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Stew wins Bronze
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FLYWHEELS!!! .....
Well that's what I'd use it for :)
Looks like a real nice colour...(I don't see colours like others do!) I think brass and bronze look nice when they start to tarnish a little, I have some Ali bronze hex that John got for me from the scrappy.... It's a real bugger to machine! Well the turning wasn't too bad, the drilling and tapping was though!
I made a torch out of it... Took ages and at one point very nearly got scrapped too! :hammer: Polished up a treat though! :D
Glad your's machines well Stew, I'll await the report on drill and tap.... Should you ever do such to it?
Personally the goblet looks like it is begging to be re-born :dremel: It should look really cool spinning away (without the stem of course!)
Looking forward to seeing what you get out of this hoard Stew :thumbup:
Ralph.
sbwhart:
Hi Ralph
I was thinking of something with an elbow on it for the bronze ::) It'll be a good tester for my new mill when its set up
As for the goblet bin thinking :scratch: hard about how to turn it into a spinner, bit of friction turning is called for. How did to solder yours together, what are you going to do for the bits on the axis, when you come to solder them don't you think the stuff you've already soldered will melt, or did you use a high melting point solder.
I think I've got MADMODDER PROJECTITUS the symptoms are having more than one project on the go, this forum is just crazy:- it gets the old creative juices flowing. :D :D :D :D
Cheers
:wave:
Stew
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Hi Stew,
Something with an elbow on it.... ? Cryptic!? you making a new bionic arm? :lol:
The soldering of the odd shaped ball was carried out by bathing the part in a large blue flame from a blow torch and once a good heat was achieved then soft solder was used to make the joint.
I held the two parts together using a bolt through the holes lightly nipped to keep the halves in place, both were pre-fluxed and it worked quite well.
The parts I soldered in the other day were done using the same solder but a small localised flame from a mini torch (pic's can be seen in the aeolipile thread) This keeps the heat in the area I wish to solder and there should not be enough heat to melt the join in the centre due to it's greater size needing much more heat.
I'm thinking that jets could be soldered to the main body in this way due to the same heat requirements.... However, if I wanted to put the jets into the collar (as Karsten and other designs) then I would probably need to silver solder those joints to prevent the melting when the collar is soft soldered in.
MADMODDER PROJECTITUS .... Careful Stew, there is only one known cure..... The nagging woman!!! (they can put a dampener on any fun planned in the shop!!! :lol: )
Fortunately, I don't have one of those..... So I'm always trying to do too much at once and rarely finish anything on time :D (I've been re-building my house for 6 years.... Should have probably had it done in two!! :doh: )
Keep us up to date on the odd little side projects :thumbup:
Ralph.
Brass_Machine:
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ooooo New Smiley!
:proj:
Eric
sbwhart:
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:proj: :proj: :proj: :proj:
Love it
Stew
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