Recent content by Dwerden

This was great, I am making a lot of space tommorow haha. I guess my only concern was the platform but it seems lile MW is sticking with the m18 for a few years to come. I just had to replace all of my craftsman stuff. I never felt the need to ditch my corded stuff with the craftsman tools but...

I did a search but couldnt come up with exactly what i was looking for. Was doing some cleanup the other day and under my bench i have 2 corded 3/8 drills, a skill saw, ect ect. Is there any reason at all that i need to keep this stuff when I have a 1/2" m18 fuel drill hammer drill, the 7 1/4...

Spiral bore w/ carbide end mill would do the trick but it sounds like a pretty straight forward task to be having issues. Maybe there is more to the story or someone is trying to buy some time

Haha start tappin! It is a very simple concept, you can make a batch on a bbq or turkey fryer

I bent up my cute little finishing pan this morning, this will be trippled next year when i build a new arch but for now im working with the size evaporator i have Here are the 2 pans together, the big pan does the major boiling then the finishing pan with the dividers will have 3...

Nope you collect in a bucket, this pan goes ontop of the evaporator to boil the sap I could possibly send a bottle, we are using syrup as wedding favours so im not sure how much will be left

That is a thought:headscrat as a cold blooded canadian it is just second nature but im sure there are a lot of southerners that have never seen the process

Thank you sir!

I Thanks man, I got to build last year for a guy that tried to fix his pan by brazing a crack, it was torched alright haha He didnt even want to use it

Thanks! It was a lot of work but it is worth it now thst im using it.

This morning I cut and bent my sides Then I drew the end plates in cad and then cut and bent them The press is working good, what a time saver. I used to cut all my stainless and take it to a buddies house to bend on a sheet metal brake thats really not meant for 18 ga. SS so there would...

Well this morning I went and picked up some material for my bigger die and for another setup I wanted to try, first i fixed my floppy punch situation with 5 rosette welds in the punch plate, this just keeps the laminations from opening up when the set screws are tightened Then i used a piece...

The chart shows 5.6 tons per foot in 3/16 and 11.6 for 1/4 in a 2.5" die:wtf: I am thinking Im only at in about the 22-25 ton range. I think 3 ft of 1/4 will be a stretch but i honestly cant think of a time when i needed to bend that much 1/4 so im good haha

I think im already beyond "average guy" status with this press haha. Ill see what it will do in a 2.5 die opening it should do 4 ft of 3/16 and 2 ft of 1/4

I was kicking it old school, I cut everything on the bandsaw and drilled the holes be hand haha. It was an offset of 5/16" so the ol press wouldnt have worked out anyways