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Cav's riding. So it should be good. 😁

I love it. Not because i like football,but because whilst everyone is in the pub or at home watching 22 millionaires kick a bag of air around the roads are empty. Olympics soon. That is one im actually looking forward too.

fancy, yes, that would be a very good option for quick a reliable.

counter argument, the shears deform the sheet, the nibbler doesn't. Also, who doesn't like to spend the next 3 weeks plucking little bits of metal out of their fingers? :) I'm lucky, I have both as dedicated tools, both have their uses but most of the time the big manual sheer wins as it can...

you are completely correct, which shows how out of practice I am with rail stuff. :) the assessment at the foundry had little to do with rail as an industry. TN referred to thermite earlier, this is where it's used on the rails, instead of cutting. here you go, local (not really) one for you...

oh I wasn't suggesting Dave and his hacksaw had changed the temper of the steel, honest. I was just surprised that he got through it as well as he did. this was all just idle speculation as the topic is pretty much over. Given that the steel grade is work hardening, I'd sort of assumed if it...

once soldered there will be little flex to allow you to move them. I'd suggest a decent heat proof mat (see below) and the use of a large iron rather than a flame. I expect this isn't far off how it was done originally using a flame heated iron. give the wire a good clean and apply a small...

munch munch. :) https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-dhc-2-double-headed-metal-nibbler/?da=1&TC=GS-060720233&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2tCGBhCLARIsABJGmZ6pPUPIcZcV_bvJEtXZahCcXnTH2xhW6PM1DHrRiCYrEs3t2zAPLJAaAuq_EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I'm worried because you managed to cut it. it isn't going to really matter though for your use, crack on. how do they temper it (ok, heat treat it is the words I was aiming for), a fecking big forge that's "painted". I had to do an assessment at a track manufacturer (I can't mention a name...

I must admit to be slightly worried that your track has lost it's temper.

get an old speaker to throw on top of the board as work, this will give you somewhere to chuck the nails and know they have stayed put. I asked my daughter if she wanted to do it and she said "no, that's no fun, I want to make something" she's only 4 but I think the answer points towards it...

Have a son.

I drill 10mm aluminium (i wont state the grade) with a hole saw in the piller drill fairly regularly. By a starrett or equivlant hole saw and have at it, nice slow speed and keep the hole clean by frequently lifting the cut and clearing the chip. Its as close to the right tool for the job as...

And that folks is how you do it. I bow to your knowledge here Prof. Take that advice and put it in to practice.

I don't think the sound board has pulled up, I think it might have collapsed around the sound hole. without knowing the bracing arrangement I'd guess at a fan braced or ladder braced sound board with little to no bracing once around the sound hole. a thin top would possibly want to deform...

1. you need oxygen, preferable in the form of air. right now you are choking the flame which will reduce it's heat output, it is drawing air through the burner already, but not enough to sustain a very hot flame, a fire needs fuel and air to burn hot. try a low pressure air feed around the...

Not worth the agro. Especially as its more likely to be fibre theae days, all the copper got nicked yeara ago. 😂

Think blade upside down in frame. Now think blade right way up but frame upside down. Its a really dirty site trick and one I've used a few times to eak that last inch out of a cut ( along with turning the pins sideways in one of my many frames to using it with frame to the side) Afraid to say...

Put blade at bottom of cut. Remove blade from frame. Turn frame upside down. Put blade back in frame with bottom of frame under workpiece. Retension. Continue cut to finish.

Shame you are to far south else id have run it under the big abrasive chop saw for you. Im sgill keeping 1 eye open for a chunk, but it's getting harder and harder to get your fingers on without paying through the nose (nearly cheaper to buy a real anvil 😂)