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14th Jan 2021, 08:40 PM #91Senior Member
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Amazing job Simon, I was luckily to score a John Heinz, prob spelt wrong, 4’ pan break from work. Someone had tried to bend a 2” x1/2 “ piece of copper bus bar in the right end, broke the cast hinge piece and a 2” finger. I made a new hinge out of 50mm plate.
Might need to move it on soon.
cheers Bruce
Simon
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14th Jan 2021, 09:18 PM #92Most Valued Member
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Nice work, in that first picture it looks very similar to the English made Edwards I have
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15th Jan 2021, 08:00 AM #93Most Valued Member
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Thanks mate. I can see i will need a couple big counter balances for the leaf.
The leaf itself being 7/8" is heavy enough to hinge from gravity. Add the folding forces and its bloody hard work!
Edit: I'm still tempted to make it hydraulic so I can do away with counter balances and keep it more compact. But I'm not sure i can be bothered.
Simon
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16th Jan 2021, 06:36 PM #94Most Valued Member
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I can't stop folding stuff!
While it all comes down to how much elbow grease i have, it folds everything I throw at it so far.
I'm very happy with initial results. It will fold more than ill ever need...
Here's a 500mm length of 3.2mm perforated steel. Its the longest piece I had.
Simon
Sent from my SM-G970F using TapatalkGirl, I don't wanna know about your mild-mannered alter ego or anything like that." I mean, you tell me you're, uh, super-mega-ultra-lightning babe? That's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
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