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The Iron Dwarf

just put this on Ebid to see if it sells, 3/4" or 1" hardy versions avaliable as well at a small extra cost
http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/mini-dishing-stake-blacksmith-silversmith-armour-43876585.htm

The Iron Dwarf

rarely use them but if I need one I make it using a ball bearing. ball bearing the size of rivet head strip of steel half the thickness or a little less than the ball drill a hole in one end of the strip just under the ball size place on a lead block or similar and hammer the ball in flush weld roun...

The Iron Dwarf

the outside of this is only curved one way to fit into the housing and the inner part was like Hals roman ridge tool, rollers are all barrel shaped.
yes I have more of this but will wait to see how it goes.

anyone else got any junkyard tools to show off?

The Iron Dwarf

thank you Hal I used a cutting disc on a grinder to cut up the casing, the plasma would do it but it would still need the same amount of work with the grinder to clean it up afterwards. I have enough plasma cutting to do soon anyway with nearly half a ton of cast iron that is about 1 1/2" thick...

The Iron Dwarf

using the outer casing from a huge bearing I made a small stake mounted mini dishing tool today internal radius 4 1/8" aprox width just over 3" and nearly 4" long depth across the 3" is about 1/4" it is hard and polished. anyone want to comment ( yes I could radius the corne...

The Iron Dwarf

thanks for the suggestion Matt
in the past I had just welded on 2 pieces of angle to a tool shank when people wanted me too.
made this today as a prototype toolholder for my 20mm ( 3/4" ) shank tools to see how it works.
using angle it will fit more vices as long as it is not too deep.

The Iron Dwarf

not till sunday nite or when Hal says so

The Iron Dwarf

here is a pic

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I use 2 pieces of angle clamped in the vice with the tool shank between them and then welded on, only using the top of it like I do means it fits any vice

The Iron Dwarf

a Zombie attack, it was trying to claw its way to a fresh Brain maybe

The Iron Dwarf

im south east of you, pass by wolverhampton on the M6 and keep going to the end of the motorway after that it continues as the A14 and goes to the east coast ports of ipswich and felixstow, I am 20 miles down that road by a town called Kettering. It is dual carriageway or motorway to within 1/4 mile...

The Iron Dwarf

Move over Elton John, Hal is the new pinball wizard

The Iron Dwarf

got a picture today but cant find it on my new phone.

outer diameter of male thread on regulator is about 7/8" or 23mm and has about 12 TPI, looks like 1/2" pipe thread.
hope this helps

The Iron Dwarf

I am most of the way across the country from warrington, maybe 100 to 150 miles, will look it up later.
I am no armourer as you may realise but we have a few interesting tools in my place

The Iron Dwarf

both O and A here are normally straight up that is not a problem except if you use a flow meter. here your main problem will be getting bottles without having industrial premises and being a business, the regulators are easy to change or get hold of. can you work without gas, I seem to be the main m...

The Iron Dwarf

will get you some details tommorow, thread and pix etc. here oxy acetalene is hard to get, you have to rent the bottles and most places will only rent them to businesses. the main supplier is british oxygen and we use them, full sized tanks for oxygen are about 5' tall and nearly 12" diameter, ...

The Iron Dwarf

I have lots in 1/8" or 22g like at least 4' by 2' of each but am on the wrong continent for you

The Iron Dwarf

it is not a joke, you can really buy an emergency from Matt if you bid high enough, and you can be sure it will be a genuine one and as described.
it will be delivered in a timely manner and will include all fixtures and fittings

The Iron Dwarf

interesting tests in that thread, will be setting up my test today and will start a thread about it

The Iron Dwarf

Serg, do not worry about your english, it is better than some of the americans here

The Iron Dwarf

sorry to resurrect this zombie, it does seem to be pertinent to this thread though doing some experiments with a soft wax I have made, it seems very adhesive and hard wearing and buffs up to a shine easily. it is based on a type of wax used by conservators to protect historic items will try it on so...

The Iron Dwarf

I would have thought that in something as important as an aircraft ( of any type ) the makers would only source top quality parts and that their own quality control people would check them carefully. there are uses for lower grade balls like making stakes. sometimes protectionism can work against yo...

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have cleaned this up a bit and cut it off the welded coupling.
it is about 3/4" thick and over 7" outside.
here is the latest picture

The Iron Dwarf

strange, wonder why your government is so against ball bearings, here we can buy and sell them easily and I have imported 2 consignments of about a third of a ton each of balls up to 4" diameter with no problems at all

The Iron Dwarf

hope to get this finished in the next few days and will then put it on E bid at 100 UK pounds ( $150 in case anyone is interested and will see how it goes

The Iron Dwarf

if you want I will find out the cost of shipping but monday is a holiday here so it will not be until tueday at least

The Iron Dwarf

http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/steel-ball- ... 582044.htm like these?
http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/steel-ball- ... 964938.htm or these

I do have a few of about 42mm as well

The Iron Dwarf

maybe I can use it over a big steel ball for a dishing tool on my press so it wont mark the metal

The Iron Dwarf

here is something I found that I thought may have possibilities it is an end cap for large underground gas pipes ( natural gas not gasoline ) it is quite thick and heavy and made from polyethelene. I was going to just cut off the dome end and ask if it would have any uses. it is about 8" in dia...

The Iron Dwarf

have some more pix here.
have welded in the plug and filled the holes and started to polish it a bit.
weight of this is 33kg in case anyone is interested.
it will be a few days till I can make the base.

The Iron Dwarf

here are the pix, sorry for the delay

top and bottom of the dish

The Iron Dwarf

well cleaned it up a bit today, plugged the central hole and ground down the plug so it is flush, also ground off most of the unwanted stuff on the back. I think for the base for this I will just have some flat steel rolled and weld that on a little way in from the outer edge of the flange measureme...

The Iron Dwarf

got no plans to use it, will just make it up and sell it. there is no point in me trying to auction it here as most of you are in the us and shipping would cost a fortune ( unless you had connections in the US military here in the UK who could send it for you ). will put it on ebay or ebid after off...

The Iron Dwarf

No, nothing to do with cookery... yes I got these from a junk yard ( scrap yard here in the UK ) I have had for some time 3 huge stainless steel shallow dishes and it is time I did something with them. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/hodgesaargh/dish.jpg from memory the dish is about 17"...

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