Rolling truck and walk thru gate

[wldrman]

Nice Job Jim!
Here's mine. I call it the Springster bunny....

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That's fantastic!! Good for you.
I still gotta give you the "YOU SUCK" award. LOL
Pictures please!

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I like the way Miller did it last year. Let us decide from their top 10 picks in each category. I think giving a grand prize in each category is great, who would'nt?
I like Montes ideas for categories. Let's keep it simple please.
The problem with making skill levels is the PRO'S could...

[wldrman]

Well, I hope the first 2 posters feel like @#$%!
Anyway, welcome Dusty. I've worked with many long term machinists and look forward to picking your brain.

[wldrman]

I think it's cool you want to start your own business doing aluminum.

Word of warning. Doing alum repair is a far cry from doing new welding with nice shiny new aluminum. People will bring you the dirtiest, greasiest garbage you can imagine. Old transmissions. boat skegs etc. If you have...

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Believe me, if it were up to me it would be there! It's a shared gate and he wanted a chain with 2 different keyed pad locks.
Yes, it was very hard to keep straight and square. A lot of luck played into this.

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Here's a project that's kept me busy for a while. The rolling gate is 39 feet long. It's made from 2" diameter tubing 3/16th wall. It does fish tail a bit, but thats how long he wanted it....

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At the shop the other day, we were having a problem while tapping holes in aluminum. The holes are tapped from either side, leaving about 1/8th inch of space in between the 2 holes. Well, needless to say, their was alomost always a chip left inside this little space. One of the machinists suggested...

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The reason I use 8tpi is for less blade load up. You don't want to run a coarse blade on slow speed due to the fact it may hang up and cause tooth breakage. Don't try running a 14 or 18tpi on faster speeds, this will cause excessive heat and load up your blade.

Faster is not better with...

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I run an 8tpi blade for aluminum, and always use DoAll multi purpose wax. Never found anything better. I get mine from MSC. www.mscdirect.com
You want to run a faster blade speed for aluminum, like you would for cutting wood.

[wldrman]

I was taught from the Victor torch educator guy, for lack of a better name, that you should bleed off your O/A tanks not only to save the diaphrams, but also because over a period of time the gasses mixed in the torch can become unstable. Sounds crazy, but he showed us photos of blowed up torches.:...

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Still got control

Sorry to here about the card!
I still got control of mine. I made the hammer bag stand.
You have to get on a web site or call an 800 number to activate it. Just make the number disapear. LOL
Actually, my wife wouldn't do that. As I would not take...

[wldrman]

Dumb Question??

When does the voting end?

[wldrman]

I was just messin'with ya fun, I don't mind a bit when people use my ideas.
Kinda flattering.

[wldrman]

I can't believe you're cutting in on my action! LOL
I don't use a plasma cutter, I do all my work with the band saw.
A miller logo would be cake!