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Random stuff you made.
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Firstram
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What was that?
'58 Ford horn button.
Firstram
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Perfect
You’re too thin, tell dad to lighten up 
You’re too thin, tell dad to lighten up That truck is so fun to drive.
Firstram
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Put a hitch on my golf cart to move the Jon boat around the yard.
SteveJenkins
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MMW / xj
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subybaja
E. Spengler
Please, not so much detail!
eraser5
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I thought you were making a divining rod to find well heads.
WitchcraftI thought you were making a divining rod to find well heads.
.Me?Please, not so much detail!
Yeah. Did you cut them from plate or bend them from square stovk?
Overall shapes were Warterjet from 3/4" stock for the "rough" cut
Used drill press and tapped by hand because I'm too lazy to fixture in the mill. Turned the standoffs in the lathe to keep them fairly consistent. Used a cheap burnishing tool to get the surface finish decent.
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subybaja
E. Spengler
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ugh, that guy again?
copper bronze and brass stuff like that is where it really makes sense to get into casting
budget76
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after you gather enough scrap from doing jobs out of solid stock
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ugh, that guy again?
or even just whatever shit's laying around, valves, crimp ferrules, synchronizer rings, cracked/mangled cartridge brassafter you gather enough scrap from doing jobs out of solid stock
arse_sidewards
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instruments you pulled from a middle school dumpster.
I never even thought it was that much. I should have taken the drop! I put in a request for a quote from my supplier to see what the material cost is here.
The customer brought me the pieces already cut and I just did the finish work
subybaja
E. Spengler
instruments you pulled from a middle school dumpster.
Casting long stringy stuff like that would be annoying.
arse_sidewards
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You make it smaller with a bfh before you melt it.
Casting long stringy stuff like that would be annoying.
subybaja
E. Spengler
Ha. Ha. I meant the door handles. Lots of sprues and attention to temps to get them to fill right.You make it smaller with a bfh before you melt it.
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The nice thing though is you can melt it back down and recast if you have imperfections. I’ve noticed it’s easier to make oversized sprues and gates to make up for shrinkage.
Gots_a_sol
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Does modifying shit count?
Bought this trash can hitch carrier thing for the sxs. Didn't lift the cans high enough and they would drag still. Plus it put all the weight on a small area and some reviews said it would punch through eventually. It wasn't very stable either and the can would flop side to side.
Welded on a chunk of scrap tube to solve all 3 issues
After
Before
Bought this trash can hitch carrier thing for the sxs. Didn't lift the cans high enough and they would drag still. Plus it put all the weight on a small area and some reviews said it would punch through eventually. It wasn't very stable either and the can would flop side to side.
Welded on a chunk of scrap tube to solve all 3 issues
After
Before
That before picture doesn't invite the warm and fuzzies especially if you've got a heavy can. Nice modificationDoes modifying shit count?
Bought this trash can hitch carrier thing for the sxs. Didn't lift the cans high enough and they would drag still. Plus it put all the weight on a small area and some reviews said it would punch through eventually. It wasn't very stable either and the can would flop side to side.
Welded on a chunk of scrap tube to solve all 3 issues
After
Before
Chzbrgr
Bucket Driver
Sweet fix! I'm still simple. Raise the bed run ropes through and lower the bed.Does modifying shit count?
Bought this trash can hitch carrier thing for the sxs. Didn't lift the cans high enough and they would drag still. Plus it put all the weight on a small area and some reviews said it would punch through eventually. It wasn't very stable either and the can would flop side to side.
Welded on a chunk of scrap tube to solve all 3 issues
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Before
toocheaptosmoke
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Chainsaw powered winch for tree dragging or sled/atv recovery. Because fawk paying full retail price for a real one.
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