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Darren:
I mentioned on another thread that I have visited my local scrap yard yesterday.
I didn't collect anything from there until I went back today. Difficult to find anything as most of it was old cars and stuff.

But I did find these, and a couple of nice 20mm 3ft brass bars as well





And this, frame is alloy, bars SS, and that block is alloy.

Now come on guys, collectively I reckon you can come up with something useful to do with it?





There was a lot of old machinery there, and the biggest miller I've ever seen, it was huge. Alas it's been out in the elements for far too long. The bed was about 8ft long !!

Oh and and old single cylinder Lister looking a bit sorry for itself.


Anyways, from the first pic I took the old corroded diesel piston for a little operation on the lathe.  :dremel:
Anyone guess where this is going..... ;D
Pistons are made from nice quality alloy BTW  ;)

bogstandard:
Darren,

You should class youself as a real scrounger. I do exactly the same as yourself. I don't look on the surface, but what is inside.

The piston shows what I am on about, no-one would give that lump of junk a second look. But just look at the nice bit of material on the inside. The rough you could most probably get for free, the clean bit of metal inside would cost you pounds. Also, old cast iron castings can contain some of the nicest material you can come across. At one time castings were put outside, sometimes for years, to mature and relieve stresses. I think some of the old castings contain material that hasn't got an ounce of stress left in them, and it usually machines up like cutting silk. Maybe that big old mill should be tapped with a sledge, or if they will, crane it up and drop it, then gather up all the wonderful big bits that break off.

Well done

John

CrewCab:

--- Quote from: Darren on November 13, 2008, 01:06:39 PM ---Anyone guess where this is going..... ;D

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Hmmmmmmm .................    ;) ............. I suspect we might be creating one of Ralph's favourite bit's of kit, I built one mi'self but another is on the cards as the 9x20 fitting is not conducive to Boxford ownership  ;D

CC

Bernd:
I was going to say flywheel, but when you mentioned Ralph, I got to thinking "Ball Turner". I think your right CC. :clap:

Bernd

CrewCab:

--- Quote from: Bernd on November 13, 2008, 06:28:50 PM ---I got to thinking "Ball Turner". I think your right CC. :clap:

Bernd

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Great minds Bernd  8)

CC

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