where it can be metal finished instead of at the seam.
This is the back side of the weld, I forgot to take a picture of the front side. It was all TIG welded.
The part after metal finishing. I could probably do some more finishing work to make it better, but it’s not bad.
toocheaptosmoke
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Our local community college is eliminating programs and looking at leasing/selling off property to make ends meet. I think they need to look at something like your college is doing.
Mike Wagner of Cornfield Customs is out near my aunt in Ohio. I have to try to line things up to visit her and take one of his classes.
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JFCThat's legit.
665.0coupe
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McPherson College has had the auto restoration program for probably 40+ years. It has been well known for a long time. Jay Leno has been involved with them for a long time. I think he was on their board for a while. A few years ago they won second place at Pebble Beach with a student-restored 1953 Mercedes. That has really boosted the program. This fall they are starting a 19 million dollar renovation program that is focused on the restoration program.
I've heard of him, and I've watched a few of his videos on youtube. I knew he did classes and I've heard good things about them.
Ranch Hand
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Wichita, Newton, McPherson, Lindsborg, Salina, Minneapolis, Concordia, Belleville. I've been on that route many times. It's a good road and not a lot of traffic. We messed around in Lindsborg in the Smokey Valley a time or two. It's a different kind of place along that stretch.
