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Ok, that makes sense. Thank you for the replies! I will check out that link, thank you.

Morning all, I recently acquired a harbor freight benchtop blast cabinet. Although I haven't use it yet, It seems like a decent unit but the instructions are horrible. There is a large air vent in the back and it came with a plug/cap. Now I've never used a blast cabinet before so go easy on me...

I’m open to try I just have no idea what I’m doing. I’ll have to try to find some info

Thanks for the reply. I do have one other 6” grinder that I’d be keeping for a wire wheel and a fine wheel for touching up some HSS tools…should have included that in my post

Good morning all, I recently purchased a multitool 2x48 belt grinder attachment and I thought I had the perfect 8" grinder for it. Turns out that the grinder is more tired than I thought and it won't start up with the tension from the belt. It even has trouble if I help start it with my hand. So...

Hey all, I recently finished making a cauldron style fire pit and something just occurred to me. The hook I sourced for the build had some kind of plating (zinc/cadmium) on it. I didn't think about it until afterwards, should I have removed that coating before painting? I don't want any toxic...

I think it looks great man, what do you use for casting sand? Is there a place that sells it or do you just make your own?

Hey thanks for the reply. Honestly I never looked at the manual :ROFLMAO: but I just found it online and it shows for 1/4" should be 30 amps with 40-50psi. It doesn't specify a height though. I am definitely going slow. It's hard to maintain a constant speed especially dragging the torch on the...

Also another question. This machine is a touch arc machine. After I strike an arc can I lift the torch up? I go through a lot of consumables because I drag the torch on every cut.

Morning all. I have a Primeweld 50amp plasma cutter. Its been a great machine especially for the price. I was having an issue the other day while cutting 1/4" plate. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. As I was cutting, the molten slag from the cut was sticking to the bottom of the plate...

Thank you!

Nice job on the Wilton. What is that color? Going to paint the Starrett the same?

I thought about that. Unfortunately its kinda thin. The remainder of the tank will be getting cut up and tossed to Im not worried about hurting it. Thank you. I definitely will! They do actually. I wanted to steer away from doing that. Im actually loosely copying the cowboy cauldron and they...

just one its actually going to be a handle for a cauldron style firepit. The fire pit will be a tripod with a chain hanging and a hook. The hook will be holding the bent stock. the stock will be attached to a bowl made from an old well tank. It doesnt have to be precise, just has to look as...

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Thank you guys for the responses. The bend will be a total length of about 3 feet. I figured the 4' piece of stock I got would leave enough room to hold it and bend it but i could be wrong hence why im here haha.

yes, its mild steel. I have a small peg style bender too. Not sure it goes up to .5" capacity hmm thats clever. Could be an option.

I actually "misspoke" the radius is 1'. Thank you guys for the suggestions.

I have to bend a piece of 1/2” round stock in roughly a 24” radius. The piece is 48” in length. Is there any clever way to do this without a roller? I was going to buy the roller from harbor freight but I’ll probably only use it once, I don’t feel like wasting $200. I don’t have a torch aside...

Hey all. I have a Ludell 4x6 bandsaw made in the 90s. Its the same ubiquitous bandsaw we all know and love. The threads for the bolt that hold the vise to the nut pulled out of the casting. Its so bad that I cannot even tell the thread pitch of either the bolt or the casting. I dont know if the...