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| awemawson:
Modern cold chisels tend to come with those rubber safety discs round the head, but I must confess to finding them more of a hindrance to visibility than a help and remove them. Anything not too delicate I use a club hammer with a cold chisel so the face is about 2" square, and a normal ball peen for smaller stuff. Cold chisels are excellent for removing weld splatter |
| DMIOM:
--- Quote from: awemawson on June 18, 2015, 11:09:47 AM ---.......Cold chisels are excellent for removing weld splatter --- End quote --- even here? --- Quote from: S. Heslop on June 18, 2015, 10:50:22 AM ---...... plenty of spatter landed on top of my head....... --- End quote --- :hammer: |
| S. Heslop:
I always wonder if there's some sort of solution for gripping awkward parts in a vise like this. If I had more space i'd consider making a vise pedestal, filled with concrete and anchored to the floor, to give more space below the vise where the jaws overhang. I also solved the head spatter problem by putting the face shield on, with it lifted up to cover my head. Job done. I might punch the slag out of those holes just in case it interferes with the case hardening. I'm also considering putting a sort of trim around the edge, to give a better space to fill with the fire clay. It's kinda silly how proud I feel about this ugly welded tube. |
| vtsteam:
I'd be proud of that myself. :thumbup: :clap: |
| S. Heslop:
I thought i'd do a quick bit in the garage, cutting a slice of steel to curl up tomorrow to try making a half round rasp again. Decided to break out the circular saw and cut over a foot in a few seconds. Makes all that effort with the hacksaw seem pointless! I think i've already said it, but i'm really impressed with that saw. Got it from Aldi on a whim, and the box said not to cut (I think) more than 3mm of steel. I've cut aluminium with it as deep as the blade and all sorts. If it was a 'real' saw i'd be fairly cautious doing that due to kickback, but the thing has such little torque that it just stalls out if it's pushed too hard. |
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