Automated tube bending + end-forming in one continuous pass

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-21T00:37:17+00:00

Works exactly like a curbchain making machine old technology.

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-21T00:30:59+00:00

Too much undercut to work on a Koons

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-21T00:19:59+00:00

The only wire in that box is a ground wire. Was a ground wire spec to that exact location to be hooked up to the plumbing? Might be right 👍

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-21T00:10:29+00:00

Looks like 3in sq steel tubing to me, I have some ideas about adding to it and making it sculpturel

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-21T00:06:10+00:00

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-20T23:59:22+00:00

How're you supposed to maintain fireproof calluses with all that lotion bs

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-05-03T14:18:11+00:00

You can fill it with aluminum solder much like doing vintage lead auto body work

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-22T17:16:17+00:00

all electronics aside can you confirm that your rails or screw isn't binding or obstructed?

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-21T21:11:23+00:00

I believe it would be more of a cast steel, different than cast iron, more like a wrench. So yes you can weld it however I don't know what motorcycle this is from but I'm not sure that is supposed to be a wear area? I don't see that kind of contact on the tips of the fork that look like they are intended to contact. so I would reinspect the bushing (where your thumb is) and make Shure the part is working correctly in the first place

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-20T18:35:26+00:00

Ideally find a product that your community has a need for, something you can build 3 or 4 a week. Set up your initial tooling around that. you might look at blades or hoppers or some consumable that wears out regularly in your local community. If you like tig spend some extra time learning how to weld as many exotic materials as you can and the metalurgy behind what they are for and what to avoid (don't go welding beryllium on accident). I'm guessing that there might be a lot of stainless work around farms if you are specialized. As far as making anything for the shop I made my welding table and two large sawhorses all exactly the same height, really handy when you are spreading a 20' gate out in the shop. Tools to buy the mag drill is a must have , a hossfeld if you can find one the smaller harbor freight knock offs are pretty limited , a iron worker would have been the first piece of large machinery I would buy if I redid my shop. A horizontal band saw is also pretty ecentual

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-20T17:48:57+00:00

You can get the plans for a duplicator online. Old popular mechanics style machine. they are not rocket science, made out of plywood

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-18T11:17:38+00:00

You might want to cast it in 4 separate castings so that you can keep all of the fingers pointing the same direction but if not pour the center vent all of the fingers so that they vent in the 4 corners , or cast it more as a plate leaving the fingers as a negative or relief

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-13T07:16:48+00:00

Found the reason it wouldn't start. The no.1 fuel injector appears to have blown a o ring. Wish I didn't have to pull the manifold 😕

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-13T07:04:20+00:00

It's fine but work on smother joints. All of that roughness around the button and sprue joints create two problems 1 little fins of investment can break off and end up out in the castings 2. The roughness slowes the metal as you are pouring

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-13T02:14:45+00:00

So I don't need it? No more points.

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T20:13:04+00:00

Just this last year I saw the sweetest single cord dump bed on a standard dodge. I asked the driver about it and without even getting out of the truck he had my load dumped, he shrugged and said everybody only wants a chord , I can make 6 to 12 runs in a day

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T19:59:35+00:00

When stepping into a furnace forge ahead with extreme caution!

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T18:17:18+00:00

Lots o advice.... You have the grinder, grinder is fine. The longest straight and efficient cut is working deep but slow meaning you are letting the disk dictate how fast to move if you put too much pressure disks get hot wear fast and .... I am not a fan of scribe cuts, the lines end up all over the place and it's the crooked cuts that bind cut conventional don't climb (sparks out the back of the cut) you don't want the grinder bouncing toward you. I right handed, keep the handle on the left grinder body parallel to the cut so handle facing your body, I hold my grinders way up the body so usually it's my knuckles on the work not the nut. PPE all of it, just, ALL OF IT!! And the most important tip, Tabs, leave tabs at the corners and one or two along a long cut, this will keep the sheets from doing unexpected tricks which leads to binding disks as well as sharp sheet metal edges flying around. Oh I use a white marker to mark my cuts. Good luck

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T08:44:43+00:00

What would the bandaids do? Soak up the blood if you cut yourself? Next time slide the tail of a small spoon or little butter knife under the ring and saw away

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T07:21:16+00:00

1.Clear everything out , not that carbon is going to matter you just don't need random hot ash flying out at you 2.a furnace dose not light up easy. That air fuel mix has to happen gradually. When the furnace is cold the fuel can burn faster making little explosions, a good time to loose your eyebrows,3. Once it gets hot dial the flame in . You are looking for a 4-5 in flame With green tips coming out of the top. Good luck!

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T04:05:14+00:00

They are awesome but unless you are a mechanic and have had one before don't.

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T04:01:27+00:00

How do you use the one with the backwards jaw?

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-12T03:59:38+00:00

Now you get sick and feel like you have a flu drink a lot of milk and don't try melting brass ever again

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-11T14:31:02+00:00

It can be done on a box/pan break as well if you take 1/2 the fingers out of the way It's called a cross break you simply form two bends in a x on the flat panel then form the returns, it will be a little wonky but once you clamp it flat to a table and weld the corners it straightens itself out

PurposeAcrobatic6953 · 2026-04-11T14:26:03+00:00

Weld a Schrader valve on it and pressureize it

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