Mpatch

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[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does it know pride month is over?

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah wasn't missing the point, I just don't want any fucking creative people/ hobbyist reading that they can go to home depot and make a smelter in their back yard by just by staking some cinder blocks and a rosebud torch on butane. To many folks, take what they read as flat out gospel these days and don't do the due diligance to look further.

The pan it's self though it's garbage. The value of it vs the risk to personal health. Nah. Realy at end of the day what do you get after all that work to clean it a piece of cast iron that fries food the same as another cast iron? And a cool story about how you had to clean the lead of that pan before it was "safe to eat" lol

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cinderblocks? At those temps? That's very dangerous. Cinderblocks can explode at those temperatures due to trapped moisture in the pores. Also, it can crumble apart and spill whatever is in the pot, granted if you guys are using cinderblocks for this... i doubt that the area is prepared accordingly. So when the hot liquid metal hits the ground, it will cause it to also explode from moisture, launching blobs of hot metal everywhere.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Simon pegg would be the guy. Filmed shawn of the dead style

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

There is a multi billion dollar industry revolving around scrap metals.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Lol I'd would love to see home attempts to even try to get it to that temperature. But I would also like to be far far away. Because at those temps if the sounding area isn't sufficiently prepared for metal casting. Anything is a bomb. Even the dirt and concrete.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Cast is brittle. It drills super easy. I've had 2x4 from homedepot give me a harder time. Just lean on drill to give it that umph.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Bet they don't even fucking drive. Just salty cause they have to cruise around on their E-scooter

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using carbon fiber sheets and never had a print move during a print. It's easier to find than garolite. But way pricier. Mind you I didn't shop around. I just saw it, wanted it, bought it. At the same time G10 is pretty shure is used as an electrical insulator inside electrical cabinets what not, so electrical supply places might carry them too

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Try understanding. The road was already designed to be safe at 80kph. They lower it down to 50kph because of folks such as the ones who brake at the green light because the count down timer for the walk signal hit zero. Or the ones who don't know where the fuck they are going, panick miss their turn and slam on the fucking brakes in the middle of a 3 lane road instead of pulling a u-turn 100m up the road. Then they try the bulshit of traffic calming shit by retiming the lights so every light in 10km stretch will be red when you get to it. Fucking phenomenal way to prevent irritation.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Road ways are designed with something like a safety factor where a 50kph road way Is safe up to 80kph. It's just reduced for those stunned types of us.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow fuck cars all roads should be 30kph

 

It's been there for months now. It happend shortly after I painted the walls. I'm jot going to fix it because why. Kids will slam the door again anyways. Rather a hole in the wall than having to replace hinges or a door.

 

Need some help with overcoming the initial hurdles of a learnjng curve. I'm in a fake it till I make it type situation right now. We acquired most of the equipment that a machine/fab shop would have and most of them, there is plenty of information online to learn from. Except for the horizontal boring mill, and I am struggling. The tooling all needs to be made up for it. Nothing I can purchase direct. The spindle is a MT6. My supplier can only get me reducers to MT5. And setting up parts is quite time consuming.

Any advice or know how on being able to turn a profit on this machine would be appreciated.

The machine is a TOS W100 in mostly good working order. Apart from the boring head dropping 0.020" if I cut in reverse travel after forward travel cutting.

Thanks

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