Recent content by Rick D

Thanks all. I ended up buying a 20 ton Harbor Freight press along with the attachment for doing 90 degree bends. It made simple work of the 13 gauge steel I needed to bend. It's a good buy because I was going to need a press when I redo the suspension components of my project car and need to...

Thanks all. I want it to look good so I'll see if I can find a shop somewhere around here (Guilford, CT). I've got a bit extra so I might try the score/bend/weld method to see how I do on a test piece.

I need to bend an 8” wide steel plate so that an inch on each side is bent down at a 90 degree angle. First, can a 13 gauge carbon steel plate tolerate a sharp 90 degree bend? Next, what’s the best method? So far I’ve seen a few DIYer videos that recommend clamping angle iron at the edge for...

Thanks. So clean it out and use as is?…no oil needed?…just drain it after each use?

I bought a large Rumelin blast cabinet off Craigslist. It came with a Balston A962-BX canister type filter. Is this an air water separator?…an oil separator?…something else? Inside it has at least two different filters. Is this a type that needs some level of oil in it to trap particulents...

The issue with rivet nuts and cage nuts is they leave a portion of the nut proud of the hole they will sit in. Therefore the plate that sits on top will only contact the plate below it at those points. I’m not sure that matters…I’d have to put it in front of a structural engineer. But the...

I should have probably lead with this but to clarify what I’m trying to do, is to weld a 2mm plate on top a chassis for a lotus esprit above the shift opening. 12 Weld nuts are attached to the plates underside which allows me to bolt another plate on top of that with a much smaller opening...

Thanks all. To what LeeG said, all the weld nuts I’ve seen are pretty thick but my plate is only 2mm thick. So my concern was that I would have a difficult time joining the two different gauges with good penetration while not blowing through the 2mm material. I’d prefer to go with rivnuts but...

Can anyone tell me if I need a specific weld nut thickness to attach to 2mm thick carbon steel plate? I see a bunch of weld nuts on Amazon and want to be sure to select one that doesn’t cause issues welding to the plate because of the differences in thickness.

Good morning all. A fellow here in town has a 24x24 metal building for sale. Exactly what I was looking for. He bought it disassembled and never put it up. The problem is we don’t know who the manufacturer of the building is so I cannot supply my town building department stamped plans. I’ve...

Can it be used for sand blasting and auto painting? Not commercial, just project work.

Hi all. HF has a 30 gallon, gas powered truck bed compressor that can supposedly put out 18 CFM: CENTRAL PNEUMATIC30 gallon 420cc Truck bed Air Compressor EPA That’s attractive to me for my auto project that will require sandblasting and painting. Anyone have experience with this unit for...

Caswell zinc plating looks promising.

Hello all. I’ve got a major project that I’m digging into now. It’s a car that had the moonroof shattered for over a year while it sat parked in the Florida sun. So the entire interior needs to be redone. The various brackets (pic) and fasteners on the backside of the interior panels have...

Thanks for the sketch...this is what I meant when I said to create a pocket. As far as the support that's needed, I will bring my ideas to a local yard here and they plug in the dimensions and tell me the beam I need to use and where it will require supports and their size. Thanks so much...