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Pretty cool! :thumbup:

Yeah, I had some time to look at the gear and the cutter yesterday. Looks like I only went in about half the depth that I needed to form the proper gear profile from the cutter. So instead of the .08" depth I should've been close to .16" depth of cut.

It was a lot of fun even though the gear profile was all wrong because of the incorrect cutter and the blank diameter for the no. of teeth I chose. BTW, McMaster Carr carries all sorts of gears if you'd rather just focus on the project itself.

Background if anyone finds it amusing- I'm not sure why but gears are fascinating to me, perhaps it's all the math and theory that goes over my head makes it so. Also similar to single point threading it's sort of like a rite of passage, no? Anyway, so I wanted to try my hands at gear cutting...

In a word, yes I love the welder. For the price there's no other welder that I know of with all the features this has and it even comes with a real CK flex head torch. My take on it is that at its core it's the same Chinese welder as the ever popular Alpha (and may be even the Everlast) with a...

The one and only :D

You're seem to be on a roll with the 'burban, the house, the trailer and now the Bronco :thumbup:

First time seeing this thread, some nice work! What are you building here? Most of us here have ADD so you're in good company. As for what it is, the front looks like an Isuzu trooper II but it could also be the Land cruiser II or may be even a Russian Lada or a Vaxhaul or something?

Haha, that's awesome! :D

A trick I learned many years ago and I've been doing it since is to screw down a sheet of whiteboard (hardboard with melamine type of finish on top) on top of two layers of 3/4" plywood. It takes a lot of abuse, spills clean up easily, nothing gets lost since it's white and after it gets really...

Haha I agree, I was mostly joking. For actual welding I do grind it off but this was just some practice runs so I wiped the piece down with acetone and got going.

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Thanks for the feedback on the size. Yeah that mill scale is a pain in the **** to remove that's why I leave it on :lol_hitti Aluminum oxidation layer is even worse when trying to TIG over :wtf:

I suppose if you can find a large o-ring(I'm guessing 1.5" dia and 1" thick) that could work. Or just put a flat rubber and a piece of flat aluminum plate on top then secure it with j-bolts etc should also work. The OEM cap does have a thin rubber seal to cover the inside diameter but it doesn't...

Cool, I've seen a few over the years but never tried to make one myself. So what's the secret behind this one? The rod threads into one of the end pieces?

I'm a newbie to TIG and I've been happy with these in both 1/16" and 3/32" then again I don't know any better. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013KZ2BIA/?tag=atomicindus08-20 I did get one red band (the stuff that'll kill you lol) with my old cheap ebay gas torch and a gray band one that...

Ahh nice! :thumbup: I'm always curious how and what something was made on lol

^ Pretty cool! Not following how you milled it though; was it done on a 4-axis cnc mill? :headscrat

As I was reading the part where your wife was standing on the brakes I thought you were going to jump out of the RV and then go use the jeep to help pull the RV up the grade. With the jeep's low-range and 4wd engaged it just might have been enough help the RV needed?

I have one of these 'drag' engraver bits (I bought mine from Tormach) for engraving. It's a bit spendy but not too bad. NYCNC has done a few videos on it. https://toolguyd.com/cnc-diamond-drag-engraving-bit/ I agree though a higher speed spindle would be nice though. My round column mill...