Suggestion: You invest in a simple Roper-Whitney Punch for your hole making. It will go much faster and your holes will be 100% round with no deformation on the back side of your sheet metal. It will be a very handy tool in your shop for sheet metal work. Also you can draw on a computer your circles with the center mark and attach it to your sheet with spray mount adhesive. Saving all that marking out time and you can nest your parts. Great job on the spinning and video.
Very awesome! If there is just one thing I have to mention for the sake of your own safety, then please be careful with wearing gloves while handworking your part on a lathe. The stories of people losing a finger or degloving a hand even on tiny machines this way have been repeated too often in my opinion. Anyways, much love!
Thank you. Yes! You are correct! i agree with every thing you say, and would advise anyone to do the same!! My exuse.. but its just been so cold in the workshop recently, and no hot water makes washing hands a real effort. You can probably see by my hands ive had more than enougth near misses. Thanks for watching.
Thank you, the "foam sanding blocks" are just from my local diy store for less than £1. I can see lots on ebay if i search "foam/sponge sanding block", they are realy very usfull to have i use them on nearly every part i make.
That is fabulous work, is the high speed pindle required as my olm lathe wont run that fast, but I'd love to be able to do this, also you must share how you get such a tight bend radius on the tubing, my atempts to do that just just buckle. Thanks
Thank you. Higher speed just gives a nicer finish and obviously speeds the job up, im sure most lathes would work. The tube bender i had to make myself as the comercial benders dont get near, the tube must also be anealed before bending or it cracks. Il have to do a video on the tube bender its simple but hard to explain without pics.
Thank you, yes i had to make my own tube bender to get the small bend without crushing the tube. The tube also needs anealing or it just snaps before it bends tight enouth.
I was cringing when I saw your torch popping like that. You are running it way too hot. Probably your oxy is set too high. Back it off about 10% and adjust your flame to suit. You'll find that your joints will be much smoother with better control of the heat.
hmm not sure you watched the video, its a propane torch? just propane no oxy! and in the video i just use it to aneal the brass sheet. the torch i used for soldering the part is butane lighter gas. but i will do a boiler brazing video at some point.
