Stellaghost Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Gazzar said: I know, I could have made it myself, but I'm focusing! Took the words clean out of my mouth....... Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Time is precious, and health. So happy to spend if it means I can do the stuff I enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Gazzar said: Time is precious, and health. So happy to spend if it means I can do the stuff I enjoy. We will probably need to agree to disagree because I see enjoyment and satisfaction in making something useful like that...... Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I agree! If I had the steel in stock I'd almost certainly have made it, but it would have probably cost me more to buy a chunk of steel than the tool cost. So spent the time drilling the chassis instead. I got him to cut some bars for the axle spreader as well, again, nothing suitable in the scrap pile. Plus cutting 12mm with a grinder isn't fun, or quiet. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 7:05 PM, Stellaghost said: Butters welders are quite high end Mine's only lasted since about 1976 so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stellaghost Posted February 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2023 Had a bit play with spool welder running aluminium wire this morning That's not good Polarity change and some fine tuning with settings inside corner, you can see it didnt start great due to using the settings i had for the outside corner, upped the power a bit and the rest of the weld much better well happy, just means it will be easier than tig when doing on vehicle repairs Regards Stephen 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Lovely welds - very positive (see what I did there?) 0.6mm wire? Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 15 minutes ago, steve b said: Lovely welds - very positive (see what I did there?) 0.6mm wire? Steve Very good 0.8mm wire Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Gazzar said: Gas? Pure argon for aluminium and Stainless Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I see! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/13/2023 at 9:38 PM, Gazzar said: Plus cutting 12mm with a grinder isn't fun, or quiet.  Try 70mm plate..........lol Regards Stephen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Stellaghost said: Try 70mm plate..........lol Regards Stephen Don't you have an oxy setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 35 minutes ago, Ed Poore said: Don't you have an oxy setup? I do, but using the grinder with slitting discs gives me more accuracy, also once my bottles run out I wont have any so I use it sparingly, this did not come under the "no other option" category Regards Stephen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Stellaghost said: also once my bottles run out I wont have any so I use it sparingly Is that because of being able to obtain it or the expense? My local tractor factors do a rental free one (SGS I think), as do Hobbyweld I think. Haven't looked into their prices recently but I know acetylene was getting damn expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Obtaining it, I'm just Joe public, also there is the implications of storage, to be honest there are so many ways available now to cut steel you can just about get away without oxy acetylene/propane and how often do you need to cut 70mm steel at home. I'm probably one of the users of thicker steel on the forum, yet I manage without quite well, what I do is a hobby and not a business as I guess that would cause me some restrictions with regards to highly flammable gas on the premises regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Would gouging rods be a more accessible solution for rough cutting maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Stellaghost said: Obtaining it, I'm just Joe public, also there is the implications of storage, to be honest there are so many ways available now to cut steel you can just about get away without oxy acetylene/propane and how often do you need to cut 70mm steel at home. I'm probably one of the users of thicker steel on the forum, yet I manage without quite well, what I do is a hobby and not a business as I guess that would cause me some restrictions with regards to highly flammable gas on the premises regards Stephen All fair points, sometimes I forget being in rural West Wales and in a farming community having a farm gets you a lot of leeway. Sometimes a grinder is the most effective. I had some 20" OD (20mm wall thickness) pipe to cut up for an acquaintance. Tried my plasma which was supposed to be able to handle 20mm (an ambitious target mind), had plenty of power with 3ph 400A per phase in the lab and air was supplied by the Defender. Wouldn't touch it - tried drilling a hole through it to act as a pilot hole - knocked the rust off and that was it and simply blunted the bit. In the end 9" grinder and some DIY rollers made light work of it. It was something special being a 3m offcut from an oil well in Kenya. Think it was 20% chrome - so despite surface rust the thing was worse than stainless steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 hour ago, elbekko said: Would gouging rods be a more accessible solution for rough cutting maybe? If it's like plasma then it may harden the cut edge which unless you hit it with a grinder makes it difficult to work with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 For one cut it's hardly worth doing anything special - grinder, bandsaw, whatever's to hand and is going to use least consumables / be least hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 In the post this morning some new to me collets for 19mm plus cutters, will come in handy for fairlead build Regards Stephen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Stellaghost said: In the post this morning some new to me collets for 19mm plus cutters, will come in handy for fairlead build Regards Stephen Do love a clarkson autolock! Great bits of kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 29 minutes ago, landroversforever said: Do love a clarkson autolock! Err wrong... Sorry Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Wrong thread.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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