Stellaghost Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Some more Q max punches, this time square punches...well you never know if I will be making mesh grills at some point in the future regards Stephen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Love a Q-Max, how do the square ones align through the hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Love a Q-Max, how do the square ones align through the hole? The square cutter has a square hole down the centre, the threaded bolt has flats on to stop it moving out of position Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Cunning! Fancy taking some illustrative photos in case anyone should get bored enough to try to make their own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 52 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Cunning! Fancy taking some illustrative photos in case anyone should get bored enough to try to make their own? I most certainly can Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 As requested some photos showing more detail Contrary to my previous information there is a single flat on bolt and holes it threads through for alignment purposes regards Stephen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Thanks for the pics Stephen - that's a cunning design! Pondering how one would DIY that D shaped hole now 🤔 although I'd wonder if just threading in a flat-nosed grub screw from the side would work well enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 40 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: 🤔 although I'd wonder if just threading in a flat-nosed grub screw from the side would work well enough... That would work, although I would use a couple of grub screws, alternatively you could cut a bolt down to give a half round section and braze/ solder into position.. Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve200TDi Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 You could use a pillar drill or any arbour press or bridgeport and do some broaching. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Pondering how one would DIY that D shaped hole now 🤔 although I'd wonder if just threading in a flat-nosed grub screw from the side would work well enough... Cut the edge off a bolt or suitable round thing with a hacksaw and tack it in inside the round hole. If you drill in the side perpendicular to the hole then you could also plug weld it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 A couple more through the post this morning 55mm and 65mm Have had a bargain with these cutters the previous 3 and now these two all together totaling less than £50 Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 They are brilliant things. I have a few - I should write the numbers down and then loan them out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Not mine I hasten to add, a new toy work has purchased, but I thought it would be of interest Its a SIP cordless battery welder does 3.2mm rods no problem. Ive been told it can do up to 20 of this size rod before needing recharged Not cheap mind, pretty sure I heard a figure of around £1500 However very handy to carry around at only 15kg Regards Stephen 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 That's neat. Very useful for repairs somewhere high up in the factory or something, I imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 6 hours ago, Stellaghost said: Not mine I hasten to add, a new toy work has purchased, but I thought it would be of interest Its a SIP cordless battery welder does 3.2mm rods no problem. Ive been told it can do up to 20 of this size rod before needing recharged Not cheap mind, pretty sure I heard a figure of around £1500 However very handy to carry around at only 15kg Regards Stephen Everyone else has been using two car battery's and a set of jump leads for years.... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Doesn't look like you can swap the battery packs out - there was a discussion over on mig-welding about them and that was the main criticism about all of them, you can't buy separate batteries so you can have one set on charge whilst you're using the other one. Imagine they're great in certain situations but I can imagine the frustration when you need another half a rod to finish a job and now you have to wait a few hours for it to charge up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ed Poore Posted January 24 Popular Post Share Posted January 24 On a smaller scale I got (for work as well) a dinky small CNC mill. Took me embarrassingly long to work out I was installing the collets incorrectly, once that was rectified the run-out was improved massively. There's a faster spindle to install as well (20kRPM vs 10kRPM), I did try it out but the aforementioned run-out made me revert to the 10k before realising what I'd done. A vacuum bed is high on the list of things to add to it - double sided tape is too sticky and a pain to remove from the back of the boards, this "trial" run was using double sided tape on the MDF with then 3M blue tape (similar to frog-tape) upside down so that it held the PCB down but is easy to peel off. Broken PCB drill bits make really good locating pegs incidentally. On the whole really happy for <£500 and a day or so messing about to get it set-up and drilling and cutting the boards out. Low stock of the 0.8mm blanks meant I was being very cautious taking baby steps to not mess up the etched boards. Dust shoe should be delivered today so I can attach Henry properly. Incidentally Henry is also very good at pulling things through duct work... A bit of a rush job a couple of years ago meant that we didn't install a draw string into the ducting from near the oil tanks to the workshop, a run totaling about 35m. The duct goes through a nasty 'S' bend 5 yards to the right around a tree and then a fairly straight run before a sharpish 90° turn where it's been split and the water pipe enters it near the workshop to then go into a 4" waste pipe which then goes through another sharp 90° to vertical to enter the workshop. I was trying to feed a CAT6 cable through from both ends and only managed to get it 1/4 of the way from either end. So trying out a trick someone suggested I got a plastic bag (Tesco bag for life), tied some baler twine to the handles, shoved it in the pipe at the workshop end. Got Henry gaffa taped to the other end and turned him on. Little bit of poking the bag with the cable from the workshop end and all of a sudden the bag inflated and the baler twine started vanishing really really really fast down the duct. CAT6 pulled through to measure two lengths and both ends of the string have been tied off at either end to prevent it being pulled through completely. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 32 minutes ago, Ed Poore said: Doesn't look like you can swap the battery packs out - there was a discussion over on mig-welding about them and that was the main criticism about all of them, you can't buy separate batteries so you can have one set on charge whilst you're using the other one. Imagine they're great in certain situations but I can imagine the frustration when you need another half a rod to finish a job and now you have to wait a few hours for it to charge up. ESAB do one which takes the DeWalt flexvolt 54V batteries so they can be swapped out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stellaghost Posted January 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Ed Poore said: Doesn't look like you can swap the battery packs out - there was a discussion over on mig-welding about them and that was the main criticism about all of them, you can't buy separate batteries so you can have one set on charge whilst you're using the other one. Imagine they're great in certain situations but I can imagine the frustration when you need another half a rod to finish a job and now you have to wait a few hours for it to charge up. I get that, but your already asking too much of it..... This was bought purely and simply to weld temporary patches on chutes or pipes that have worn through due to the abrasive material flowing through them It wins simply because you don't need to get a gen set on site and then have to run welding cables up 6 or 7 floors to be able to weld/stitch a patch on to stop product spillage. Two of three patches it will pay for itself due to less machine downtime, loss of product and associated cleaning up costs Regards Stephen 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 £20 says when Stephen fishes it out the scrap bin in a year or two, possibly due to a duff battery it will get a replaceable conversion! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, muddy said: £20 says when Stephen fishes it out the scrap bin in a year or two, possibly due to a duff battery it will get a replaceable conversion! Ahhh you know me too well.... Guess I'm pretty predictable ...lol Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Over the years I've fished a Makita 6" battery skill saw (duff brushes), a 240v Fein saw (supplied parts to fix mine) and a Makita battery angle grinder (couldn't find anything wrong) out of the metal skip. So Stephen your not alone. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/25/2024 at 6:43 AM, miketomcat said: Over the years I've fished a Makita 6" battery skill saw (duff brushes), a 240v Fein saw (supplied parts to fix mine) and a Makita battery angle grinder (couldn't find anything wrong) out of the metal skip. So Stephen your not alone. Mike Sounds like you're a fully qualified Womble Mike 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Skip diving is addictive. I used see then at work full of scrap. There's only so much you can bring before the bus driver says no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Sounds like I need to come clean as well as I'm amongst friends..... My name is Ross and I'm also a skip diving addict 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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