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It's all very beaut. There's enough advice, suggestions and examples there to keep me going for yonks.

Haven't decided just what to make yet. Feel sort of attracted to the idea of making some...

I like the idea of rivets. But not poprivets..... they are the 'blind rivets' ? I don't like the big bulb of metal left on the inside. What do you call the other kind - 'tinsmithing rivets' ? ...

I'd like to do a bit of work with thin galvanised sheet. Probably about 0.6mm I think it might be.

Making up boxes of various shapes/sizes would be the general idea I guess. For use around the...

should have realised that for myself, shouldn't I? though I've never been certain about it, really and won't use aluminium, prefer stainless steel. for the fact is that aluminium is reactive and...

that makes sense to me. the neutralisation. the gunk I usually get, I was reminded today, isn't black at all, it is brown. You get a container with masses of brown residue normally. This way just...

and I meant I'll mix vinegar and lime and see what happens.

That's a thought. I've got some garden lime. I can put it to the test. :)

I often remove rust using a vinegar bath.

Put a concreter's trowel in one and instead of coming out clean bright metal it comes out covered in some black stuff that won't wash off and sticks...

Okay. Good I'm asking, eh?

So what size sheet do you think I could bend with a 4' wide bender made of 1/4" angle?

What size would you advise coming down to with 1/4" ? 3' ? 2'6" ?

Or...

Sorry. It's 2.5" - 60mm.

What I want to do changes the design parameters regarding forces acting on the thing?

In the first instance I want to make up some strips with a profile like a chair...

I want to build a simple bender. I'm thinking 4ft wide bed to handle standard size sheet which here in Aus. is 1.2m

On hand is some 1/4 angle iron. I'd like to use it.

Now where is the most...

I know it. 'Once you get comfortable with it...' would be the thing, wouldn't it?

Sometimes takes a long time to get there...

And I think there's a world of difference between drawing...

I've now changed my whole mind. That remark about the flat block on the side.

Now I don't see I need to find top and transfer it to bottom, rotating the pipe and all that.

And I can't have...

I'm in Murray Bridge, Gavin, thanks for your offer.

I don't have a lathe.. wouldn't know how to use one if I did... love to try though, maybe one day...

Did it with what I have.

I really...

Yes, that's right. The holes cross the longitudinal axis. It is a bench made of pipe, first one I've ever done that wasn't welded but bolted instead so's it can be dismantled.

The vee block jig...

Never done this before and surprised at the difficulty.

I just want to mark out 1" metal pipework for drilling 1/4" holes through it.

The holes must go right through.

Holes at one end...

Yep. Sorry I screwed up the thread so badly.

It got all mixed up between:

(1) how to mark out and drill two holes in 25mm angle (the question I asked)
and
(2) how to continue from there...

got to admit I don't understand the steel dowel thing?

I finished up having to get it done before I could get a satisfactory method organised.

So what I did was put a 'template' piece of angle...

Eddie I was thinking of something like that.

I have some pipe with an ID the same as the OD of this stuff and 3mm thick walls.

It seemed to me I could use it for a jig for drilling the pipe.
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I like the jig. I've got confidence in it. I will use it. Thank you. :)

When the centre drills arrive I've just bought I'll use it with them. Until then I'll try using it with my ordinary drills....

I like this centre drill. I didn't know they existed. I think I'll get some. They look good.

And a 'v block'. I just have a little vice on my drill press table and I've been catching the angle in...

:aro-r:Here's a drawing of the job - original back of the envelope thing - there's the angle iron acting as a bracket and a 1" pipe that fits it.

There's two 1/4" holes go right through the...

I need to drill two holes at precise distances apart in the angle of some 20mm x 2mm angle iron.

Marking out on the inside was too hard for me. But I did the best I could but then found the drill...

I want to build a firebox to create smoke for a cold smoker. i.e. it won't burn too hot.

It'll be about 400mm cube. (1.25ft, say).

I plan to use 2mm steel plate and wonder if this will be...

Yes, Kraits. I could relocate it. I've finally put a pic of the house up there along with all the other pics, so's folks can see why I've chosen to go that route. For our house it suits, it fits.
...

I've been trying to learn some Sketchup. Here's a stab at showing what my bracket would look like if I put in the vertical piece I was saying I thought I would put in.

The drawing definitely shows...

Hi.. I've been away a couple of days.

Dave, what you suggest is what I've done. The 2" angle iron laying horizontally over the top 1" angle and the bottom 1" angle effectively contain the...

Both, I think.

Where I am now seems to me I need to put a tall rectangle in there. Don't know how to clearly describe it. If the bracket was a book, a closed book, standing as on a shelf, then...

You're so right. Why didn't I think of that? So dumb. All I needed was buy two pipe clamps and set them a metre or more apart on the pipe and grasp that mast and it'd be held secure.

I'll do...

Hi Ray,

yep, I think I'll let it sit on the ground. I'll put an extension on the bottom of it - the 'mast' (that's what I should have been calling it all this time, isn't it) - with a couple of...

Oh, I see, Bryan. Well I was thinking those forces are no problem because they just feed straight back into the verandah post which is set in concrete at the bottom in the verandah slab. Which is...

I'm not sure I'm with you, Bryan. 'Forces coming towards the house' ? I don't see any forces (of concern) coming towards the house.

Towards and away from the house the forces ares taken by the...

Yes, I was thinking about a guy wire yesterday. Down to the fascia at the corner on the left as you look at the house. Because, yes, it is twisting in a line along that front gutter.

But I'd also...

Thankyou, Joe, I think you do understand what I'm trying to say and I think I understand from what you say, what I should do.

I've put pictures up on photobucket.

arial pictures by abrogard -...

I had a bracket sticking out from a gal steel pipe verandah post and the bracket held up a tv arial pipe.

It was made of simply two pieces of 1" angle iron each about 200mm long. Each sticking out...

Yep, I'm practicing and practicing... as much as I can. Unfortunately I get very little time, very little. But, yes, I practice, I am practice oriented. Never been one to jump into a new thing...

Thank you, Vernon, I better go back to the bench and practice butt welds, then....

One question: If I'm going to plan to put in the new steel butted up, butt welded, that means it has to be cut...

Thanks to everyone for their interest and the excellent posts they've made on the subject for me.

I like the flanging pliers and found a pair on ebay in uk for about $100. then I found some more...

Thanks for the reply. I find it very interesting - informative, because I know so little about this whole thing.

Like: what's a 'ribbed panel' ?

I can foresee problems because the metal has a...

i like that checker plate aluminium idea - a guy was telling me he fixed his with aluminium plate, just pop rivetted it on, he said.

I'm a mug welder, no training, not much experience, apparently...

Well thanks for the replies, guys.

Here's some pics: http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn281/abrogard/xyford/IMG_7713800x600.jpg...

I want to weld up the tailgate of my old Ford. Never done such a thing before. Can I safely MIG weld the tailgate as it is or should I remove it from the car?

:)

Hi...

they 'suggest' alright:

"When ‘tuned in’ to the optimum current and voltage settings the wide range of wire sizes (0.8mm and 0.9mm) can easily be used in all welding positions, including...

Well Dave got a phone call and an email from the fluxcore people. He's passed the email on to me. It has an attachment, a spec sheet for the wire.

The techie stated unequivocally that the wire...

You've seen the sheer crap I've produced and you still say you think I could make do with what I have for body panels ! Thanks for that. :)

I'm very interested in the oxy thing. Maybe that's...

Well it's not working for me. Not any of the other links, either. Is it working for other people?

The wendyspancakes one doesn't work, either.

I thought it might be my browser: Oracle, so I...

I'm pushed for time. Thanks for the responses. I'll come back later. Just wanted to let Dan know that his pics are only tiny thumbnails when I try to get 'em. Not the 480 x 640 they're supposed to...

Mr Collins,

Yep, that's fine. I fully understand you are talking about thinner metal. So am I. So are we all, aren't we?

I don't think there's any need to resort to red print, I'm on your...

Hi Mr Collins. Tell me, did you find there are some students that will never, ever be able to weld, because of their vision?

I already use these specs you are talking about, I think. 'Readers'...

I've used one reel of MIG wire - 100 metres - and about half a box of welding rods. That's my experience, total.

I think you're right. If I could relax into it, try more, experiment more.

I...