Scrap to useful.

[savarin]

Does melting scrap aluminium into useful parts count?
Virtually all my projects start from scrap materials.

 

[MarkM]

It s scrap and free isn t it? Curiuos about your process!

 

[savarin]

It s scrap and free isn t it? Curiuos about your process!

have a look here

80mm long focal length refractor

Excellent project - subscribed!

www.hobby-machinist.com

 

[MarkM]

Getting quite a bit of use of these bolts and a rusted bar found used for the clamp. Helped me finish up one side of the clamping for these blocks I made.

 

[epanzella]

Rifle/pistol barrel chambering fixture.

 

[MarkM]

I sure am getting alot of use of these bolts right from the original post. Still have some but could of and should have grabbed pails full. Lesson learned!
Anyways, thought i d make some boring bars for short work, threading and a screw for a jack. I like having these things around using drill bits. Way Easier for me to get decent grade stuff out here in the sticks and 3/16 drills are cheap and will be quite rigid behind any bar you want to put it on. One shot at the grind on a bench grinder gets interesting! Not much to play with.
Sure would like a surface grinder or even a single lip. One can dream can t they!
A few pics of course!

 

[ThinWoodsman]

Now that's a good use for all of my broken drill bits

 

[C-Bag]

It's tough to find material here. So when a guy posted he had a 1.5"X 1.5 X 4' solid steel fence post I snatched it up. I've made a couple of useful things like dogs for the shaper and a backstop that I use on the shaper and the auto feed sled on my vert bandsaw.

 

[MarkM]

I Don t think Charlie Brown got it right when he said "There are three things people stare at. A brook, a Zamboni and a fire." He forgot the shaper. I get mesmarized watching those chips. Been smacked up the backside of the head on more than one occasion for it.

 

[C-Bag]

Lol, the shaper is mesmerizing but after my initial getting used to it I like I can set it and leave it. Same with the auto sled. I've had them both doing something while I was running the mill. I guess if I was truly handy I'd put auto shut offs on both of them. Gotta love machines you don't have to babysit.