Recent content by Thumper68

Been awhile since I've posted anything but the strangest thing just happened. One of my tombstone bench grinders just came in all by itself. I was on the other side of the shop doing some welding when I heard a whirring sound. I went to check it out and the grinder was running and some smoke...

I don't have a picture but I made my own, a chunk of a old desktop, 2 t-slot rails from rockler morticed into the top and a shop made fence. I also used a router with a rabbiting bit to make a cut out for replaceable inserts directly below the chuck.

This is definitely a candidate for mud jacking.

A friend of a friend of a friend passed along my contact info to a grad student at the university who has access to the equipment to find out what it is, I'm going to cut him a sample and hopefully he can test it for me. If I ever find out what it is I'll update this.

Yeah, it's a dull silver metal rod 1 1/4" in diameter in 3 lengths, approximately 3', 5' and 8' Honestly I didn't think that a pic would help.

It's not magnetic, to heavy for a exotic alloy. After closer examination it isn't showing any signs of corrosion so I'm guessing some kind of stainless. If I have time and remember I'll see if someone has a XRF to test it.

I didn't have a chance to check, I'll have to do that tomorrow

Thanks for the link.

I again went a bit overboard at a auction and may have purchased a couple of thousand pounds of metal. Amongst this was several pieces of 1 1/4" round bar marked HT-62451 Anyone know what alloy this may be? Google did not give anything.

After reading the OP I had to go and check, the system logged -22F over night outside and 65F inside.

Like a bunch of the others I have receiver mounts on all 4 corners of the fab table and the vises get mounted in what ever one is the best for the work at hand. The one that gets used the most is the post mount so no side for that one, I can work all the way around it.

I just watched a video using wax filament for lost wax casting, now I want one even more. One nice thing that I have seen is that you can quickly print a part and test fit before machining it in metal.

I had a master plan using the same method that you are using, the only things that have stayed the same are the vise, table saw and band saw. everything else has moved 3 or more times in 10 years.

How is that FEMA's fault? she requested the LOMA and didn't get the Ins so it is who's fault? No offense to your sis I feel for her but....

Index Milling machine by far