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Cost mostly, it is an expensive process by comparison because it complicates things. Electroless nickel alters dimensions when applied, so you need both account for it in your products final size, and have a somewhat accurate means of measuring how much of it you have put on.

Sandwich your stock between a ball bearing and an off cut of pipe or a socket in a vice. Adjust size of ball and pipe/socket to achieve desired results. A press will be faster if you have one available but either way it will still be quite time consuming

if you have **** loads of cutting to do, any mechanised saw will get it done, if you have a few, a hand held wood saw will do, that's what I use at work for conduit. The best way to de-burr PVC pipe is with the pipe itself. Filing/sanding/knife blades/Vargus tools are all a PITA, take an...

You can do your own Zinc plating at home with not much more than a bucket, a couple of D batteries and some plates of zinc available from evilBay for minimal expense. Plenty of resources on YouTube that show you how, but essentially its nothing more complicated than carrying out electrolytic...

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If you really want to engage the class, formula racing (although its more physics related than chem). Give them three different materials to work with, a size the car has to be, and a weight the car has to be, you can add/subtract rules to suit. Have each build a car to those spec's using the...

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You cant dangle the carrot of things single seat and open-wheel and then not provide pictures... :needpics: Or better yet, if you have it in bits, start a thread..

Meanwhile I live in a metric country, am not old enough to have known any other measuring system (metric predates my existence in this country) and have over the last few years spent a small fortune importing decent quality imperial metrology gear because both of my lathes have imperial screws...

The weed eater motor should be powerful enough if you give it a rolling start to help it. No problem there its a scooter. I would adapt a roller blade type wheel onto the output shaft of the motor, locked solid to the shaft. Then sit the whole thing on a spring loaded hinged platform above...

If you're cutting sleepers, a couple of things to consider. You will have to cut them twice with a 185mm blade, and even then you may not have sufficient depth to actually dock it and have to cut it by hand in the centre. If you have little or no use for it after this project is complete...

You should be able to planish those corners out and not have to relief cut them. There isnt much metal there to pucker out, so you should be able to get it to shape without too much hassle. Have a look on YouTube for flow forming videos, there's a heap of good ones. My other suggestion if you...

Technically the hole is just a hole, it only becomes metric or imperial once you measure it and apply a measurement standard to it.

A small punch die and judicious application of ridiculous amounts of hydraulic force should do the trick..

Depends entirely upon how you run the business.. But this thread is about things other :)

Nothing to do with 'young kids of today' and everything to do with location, location, location. Set up a business 3 hours drive from the nearest capital city in a town of around 1000people that exists almost solely to service the surrounding agriculture and your pool of labour becomes somewhat...

We use AL earthing bars in 19" equipment racks at work, when I clean them up before I bolt the cables on, I use some simple green and a scotch bright pad over a piece of wood. They end up with a nice fine grain satin finish. Doesn't take all that long, but I would recommend you wear gloves or...

From the look of your pallet rack, you don't have much in the way of head room. You could get four builders props and some angle to reinforce your pallet rack. Place the angle under the pallet rack facing up to keep what little headroom you have available. Hold it in position with a couple of...