It was more than a hunnert dollahs  It was the Glen Lucas one.

 

 Anyway I was jonesing to try it

So I got myself a hunk of cheap steel bar 3/8"  x 1"

And I rummaged up a half inch hunk of  hardened  High speed Steel  ( a metal lathe tool bit)

TIG Welded 'em together

 and got this

 

 

Works better when I use a burnishing bar to raise a little burr like ya do with cabinet scrapers.

Now I gotta handle the thing and call it a tool

 

Looks like a very effective tool. Give us a close up of the edge grind you are using, A friend of mine has a tool Ellsworth I think which is a thick flat bar and is 2 ended and fits into a sleeve as a handle.

Looks beefy.  Should work real well.

Looking Good!

 

Do you wear a safety harness to keep from being sucked into that chip collector  

Looks like a good solution, kind of reminds of "the big ugly" that Reed Grey(Robo Hippy) touts. Just out of curiosity for those of use who'd like to make one of those, how much does a tig welder cost?

 

Steve

8 hours ago, Cliff said:

 and got this

what editor are you using...

flash player???

19 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

ust out of curiosity for those of use who'd like to make one of those, how much does a tig welder cost?

 

I forget.  I got a Thermalarc 211i a few years back and have loved the thing.  It has MIG TIG and stick. 

19 hours ago, Stick486 said:

what editor are you using...

It's hosted on SmugMug  Blame your browser if you can't play it.  You prolly need a codec.

 

i show that link as being shockwave flash and if you have scripts blocked it will never play. 

 

 

Edited February 16, 20179 yr by p_toad

no adobe on this computer....

I'll never get to see it then...

On 2/14/2017 at 7:04 PM, lew said:

Do you wear a safety harness to keep from being sucked into that chip collector  

 

I already been sucked up twice.  The hardest part is the three way Y section where there's a bit of a jagged bit. I'm keeping a file in my pocket in case it happens again.

 

On 2/15/2017 at 8:08 PM, Stick486 said:

no adobe on this computer....

I'll never get to see it then...

 

 

Have you considered running linux?  It plays great in Ubunto an you get the Graphical user interface

Ubunto steps aronud a lot of the problems and tricks one encounters on the web.

I just checked it on my Linux box and it works fine. Plus with linux you never need to worry about malware or viruses.

 

Edited February 18, 20179 yr by Cliff

I think this Player will play flash videos. It is free.

 

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

11 hours ago, Cliff said:

 

I already been sucked up twice.  The hardest part is the three way Y section where there's a bit of a jagged bit. I'm keeping a file in my pocket in case it happens again.

 

Maybe stick a long board thru your suspenders!

 Someone explain negative rake for me.  Thanks

3 hours ago, lew said:

I think this Player will play flash videos. It is free.

 

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

I have VLC...

every so often it won't play something but only rarely..

this is one of those times...

4 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

I have VLC...

every so often it won't play something but only rarely..

this is one of those times...

This is a highly rated free player (rated by Gizmo's free software)

 

https://potplayer.daum.net/

 

I down loaded it but haven't had a chance to play with it.

1 hour ago, lew said:

This is a highly rated free player (rated by Gizmo's free software)

 

https://potplayer.daum.net/

 

I down loaded it but haven't had a chance to play with it.

thanks..

I'll play w/ it later...

4 hours ago, Cliff said:

Plus with linux you never need to worry about malware or viruses.

never say never...