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[Crow]

Maybe Tofty could help 3d printing one to you.

[Sparky415]

Nice 

Getting one made won't be cheap. 3D metal printing maybe cheaper?

That's a good idea 

Maybe Tofty could help 3d printing one to you.

another good idea 

I think I really need a CNC router 


JR, a lot of brass furniture knobs are hollow, good luck in finding some 
Patience and a steady hand is all you need 

[MadPlumbarian]

Nice 

Getting one made won't be cheap. 3D metal printing maybe cheaper?

That's a good idea 

Maybe Tofty could help 3d printing one to you.

another good idea 

I think I really need a CNC router 


JR, a lot of brass furniture knobs are hollow, good luck in finding some 
Patience and a steady hand is all you need 

Yeah, I know there mostly hollow, I got a leather punch that I really don't use and thought of using but it isn't brass, and it would need a extension of some sort, I just really like how you did yours!
JR

[Sparky415]

Nice 

Getting one made won't be cheap. 3D metal printing maybe cheaper?

That's a good idea 

Maybe Tofty could help 3d printing one to you.

another good idea 

I think I really need a CNC router 


JR, a lot of brass furniture knobs are hollow, good luck in finding some 
Patience and a steady hand is all you need 

Yeah, I know there mostly hollow, I got a leather punch that I really don't use and thought of using but it isn't brass, and it would need a extension of some sort, I just really like how you did yours!
JR

Thanks JR 
Brass seems to be a good compromise, not too hard that its to hard to work on but (I hope) hard enough to last for a good amount of time 

[Smashie]

Just a thought but how about making it out of wax then getting it investment cast in brass?

[Sparky415]

Just a thought but how about making it out of wax then getting it investment cast in brass?

I have thought of that Mate but it needs to be small enough to fit on things like an axe handle (so I'm thinking about 25mm)
after casting I would still have to finish it off with a dremel and I don't think I can work that small

The idea of carrying on with the 415 after the Sparky415 didn't work was to see if it was doable/useable and to see how small I could work with the dremel

[MadPlumbarian]

Just what are you trying to fit and in how small?
JR

[Sparky415]

This image, about an inch across


There's a little more about it here
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,70600.0.html#_

[MadPlumbarian]

This image, about an inch across
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There's a little more about it here
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,70600.0.html#_

Ok, so yo pretty much got the 415 the size, but you just didn't get the Sparky arched over, and that's totally the design your after? And it's to be heated and or stamped?
JR

[Sparky415]

No, the 415 numbers are bigger than the first one I tried
and I think I have settled on the first design
Yes the idea is to heat it up for wood and just cold press it in to leather 

 

[MadPlumbarian]

No, the 415 numbers are bigger than the first one I tried
and I think I have settled on the first design
Yes the idea is to heat it up for wood and just cold press it in to leather 

 

I was going to ask if you wanted a diff design, but there are a few company's out there that aren't to bad on custom irons, but yeah they can get a little pricy!
JR

[Sparky415]

Next little project (sorry not enough pictures)

I'm still packing stuff away from the meet 
I need to find somewhere to store these little Gaz canisters safely
I have some spare PVC about the right size and 5ft/1.5m long, bits of wood, cork, foam etc


I came up with this
It's open at the top, there's about 15 in there so far, they just pop out the bottom as you pull the strap


 

[Syncop8r]

Good idea!
Long way to drop for the first ones though.

[Sparky415]

Yep it's quite a drop,
I had a cork disk in the bottom first then changed it to some camping mat and...
now I'm inserting them from the bottom 

[Kev D]

Not a prototype for a home made gas mortar then?

[Sparky415]

I did think that when I dropped the first one in from the top 
I'm loading from the bottom now 

[Syncop8r]

Perhaps it could tilt for safer toploading?

[Kev D]

I did think that when I dropped the first one in from the top 
I'm loading from the bottom now 

Just remember, you're only supposed blow the bloody doors off 

[magentus]

Yep it's quite a drop,
I had a cork disk in the bottom first then changed it to some camping mat and...
now I'm inserting them from the bottom 

Must..........resist...........temptation.............not ....my.....job......pfrsantos...........aaaarghhhhhhhh 

[Kev D]

Yep it's quite a drop,
I had a cork disk in the bottom first then changed it to some camping mat and...
now I'm inserting them from the bottom 

Must..........resist...........temptation.............not ....my.....job......pfrsantos...........aaaarghhhhhhhh 

 

[Sparky415]

Hey theres no discrimination in my garage! bottom loaders, top loaders, both end loaders all are welcome 
Its the Welsh I have problems with   

 

[Sparky415]

So my Mate Kev the welder says theres a weak point with these blowlamps, if you knock them over the top breaks off, 

I knocked mine over today so I decided to make a hanger to get it up off my workbench
Old fire extinguisher 


  Maybe smething like...


So my hoovers full of rust and aluminium dust now


That should work, need to find somewhere to hang it now, maybe it needs some paint first? 

[Kev D]

Nice 

I didn't know fire extinguishers were so clean inside.

My family have asked me for a wish list for my birthday coming soon, one of those blowlamps is on the list. 

[Sparky415]

Me neither, I also thought they were steel, I was going to make a cooker 

[ryan1835]

So my hoovers full of rust and aluminium dust now
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got a good few cuts left in that disc 

[Sparky415]

So my hoovers full of rust and aluminium dust now
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got a good few cuts left in that disc 

Ryan my old Mate 

Tons of life left in that one 

Incidentally Guys that ally really buggers up Jigsaw blades 

[Smashie]

So my Mate Kev the welder says theres a weak point with these blowlamps, if you knock them over the top breaks off, 

That's a useful bit of information, thanks for that. Although I have been storing mine with the canister removed.

[Sparky415]

So my Mate Kev the welder says theres a weak point with these blowlamps, if you knock them over the top breaks off, 

That's a useful bit of information, thanks for that. Although I have been storing mine with the canister removed.

I think our tools have an easier life than Kev's tools 
Luckily I have so much smurf in here it softens the fall from the bench 

[Kev D]

So my Mate Kev the welder says theres a weak point with these blowlamps, if you knock them over the top breaks off, 

That's a useful bit of information, thanks for that. Although I have been storing mine with the canister removed.

I think our tools have an easier life than Kev's tools 
Luckily I have so much smurf in here it softens the fall from the bench 

Lots of things for it to pinball off if you snap the top off and it sets off like a rocket then.  You'll be ok as long as it doesn't hit your gas canister mortar launcher you just built

[Sparky415]

You'll be ok as long as it doesn't hit your gas canister mortar launcher you just built

I think I might end up on a watch list 

If you are going to paint these things Guys your paint might react with the original plastic coating 
I've just got to find a spare bit of wall now