Ststephen7
Well-known member
Hey everyone,
I have learned so much from this site, thank you all for participating and sharing your knowledge and experience.
I am in no way a machinist. I have a little 'metal shop' in my garage, consisting of a drill press, small plasma cutter, Miller 135 welder, and oxy/acetylene torch, an old Rockwell 6x48 belt sander, 4x6 bandsaw, and a Miller Econotig. I am a self taught welder, which, I think actually means I don't 'really' know how to weld. Although, I posted for Tig lessons on Craigslist and someone actually came to my house, didn't murder me, and gave me almost 2 hours of lessons, for free! Who says there are no good people left in the world?
I have made a bunch of things to put in an Etsy shop, and sell at Craft fairs, however... my pride and joy are the Mjolnir I've made. I hope I will be able to post some pictures.
Anyway, I have accepted an actual job (my first actual commission), creating a replacement base for a 10' long (and very expensive) Florence Knoll Credenza. The man who owns it lives a few blocks away and met me at a local craft fair.
So far, taking my time, I have been able to reproduce all of the parts of the base, except... the rails (I'm calling them rails) are 1" square tube (.062 wall) with SHARP CORNERS (no radius on the corners). I am not able to find this stock anywhere, and I was hoping someone here could help me out, so I can finish up my first commission and actually get paid. I need close to 30' of it, or 'only 30' for those of you who actually buy a lot of steel.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Steve
I have learned so much from this site, thank you all for participating and sharing your knowledge and experience.
I am in no way a machinist. I have a little 'metal shop' in my garage, consisting of a drill press, small plasma cutter, Miller 135 welder, and oxy/acetylene torch, an old Rockwell 6x48 belt sander, 4x6 bandsaw, and a Miller Econotig. I am a self taught welder, which, I think actually means I don't 'really' know how to weld. Although, I posted for Tig lessons on Craigslist and someone actually came to my house, didn't murder me, and gave me almost 2 hours of lessons, for free! Who says there are no good people left in the world?
I have made a bunch of things to put in an Etsy shop, and sell at Craft fairs, however... my pride and joy are the Mjolnir I've made. I hope I will be able to post some pictures.
Anyway, I have accepted an actual job (my first actual commission), creating a replacement base for a 10' long (and very expensive) Florence Knoll Credenza. The man who owns it lives a few blocks away and met me at a local craft fair.
So far, taking my time, I have been able to reproduce all of the parts of the base, except... the rails (I'm calling them rails) are 1" square tube (.062 wall) with SHARP CORNERS (no radius on the corners). I am not able to find this stock anywhere, and I was hoping someone here could help me out, so I can finish up my first commission and actually get paid. I need close to 30' of it, or 'only 30' for those of you who actually buy a lot of steel.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Steve
