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Minotaur

Yeah hal is right. The way the valve works, when you open a port, it will engage the check valve. The check valve will keep the return closed till it reaches its set psi (in this case 2000) once it reaches that psi it will reopen the return. The valve is spring centered so it will return to center o...

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Seeing as how the other fixes would take a total rework. I would cut a slice out of the brow and re-weld it. It might not open as wide, but other then that I don't see where it would go wrong. It's getting replaced so its moot, still it's fun to rework it in your mind.

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The reason I said that about the cast iron is a lot of my stuff is made out of cast iron. The pump housing is made out of cast iron, the control valve is all cast iron, even the jack is 2 blocks of cast iron held together with tie rods. Still freak stuff can happen, people should always have their s...

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Once more 100% my fault.

That was very informative, thank you. I can see now why their guards are not safe. Hopefully someone from the show will see this and get them reworked/remade to be more safe.

Minotaur

Sorry I didnt mean you Mac, I wrote that out poorly thats my fault. It was directed at comments like I don't really see any appeal to Knights of Mayhem except for the train wreck that the lowest common denominator of human type will tune in hoping to see. Very, very sorry Mac. Still I would like to ...

Minotaur

This is my power unit that I can move from press to press. They are also very good for forging and making pattern welded steel too. http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3812/h16s2.jpg Also cast iron wont explode, don't be silly. It just doesnt hold up very well and likes to crack. Its just like bender...

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I wouldn't bash the K of M guys based on a show, because its a show and its not real and they have to sell it. I know a few people that have done acting for "reality" shows here in Miami. Its funny how most of the stuff on true tv is a lie. That being said, they have a lot of room for improvement fr...

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Bender I have a direct drive double acting hydraulic system that's probably 5x faster then your air over system. That being said I could make the same thing you could make but even faster. You know what, its not worth it. One day I was welding up a helmet going over the numbers in my head and I coul...

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I think my hf shear was a good investment (it will cut 16 ss no prob). At the end of the day its your skills with a hammer that will get you results, not what tool you cut your metal with.

Minotaur

Out of curiosity, what is the purpose and advantage of having a "typology"? While Oakeshott did it with swords, I still have yet to understand the purpose of typologies, other than to give us, in hindsight as modern people, a way to discuss certain forms; pigeonholing and classifying things, when t...

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Essentially a quickly formed rust layer that peels off because it's cooling at different rates. Essentially, yes. Although CHEMICALLY there is a slight difference between the fire scale and rust, rust, (or red iron oxide, "ferrous oxide") being Fe2O3, and fire scale, (Black iron oxide, or "ferric o...

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Wow this HHO tosses out everything we know about intermolecular forces and equilibriums. The best part, it that it totally defies the laws of thermodynamics and Gibbs free energy. I should start burning all my fancy chemistry books right now!!!!!!!! Its funny people still fall for this stuff.

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The potential energy is higher at the anode then cathode. One volt is the potential difference required to impart 1J of energy to a charge of 1 coulomb 1V=1 J/C The potential difference is the emf. Because electrical potential measures potential energy per electrical charge standard reduction potent...

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Ok how this works is on one end things are getting oxidized and on the other they are getting reduced. The Na and Cl ion will not react. So it will not change the ph of your solution. (If you are trying to etch Fe) When your Fe is reduced to an Fe^3+ ion you get Fe(H2O)6^3+(aq)<=>Fe(H2O05(OH)2+(aq)+...

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I dont know why you guys need electric current....we only use a current to electro polish with phosphuric acid and some other chem I cant remember the name of right now. Why!!!!!!!!! You might work with the chems but you need to brush up on your chemistry. When the acid etches the metal it is an el...

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If you are having trouble getting thick brass hot enough using a propane torch, you can put a piece of wood behind it. This reflects the heat from the torch back towards the brass and makes it heat up much quicker. The wood will catch on fire, so make sure you only do this in a fire-safe environmen...

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apply a 1:100 solution of Sodium hypochlorinate (household bleach) mixed with water. That concentration is VERY mild and I think that water itself is probably as caustic to steel as that is. Argh, you got the name of the ion all wrong. When you have the prefix hypo the suffix is ite not ate. The io...

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Lets say the horse and knight are a little over a ton and going about 30mph. That would be close to 100k joules. Now a 2 ton horse going 60 mph will be about 900kj. I have no clue what m and v are so I just picked some. Its very easy to do if you know what the numbers are. Its just 1/2*kg*m/s^2 sooo...

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I would be interested.

I made some dies out of mild steel, once I left some dross on a piece and it chewed the face up. So hardened steel would be nice.

Just a random though you could try to forge them with your press, then just true them up, it would save on cutting time.

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This is what I made. <img src="http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2734/newpress9me.jpg"> The power unit and control valve disconnect, so it can power any number of things. I have turned a few top dies for it and have been using wood for the lower one. Its kind of surprising to see just how springy w...

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First off if you think that my comment was way out of line you need to get of your ivory tower. Second itâ€™s my opinion, thatâ€™s it rude to try and sell something off on a public forum and not do it yourself, then have the nerve to ask people not to speculate about it. While youâ€™re at it, why do...

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This kind of pisses me off because this is not the classifieds section, the poster knows it and should know better. Second I know Mr.Capwell is a busy man, but if he wants to pawn off his armour here he should take the whopping 5 minutes and do it him self.

Minotaur

I don't think anyone here has used one but I could be wrong. My 2 cents is, if you have a "large" lathe and press just get a radii cutter to make some tooling for your press.

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The one on the right is just a generic sca type bascinet, on the left is a more historically shaped top. They are both prototypes and the patterns need some work but for what they are I think they came out well. So let me know what you think of the shape, thumbs up or down. <a href="http://imageshac...

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Lets see you can get a new cast tool steel anvil made in the u.s.a. for around 4-5 a lb that is hardened, tempered and milled. So the question should be why cant we get a much better u.s made casts for around 20 bucks? What bugs me the most is going to buy steel and they want to charge me more for r...

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I think the CFM is rated lower on the hammers than on say, a die grinder, but... I don't beleive them. Mine is rated way past either. When running a die grinder it will kick in and run, if I stop long enough to scratch an itch it will catch up and kick off. With the hammer it runs till after I stop...

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Yes, Hydrogen gas and Zinc Acetate. Going back to my other point, dont just trust me you should go look it up to be sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid

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Zn(s) + 2 CH3COOH(aq) -> (CH3COO)2Zn(aq) + H2(g)

Hearsay=Bad

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Well I didnt know you were such an expert Gavin. So how many ppm are we looking at for all those people downwind and at what distances? Now lets ckeck that next to the LD 50 of zinc oxide. If you dont know what they are or what they mean, you should good look it up in the Conference of Industrial Hy...

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The 251 has a smoth digital voltage control same for the speed. I think the settings they give you on the inside panel are a little on the hot side if your just learning. So you can turn down the ipm a little till you get the hang of it. One thing is for sure, you just cant beat a mig for tacking st...

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Now for pics of the elbows with a deeper dish. The new ones on the sides with the old one in the center. <a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8189/elbows6uk4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a> <a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="htt...

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Ok this is the new pattern with the new fan. The plasma cutter was set a bit to high so the edges look kind of ratty but they will clean up fine. I will give them a deeper dish and a slight point. I think with a point they will look spiffy. I was playing around with the lames and they do have decent...

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Yeah your right generic is kind of a codename for sca. So just how sharp should I cut the the curves for the fan base and what about the fanshape its self? I am going to make a template pattern out of mdf so I can just zip a bunch out with my plasma cutter. Also just how much deeper should they go? ...

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Here are some elbows that I pressed out in about 30 mins, I didnt put any shape in to the fans yet or do any sanding. I dont care for them all that much but I am not totaly sure what to change. So let me know if I should change the fans or make them deeper or anything like that. I am just going for ...

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Let me just say that I dont think that the press streches the work much more if any, then if it were dished by hand. Yeah the weld is tougher but you get rid of the workhardning when you do it. So in the end it doesnt matter much. I am just saying that for this type of cop and nothing else so dont p...

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